Tian Leopard was a little frightened, and scolded: "Are you frightened, Taohuayu is a village with a mountain behind it, and there are mountains behind it, where are the officers and soldiers?" ”

The spy said with a mournful face: "Really, they were hung down from the top of the mountain with ropes, and there are usually brothers standing guard there, but now the second boss has gathered the whole army to the front village, and the back has been exploited by the officers and soldiers." ”

Tian Bao was still a little unconvinced, and looked up at the officers and soldiers outside the gate of the village, they had already stood up, ready to launch a new round of attack at any time. Tian Bao gritted his teeth and said: "You take a team of people to go to the back mountain with me to have a look, and the others are guarding the gate of the village and are not allowed to fight." ”

Tian Leopard rushed to the back mountain to take a look, and sure enough, thousands of people had gathered in the dark, and there were still people sliding down from the top of the mountain with hanging ropes.

Xun Yuqing saw Tian Leopard and smiled slightly: "Master Tianzhai, Taohuayu is already about to be unable to hold on, it is better to surrender now and help me take Li Ming, and you can still atone for your crimes." ”

Tian Bao snorted and scolded: "Tian Bao is just dead, and it is impossible for me to betray my brother and surrender to you." ”

Xun Yuqing no longer persuaded each other: "Since this is the case, then I will send the owner of the village on the road." After speaking, he pulled out the long sword in his hand and stabbed towards Tian Leopard.

Tian Bao lifted the spear and shot Xun Yuqing's sword, turned over and kicked back, the two of you fought back and forth for more than 20 rounds, Tian Leopard gradually fell behind, the marksmanship gradually became chaotic, Xun Yuqing became more and more courageous, his wrist flicked, and he stabbed out seven swords in a row, one sword was as fast as a sword, Tian Leopard hurriedly avoided the first five swords, the sixth sword was stabbed in the right arm, the spear took off, and the seventh sword stabbed directly into the chest.

Xun Yuqing cut off the head of Tian Leopard and led the army to the front village. The bandits who were resisting the attack of the officers and soldiers with all their might would have expected that a large army would be killed from behind them, and they would be in chaos for a while, and Tian Bao was dead and had no one to command, so they were defeated in an instant.

Xun Yuqing opened the gate of the village to welcome Shi Luosheng: "General, Tian Bao has been killed by the last general, and the messenger he sent to ask for help from the East Cottage has also been intercepted by the last general. ”

Shi Luosheng was overjoyed: "Well done, now collect the surrendered troops, you also pick three hundred forbidden troops to mix in, and take them together to win Li Ming's walled gate, this battle must capture Li Ming alive." ”

Xun Yuqing said: "The last general received the order and swore to take Li Ming to the death." ”

Dongshanzhai, Li Ming drank a little wine leisurely, and at the same time said to his subordinates: "Zhang Mancheng has been an official for a long time, and his courage is getting smaller and smaller, so I am not allowed to leave the cottage for half a year, and it has only been two months, and I am about to suffocate to death." ”

Someone under his command chimed in: "The government said that the bandits are just moving their mouths, and they have been here so many times before, which time was not beaten by us and fled." Owner, why don't we go down the mountain at night and have some fun? ”

Li Ming's eyes lit up, and he was a little moved. Another person next to him hurriedly dissuaded: "The owner of the village can't, Zhang Taishou said that half a year naturally has his reason, this time the bandits are completely different from before, I haven't heard anyone who has really been exterminated by the bandits before, but this time from the beginning of our Aolai Peak Village was exterminated, followed by Pengcheng, Xianghu was not spared." Now that Xia Qiu and Zuoxi are fighting in the middle of the house, I always feel that there is a trap inside. ”

Li Ming pouted and said, "As long as you think about it, what kind of trap is there in it, Zhang Mancheng doesn't know?" If something happens to me, Zhang Mancheng will also be unlucky, he won't leave me alone. ”

The man continued, "That being said, we still have to be careful, there are less than four months left, let's hold on a little longer, and it will soon pass." ”

Li Ming was a little unhappy and said: "Okay, just listen to you, don't go anywhere, it's really disappointing, come, let's drink." ”

When everyone was drinking and being happy, there was a commotion outside, and Li Ming was furious and said to the two people around him: "You go out and see, what's so noisy." ”

The two of them also felt disappointed, and put down the wine glasses in their hands and went out to check. Li Ming drank alone, and suddenly two human heads flew in, Li Ming was startled, and looked at the two people he had just sent out.

Li Ming was shocked, and hurriedly kicked away the wine table in front of him, pulled out the big knife behind him with his backhand, and looked out the door vigilantly.

A hearty laugh came in, and Shi Luosheng walked in with Liu Zixuan and Wang Lun. Shi Luosheng said with a smile: "Master Li Zhai, it's really difficult to see you, aren't you bored if you have been hiding in this cottage?" How about I take you to Jianye City? That's the capital of our Great Song Dynasty, have you been there before, Lord Lizhai? ”

Li Ming looked at Shi Luosheng with doubts and said, "You are Shi Luosheng?" No way, how did you get in? I have 20,000 elite soldiers in my cottage, how can you break through it with just a few thousand people? ”

Shi Luosheng briefly explained how to take Taohuayu and then use the troops to win the gate of Dongshanzhai. After hearing this, Li Ming sat on the ground in a daze, and muttered to himself: "It turns out that you pretended to attack Dong Liang, but in fact you took Taohuayu by surprise, and Tian Leopard was also killed by you." General Shi, are you willing to waste your tongue telling me this now, that is, you don't plan to kill me, I don't know where else you can help the general? ”

Shi Luosheng was a little surprised that Li Ming was smarter than he imagined, no wonder he was the most powerful party among the five bandit leaders in Dongshan, and he really had something extraordinary. Shi Luosheng put away his contempt and said: "What Master Li Zhai said is right, I don't kill you I have something to ask you for help, about Jeju City's Taishou Zhang Mancheng, Lord Li Zhai should know what I want you to help by now." ”

Li Ming was also a little surprised: "It turns out that your target is Zhang Mancheng, I'm sorry, about Zhang Taishou, Li doesn't know anything, I'm afraid I can't help you." ”

Liu Zixuan drew his knife out of the sheath in anger, pointed at Li Ming and said: "Li Ming, you have done a lot of evil, now give you a chance, don't you know how to cherish it, do you have to give you a knife to make you happy." ”

Li Ming raised his head and looked at Liu Zixuan, and said fearlessly: "My brothers all died at your hands, kill me and just go down to meet them." ”

Liu Zixuan raised his knife and was about to slash at Li Ming, but Wang Lun hurriedly grabbed him. Shi Luosheng always stared at Li Ming, just when Liu Zixuan drew a knife and slashed at him, Li Ming didn't have a trace of fear in his eyes, it stands to reason that such a person should be very afraid of death, why is he not afraid at all, he would rather die by himself than confess Zhang Mancheng?

Shi Luosheng couldn't think of the reason for it for a while, and sighed and said: "I didn't expect Master Li Zhai to be so backbone, but it was beyond my expectations." In this way, please be a guest in our army for a few days, and then come and talk to Master Li Zhai in detail when I have wiped out Zuoxi. ”

Leaving Li Ming's room, Shi Luosheng asked Wang Lun with some doubts: "Sir, you have been in Dongshan for so many years, do you know much about Li Ming's personality?" ”

Wang Lun said: "I have heard a little, Li Ming is greedy for life and afraid of death, forgetting his righteousness for profit, and his power can be so big, most of it is due to Zhang Mancheng's support behind him, and the courage of Tian Bao and other brothers. Two years ago, Li Ming began to worry that Tian Bao would fight for power with him, so he sent Tian Bao to Taohuayu. ”

Shi Luosheng heard these questions even more: "This is even more wrong, it stands to reason how could such a person put his life on the line in order to save Zhang Mancheng, unless he ......"

Wang Lun continued: "Unless he has something more important than his own life in Zhang Mancheng's hands." ”

Shi Luosheng thought for a while and asked, "He was originally just the leader of a small gang, why did Zhang Man take a fancy to him?" By the way, does Li Ming have any other family members? ”

Wang Lun said: "I haven't heard of this, I'll review all Li Ming's henchmen later to see if I can find a breakthrough from them." ”

Shi Luosheng turned his head and said to Liu Zixuan: "During this time, arrange more people to watch Li Ming, I guess if Zhang Mancheng knew that Li Ming was arrested by us, he would definitely send someone to rescue him, even if he couldn't save him, he would be killed, you must ensure Li Ming's safety." ”

Liu Zixuan said: "Don't worry, during this time, I will personally guard him to see who dares to come to the rescue." ”

Shi Luosheng said again: "Li Ming is a key step for us to take down Zhang Mancheng, he can be tried slowly, and we have to solve An Zhihai now." We didn't go back to Jeju City for a few days, camped in Dongsan, and marched to Zuoxi three days later. ”

In the Jeju Taishou Mansion, the housekeeper Yu rushed into Zhang Mancheng's study: "Master, no, we were all deceived by Shi Luosheng, he didn't go to Xiaqiu, he killed half of the march, killed Tian Leopard in Taohuayu, and used the troops to win the door of Dongshanzhai, and leveled Li Ming's forces in one fell swoop." ”

When Zhang Mancheng, who was drinking tea, heard the news, the teacup in his hand fell to the ground and fell to pieces. Zhang Mancheng didn't care if he was burned, and hurriedly asked, "Is Li Ming dead or alive now?" ”

Steward Yu shook his head: "There is no news yet, Shi Luosheng sent someone to block the way down the mountain, and no one on the mountain can escape, but his subordinates have already sent someone to investigate, and I believe that there will be results soon." ”

Zhang Mancheng grabbed the butler by the collar and said viciously: "You listen to me, Li Ming must not fall into the hands of Shi Luosheng, you send more people to find out the news for me immediately." ”

Steward Yu cautiously asked, "Master, if Li Ming is in Shi Luosheng's hands now, will he confess our affairs?" ”

Zhang Mancheng let go of Butler Yu and thought about it calmly: "Hehe, forgive him and don't dare, who would have thought that Zhang Mingxuan, the chief bookkeeper of my Taishou Mansion, was actually Li Ming's son, if Li Ming dared to say anything, his son's future and the lives of a family of four would be gone, even if he didn't think about his son, his twin grandsons who were only two years old didn't care?" ”

Steward Yu said: "That's what I said, even if Li Ming is greedy for life and afraid of death, he won't care about his grandson." ”

Zhang Mancheng said: "Even so, we can't bet the treasure on him, you arrange someone to take care of Zhang Mingxuan's family, don't let him get out of our sight." In addition, if you go to the Seven Peerless Gates now, please ask the Lord of the Yin Sect to take action in person, it is naturally best to rescue Li Ming, and if you can't save him, you will kill him. The Lord of Yin Sect is one of the top ten masters of the Great Song Dynasty, and Liu Zixuan is definitely not his opponent. After Li Ming died, he would kill Zhang Mingxuan's family again, and don't let go of the two twin grandchildren. ”

Steward Yu gasped, the old man is really ruthless, the two-year-old child will not let go, I know so many things about him, if something happens in the future, will I also be the whole family will not escape the poison. Thinking of this, Steward Yu shuddered and didn't dare to think about it anymore.