Chao Gai said: "This guy has been rampant for several years, and the money has to be taken by knocking on the bone and sucking the marrow." The question is how to take, everyone speaks their opinions. ”

"Find a remote place to do it halfway, kill people, grab the goods, it's as simple as that." Liu Tang said.

Ruan Xiaoqi next to him said with a smile: "If it's so simple, my brother still asks the big guy, I feel that you must outwit it, although this guy is hateful, after all, he is an official, at least for now, he can't die in our hands, otherwise he will suffer endlessly." On the way, I used sweat medicine to stun them and move the goods. ”

Ruan Xiaoqi actually thought of a good way similar to outwitting the Birth Gang, but Chao Gai still shook his head: "Once he finds out that he has lost it, he will still report to the official, and with Yuan Xianling's IQ, he will definitely suspect us for the same trouble." ”

Wu used the most ghost ideas, touched the little beard on his chin and said: "Let's first find out where they are going, whether there are bandits and bandits on the way, if there are, it will be easy to do." ”

The crowd deliberated until midnight, and then rested after coming up with a perfect answer.

Qingzhou, near Qingfeng Mountain.

This is a small hotel, business is deserted, although this is just such a hotel for dozens of miles, but it is too close to the Qingfeng bandits. The things sold in this shabby shop are very monotonous, there are not many meat dishes such as mutton and chicken, and there are not many green vegetables, serving some steamed buns, baked cakes and the like. The merchants who come and go are not very particular, just eat a little and then hurry, who is willing to live near this den of thieves.

There was no one in the store in the morning, and after noon, the shopkeeper fell asleep, and at this time two men with backpacks came in and shouted: "Shop, shop." ”

Xiao Er saw that this dress was two medicine pickers, this kind of person was poor and sour, and he didn't have a few hundred dollars on his body.

"What's the matter with the two guest officers?" Xiao Er asked.

"For dinner, first cut a pound of mutton, two plates of green vegetables, then eight baked cakes, a pot of wine, and that's it." One of them.

Xiao Er instructed the back kitchen, and after a while, the food came up, and the two medicine pickers were quite good at enjoying it, tasting the wine slowly, and Xiao Er continued to doze off. After coming over for a while, I suddenly heard one of them say: "I heard that Yuan Xianling, a corrupt official in Yuncheng, has left his post and returned to his hometown in the Daimyo's Mansion after his term, and he has three or four big carts of gold and silver treasures with him, which is really eye-catching." ”

The other said: "Your red-eyed bird feathers, hurry up and drink the bar, medicine pickers like us are running around, and you can sell medicine all year round, who made you not study well when you were a child, and if you read well, you can also be a county magistrate." ”

The shopkeeper, who was about to fall asleep, suddenly said: "Which way did Yuan County order go back to his hometown?" ”

The man who collected the medicine said impatiently: "Who knows, there are many roads from Yuncheng to Daimyofu, but the best way to go is of course to take Dongping Mansion, and then go west, give this corrupt official ten dares not dare to come to our Qingzhou, our Qingzhou is a good man with three mountains." ”

The two men who collected medicine stopped chatting nonsense, and they paid for it and left.

The shopkeeper arranged things, pulled out a big horse from the backyard, and galloped towards Qingfeng Mountain, to see where his vigorous figure had the slightest hint of the shopkeeper's appearance.

Qingfeng Mountain Gathering Hall, three men are drinking, in the middle of the tiger skin chair is a tall and mighty, red-haired and yellow-bearded, the whole yellow-haired tiger, this person is the Qingfeng Mountain King Yan Shun is also, nicknamed Jinmao Tiger, Yan Shun was originally a cattle and horse dealer, because of poor management lost money, fell into the grass for the coward, this person has a violent temperament, drunk and loves to drink people's soup to sober up, is a complete villain.

The second is a lewd to the best of the best, with a short figure, thief eyebrows, and a goatee. Originally a coachman, one day a female passenger took his car to the temple to burn incense, this guy saw that this woman was good-looking, pulled into the bushes to spoil to death, after the incident had to fall into the grass, became the second king of Qingfeng Mountain, named Wang Ying, nicknamed Bantam Tiger.

The third is a tall and thin man with a white face and no beard, called Zheng Tianshou, a white-faced langjun, who has also liked guns and sticks since he was a child, and uses a good Wu hook. Originally a silversmith, when passing by Qingfeng Mountain, he was stopped by Wang Ying, and the battle was fifty or sixty rounds without winning or losing, but Wang Ying was many powerful and was forced to stay on the mountain, although the three kings were actually a name, and there was no minions under his hand, but Wang Ying's men and women ate everything, and he wanted to take advantage of Zheng Tianshou again and again, and was persuaded by Jin Yanshun, Yan Shun is a person with a vision of development, and he wants to recruit heroes.

"Newspaper, newspaper, newspaper." The little minions stammered in.

The bantam scolded: "If you have a big tongue, cut off the wine for you." ”

The minion immediately stopped squeaking, and paused for a while before reporting: "The hotel spies are back and say they have something to report." ”

As soon as Yan Shun heard it, he knew that business was coming, so he immediately called the hotel's spies and asked, "Where did the fat sheep come from?" ”

"It's the order of Yuncheng County, he returned to his hometown in the Daimyo Mansion after his term of office, and I heard that he brought three or four cars of fine soft." The spy said.

"What, three or four cars are soft, brother, we are rich." Wang Yinggui shouted, three or four cars are not six or seven thousand, and Zheng Tianshou next to him did not express any opinions.

Yan Shun said: "Since it is a county order, it must bring a lot of guards, it is a hard idea, we can't fight an unprepared battle, you bring three spies and find out in detail the route they are taking, so we can act." ”

The bandits in Qingfeng Mountain all have more than three years of experience, not that Chao Gaiwu can compare with an amateur second knife like that, and the spies will report back the next day when they are sent out.

"We have already found out that their team has a total of forty-five people, including Yuan County Commander and two officials who followed him. Mrs. Yuan, nephew, housekeeper, and four female dependents. The remaining thirty-six people are all the guards of Yuan County's order, all of them are strong men, they are resting in Dongping Mansion, and they will change their route tomorrow. The spy said.

"Why do you have four female dependents, but there are beautiful ones?" Wang Ying's mung bean eyes are shining.

The spy said: "Miss Yuan's family is very good-looking, and the maids are not bad, but they are sitting in the car, and we don't dare to get too close, so we don't see clearly." ”

Jin Mao Hu waved his hand and said: "Don't talk about those useless weapons, what kind of weapons are these thirty-six people holding, there are masters." ”

"There should be no masters, we inquired clearly that there are two masters in Yuncheng County, Zhu Tong and Lei Hu, but they are both locals and did not follow Yuan County's order. The weapons are all plain knives and waist knives. The spy said.

Jin Maohu said: "I'll prepare tonight, order two hundred capable minions, I will lead the team with the two masters, and the three masters will stay in the cottage." ”

Zheng Tianshou was happy to be idle and said: "It's all up to the orders of the big boss." ”

Originally, there were not many people in Qingfeng Mountain, but there were locusts in Qingzhou last year, and there was a drought this year, and many people who had no way to make a living joined this team. Today, there are thousands of people in Qingfeng Mountain, and there are more than 400 capable minions, which can be described as a huge force. In order to guard against Qingfeng Mountain, Qingzhou Mansion specially set up a battalion of 400 soldiers on Qingfeng Village, which is not far away, and the generals who led the team are also famous, known as Xiao Li Guanghuarong, claiming to wear Yang in 100 steps, but the combat effectiveness is too poor, and several encirclement and suppression have not seen the slightest effect, and Qingfeng Mountain is growing stronger day by day.

Yuan County ordered to be pampered and accustomed to it, and walked from Yuncheng for two or three days to Dongping Mansion, and rested from Dongping Mansion for a day before leaving. It was already the end of April, and the sun was very hot in the morning, so Yuan Xianling sat in a comfortable carriage and instructed the housekeeper: "Be careful, you still walk sixty miles today, and stay early." ”

"Yes, everything is arranged by the master."

The team set off, walked unhurriedly, thirty miles out of the city, there was a small hill, on both sides of the ancient wood wolf forest, the guards who led the team saw that the terrain here was dangerous, and they couldn't help but unsheath their knives and became vigilant. I didn't go far into the forest, and suddenly I heard a gong sound, and two or three hundred people poured out of all directions, one by one with swords and guns, and the first two rode on high-headed horses.

"Ah, there are strongmen." The old housekeeper shouted, and Yuan Xianling felt that his crotch was hot and he peed when he was in the car. Looking out from the gap in the carriage, I saw that the first person was tall and big, with red hair and yellow beard and fierce face, and I didn't dare to look at it a second time. The second person is more ridiculous, with a short figure, like a monkey squatting on a horse, but a pair of thief eyes are turning around, specifically looking for women.

It was none other than the big boss of Qingfeng Mountain, Jinmao Tiger Yanshun, Bantam Tiger Wang Ying and two hundred minions.

Yuan Xianling's nephew, who was usually used to it in the county seat, asked loudly: "Where did you come from, the thieves dared to block the road." Isn't your red-haired dealer Chao Gai? ”

Yan Shun said angrily: "You guy, you dare to talk nonsense when you are dying, how can I give a dignified Jinmao Tiger to what Chao Gai as a guest." ”

Wang Ying said: "What are you talking nonsense with him." With a smash of the spear, Yuan Xianling's nephew was knocked under the horse, and he screamed again and again. Immediately after that, he was about to end his life, so Yan Shun stopped him.

"It's important to get down to business."

Wang Ying angrily retracted the gun and said: "Put down the carriage that pulls the heavy and soft baggage, you can leave your life, and dare to say that you don't care about killing or burying half of it." ”

With that, Wang Ying waved a gun and stabbed a carriage guard to death, and the body fell to the ground and bled profusely.

The courage to resist him was an example, and one of the thirty-six guards was killed, and the remaining guards simply did not have the courage to fight more than three times the enemy.

The guards reluctantly put down their knives and guns, Yan Shun and Wang Ying didn't embarrass them too much, just let the minions watch them. The minions quickly brought the carriage on, and even the carriage and the steward's horses were confiscated by the county order.

Wang Ying wanted to take a few female dependents away, but Yan Shun didn't agree considering the overall situation.

Yan Shun said: "This is the main road, and it is only thirty or forty miles away from Dong Ping's Mansion, so we have to hurry up." ”

"Why is my brother so timid, what is there to be afraid of in a small Dongping Mansion, let's not go to his city to borrow food to give him face." Wang Ying said disdainfully.

Yan Shun said: "It doesn't matter to others, but there is a man named Dong Ping in Dongping Mansion who is said to have the courage of ten thousand people, which is very good, you take the carriage and go first, and I will stay and watch them." ”

"Okay." Wang Ying took a hundred minions to drive the carriage and wait to rush back, Yan Shun stayed behind and drove these people into the woods, usually robbing the road is killed, but this is a county, killing them will leave trouble. It's different if you only rob money, and the court may not pay attention to it.