Chapter 744: Reversal of the Situation (Part II)

When bandits pop up all over the mountains. After a small food convoy was submerged in an instant. Lai Dalong, who was standing halfway up the mountain, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said to the people around him: "It seems that the official army met a dead mouse last time." ”

The owner of the village on the side echoed and smiled: "That's it, how can it change so fast?" Someone whispered: "Just listening to Lao Luan himself, who knows what good things he and Li Zhen have done." "That's it, this person's mind is the most difficult to figure out, and the big dragon head has to be guarded against."

"Hugh is going to talk about my brother behind my back." Although Lai Qinggui didn't let him continue, his eyes became gloomy, and it was obvious that these words spoke to the depths of his heart.

At this time, a minion rushed up from the bottom of the mountain, knelt in front of Lai Qinggui and said, "Big, big dragon head, the people below are clamoring to see you." ”

"No, no, no." Lai Qinggui refused without thinking. After all, it is a fellow villager, and it is inevitable that he will be related to his family, and if he knows him, he will be a little unbearable.

"The king of the mountain," the eyes of the people below followed the minions, and they also saw Lai Qinggui and the others on the mountain, although they couldn't see their appearances clearly, but they knew that they must be the leaders, so they shouted hoarsely: "Be merciful." A village of people old and young, pointing to these grains for the winter......"

"Phew!" Lai Qinggui shouted, and roared in a hoarse voice: "Ungrateful things, brothers are working hard for our mountain people, but you eat inside and outside!" He looked at it and saw several of his subordinates pulling a desperately struggling old man, and it was this old man who was begging for help.

"To deal with these things that eat soft and are afraid of hard, you have to let them know that they are powerful." The big and small leaders fanned the flames on the side and said: "If you don't give them a little power, I don't know the three eyes of the prince Ma!" ”

Lai Qinggui's mind was hot, so he instructed his followers: "Prepare my Western guns!" The attendant hurriedly took out a short spear with a length of foot...... This was bought by him with a lot of money from the Francois in Guangdong, as a symbol of his identity. And to be honest, whether it is power or accuracy, this Western gun is much stronger than the three-eyed firearm of the official army.

The attendant stuffed gunpowder into the muzzle of the gun, stook the gunpowder with iron bars, put in three iron bullets, took the fire knife and flint to ignite the paper medium, and handed the short gun and the paper medium to the big dragon.

I saw Lai Qinggui take the short gun with one hand, tilt his head and squint, and aim the muzzle of the gun at the old man's head; With one hand, he lit the medicine thread with a paper medium. The big and small leaders around him held their breath and raised their slaps high, ready to cheer for the big dragon head.

I watched the medicine line 'stab' burn shorter and shorter, and finally launched it with a bang. The people on the side felt a hot breath on their faces, and they saw that the smoke around the dragon's head was filled, and their faces couldn't be seen clearly. Everyone couldn't help but say, 'The things of the Francophiles are really evil. ’

As soon as the wind blew, the smoke dissipated, and the figure of the big dragon head became clear again, and everyone saw that he still maintained a chic movement of raising a gun with one hand. Immediately, there was a burst of applause, and they all said: "Boss, you are too mighty!" ”

Although his arms were already sore and trembling slightly, he felt that it was still worth it to be able to suppress these rabbit cubs. He tried his best to control the corners of his mouth not to rise, and said in a deep voice: "It's not too late to scream if you hit!" ”

Everyone looked down the mountain together, only to see the direction of the big dragon's head shooting, good guy, a whole down! Someone was shocked and said: "This power is too great, take this Chaotu fence a few times, and don't just stomp on it......"

This time, no one agreed, because everyone saw that the people who were lying on the ground got up again. Count them, there are a lot of them, and what makes people even more speechless is that the old She who was targeted also had all the tails and tails, and patted the soil on his body there.

"There is no shortage of honest ...... among the bandits...... Or it is called the lack of heart, regardless of the face of the bottom of the big faucet, blurted out and debuted.

"Nonsense!" But there is no shortage of people who open their eyes and talk nonsense, and immediately scolded loudly: "The big dragon head bullet is not missing, how can it not be hit?" ”

The scolded one widened his eyes and looked around. Suddenly surprised: "It's really a mile...... Look, kill that horse! Following the direction he pointed, everyone saw a green mule, lying in a pool of blood...... It's just that it's five feet away from that old she, and this quasi-head, it's also a wife, what's that......

"That's right, it was supposed to be a mule...... "The sycophant turned the rudder quickly, and immediately said in a loud voice: "Who said that the big dragon head is aimed at people?" He said with a smile on his face and said, "That's right, big dragon head." ”

"Wow!" Lai Qinggui said to the old man with a dark face: "This time, Lao Tzu's subordinates are merciful, and if you dare to collude with the government, then Ma ...... Oh no, mule, that's what happened to you. With that, he threw the gun on the ground and turned away from the mountainside. The attendant hurriedly leaned over and picked up the short gun, held it in his arms, and followed closely.

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A small episode did not affect the victory, and when the team returned to the cottage with a full load, Lai ordered a reward for the brothers and waited for news from the other two routes.

The next morning, Luan Bin also brought people back, and Lai Qinggui led the brothers to welcome them to the village, but saw them empty-handed, and the group went up the mountain dejectedly.

"It doesn't matter, it's good for everyone to come back," Lai Qinggui still had some boss demeanor, and comforted his brother-in-law: "Maybe the news is wrong, and it's normal to be empty." ”

The ambassador of Cang, who followed him out, jumped out and said, "Our information is accurate, seeing such a long convoy passing." The three masters just didn't let them do it. ”

"What's wrong? Afraid of fraud? Lai Qinggui asked Luan Bin patiently.

"Big brother, let's talk about this in the house." Luan Bin looked left and right and said in a low voice.

Seeing that so many people really couldn't speak, Lai Qinggui nodded, waved his hand and said, "Let's go......" The subordinates dispersed violently, and the two bigwigs also walked into the lobby.

As soon as there were no outsiders, Lai Qinggui lowered his face and said, "Third child, what do you mean?" If you don't want to do it, say it early! ”

"Big brother, I didn't mean that......" Luan Bin sighed and said, "I just feel that there may be fraud in this." ”

"What's the trick?" Lai Qinggui pointed outside and said, "The white rice and white noodles have been snatched back, you don't think it's fake, right?" Fewer words"

"Of course it's true." Luan Bin said softly: "While waiting, I thought about it carefully, and the more I thought about it, the more wrong it became...... How hard is it to bring in food from outside? Just managing tens of thousands of troops to eat and drink, I'm afraid that the government can't bear it, why is it so generous, tens of thousands of catties and tens of thousands of catties are distributed to the villages? ”

"Buying people's hearts." Lai Qinggui pouted and said, "What's so hard to guess about this." ”

"That's the problem." Luan Bin looked at Lai Qinggui fixedly and said: "The government sent grain for the purpose of buying people's hearts, but we snatched away the grain that already belonged to the mountain people, what is this?" ”

"What?" Lai Qinggui said impatiently.

"It hurts people's hearts!" Luan Bin said in a low voice: "This is to push them to the side of the government......"

"I don't believe in my hometown, the friendship of generations." Lai Qinggui slapped the table heavily, and the devastated wooden table let out a 'squeak' moan.

Luan Bin patiently explained: "The ancients had a saying that made people's hearts like water and people like smoke. The big boss is the easiest to lose the hearts of the people. Saying that, he sighed and said, "Who gives more benefits." Their hearts are ...... to whom" then said: "I pondered, the government just wants to have a contest with us on the hearts of the people, those who win the hearts of the people win the world, and those who lose the hearts of the people have no cone...... This trick is ruthless, big brother, we can't take it lightly. ”

"That's what you came up with after three days in the haystack?" Lai Qinggui squinted at him and said.

Bin nodded.

"That's why you're leaving empty-handed again?" Lai Qinggui's voice became harder and harder.

Luan Bin felt that he was on the verge of an outburst, but he still nodded with difficulty: "Yes......"

Before the words fell, he heard a bang, it turned out that Lai Qinggui pulled out the waist knife and slapped it on the table, and there was another squeaky and swaying. I saw him staring at his brother-in-law with red eyes. Word by word: "The third child, you listen to me, brother, I have gone from a little beggar who can't eat enough to get enough to today's scale, and it is not the support of the common people, it is this!" As he spoke, he patted his waist knife again, and said with a hideous face: "It's better to rely on your own knife than to rely on anyone!" After a pause, his tone softened a little and said: "Of course, there are also your brothers who are like each other, but I don't rely on those mercenary fools and fools, they are just some wall grass, whoever has a hard fist, who has the best hope of winning, they will stand on whom's side!" ”

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Feeling Lai Qinggui's conceit and stubbornness, Luan Bin knew that everything he said was in vain, and nodded a little tiredly: "What the eldest brother taught me is that I know." ”

"Good brother, my brother speaks urgently, and you don't know." Lai Qinggui thought that the other party was persuaded, and he suddenly felt comfortable, and he was also in the mood to take into account his brother-in-law's feelings.

"When the eldest brother said this, he saw the outside...... Luan Bin smiled reluctantly: "Brother, I am not sensible, and I have to be taught by my brother." ”

"Hehe, good ......" Lai Qinggui nodded and said with a cruel smile: "I just want to give them something powerful to see, I won't just rob this time, but whenever there is such a thing, I will rob it correctly, and I will not be able to cheapen those traitors." ”

"Big brother has the final say." Luan Bin said in a low voice: "I'm tired, I'll go back and rest first." ”

"Go ahead." Lai Qinggui nodded and said, "Let's rest for two days." Before the words fell, a report came from outside: "Big dragon head, the Black Armor Army is also back." "At that time, there were three teams that went out to rob, in addition to the two of them, it was Li Zhen's Black Armor Army, originally Lai Qinggui didn't want to let go of this opportunity to get closer, and wanted to act with the Black Armor Army, but the commander of the Black Armor Army said that they only accepted the leadership of the Li family, and now the eldest young master was only arrested and not killed, so it is inconvenient to be directly led by the big dragon head.

That moment. Lai Dalongtou praised their loyalty, but in his heart he cursed Li Zhen to be beheaded by the government as soon as possible, so that he could hold high the banner of avenging his second brother and gain the loyalty of the Black Armor Army.

This is really the unintentional speaker and the listener intentional, if the commander of the Black Armor Army knew that he would bring such a lot of resentment to the eldest young master, he would definitely not insist on it anymore.

But there is no regret medicine in the world, just like Lai Qinggui sent the Black Armor Army out to rob the road, if he was given another choice, he would definitely let these uncles rest in the village. But now, he had to face their gains.

Contrary to Luan Bin, who had nothing to gain, the results of the Black Armor Army were absolutely great - not only robbed five families at once, but also gave them a gift...... It turned out that in addition to robbing back the grain, they also brought back three old shes.

"Of course you should take what you should take, but don't take what you shouldn't." For the black-armored army with eyebrows and mustaches, Lai Qinggui could only smile helplessly, saying that stupidity is really contagious, and after following Li Zhen for more than a year, even this group of murderers has become stupid.

Looking at the three old women with a solemn expression, Luan Bin was also a little annoyed and said, "What are you doing when you bring back these old men who buried loess in their necks?" Kidnap? They don't have any money in the village, so they won't be dragged into the gang, right? Fewer words"

"It's not a move-in." The commander of the Black Armor Army, his face was really Zhang Fei, but his eyes were full of determination, so he listened to him say word by word: "It's a replacement." ”

As soon as these words came out, the hall quieted down, Luan Bin showed a sudden look, Lai Qinggui felt uncomfortable in his heart, and said in a somewhat stiff tone: "Who let you make your own decisions?" ”

Who knew that the other party was not convinced at all, and said hard at the top: "The eldest young master has been arrested for nearly ten days, and you leaders have never discussed how to save him, so we have to make our own decisions!" ”

"You ......" Lai Qinggui hadn't been topped like this for many years, so he was so angry that he picked up the waist knife on the table and slashed at him.

The man did not dodge, but let him slash at himself...... Even though it had a scabbard, the force was enough to break a person's bones. But he didn't frown, shook his body slightly, and stood still.

Lai Qinggui was shocked by his firmness, and the other party was the person he wanted to subdue, so after a moment of adjustment, he finally stabilized his emotions, stretched out his thumb and said: "I appreciate you most for being a loyal person, and this time I will not pursue my opinion." ”

The man was not completely stubborn, and he knew that he got off the donkey and said: "Thank you for the grace of the big dragon head not to kill, there is nothing to repay in the future, but to smear the liver and brain!" ”

Lai Qinggui couldn't help but say in his heart: "Isn't this a hint to me, as long as Li Zhen is rescued, they will listen to me in the future?" Immediately excited: "Wow......" After speaking, he felt out of shape, quickly sat back on the main seat, put up a shelf and said: "I am in the same mood as you, I don't want to save Brother Li Zhen all the time, right, third child?" ”

"Oh, exactly." Luan Bin nodded and said, "You go down first, and I'll discuss it with the big dragon head to see what to do." ”

Waiting for the people of the Black Armor Army to leave, Luan Bin said, "Big brother." This time, they arrested people and came back, which can be regarded as crooked. If the government does not agree to change people, then their fake efforts to win the hearts and minds of the people will become a joke that no one will believe. ”

"What if they agree to a replacement?" Lai Qinggui asked with a gloomy face.

"Wouldn't it be good to take a few useless bad old men and exchange them for Brother Li Zhen?" Luan Bin said a little strangely.

"Hmm......" Lai Qinggui pondered for a long time, and finally got up and said, "You can do this." ”

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In the past two days, the atmosphere in Longnan City was very tense, and from time to time the officers and soldiers of the brigade drove out of the city, and some fast horses galloped into the city, so that the people watching the bustle on the side of the road speculated one after another, and they did not know what had happened.

As a result, the next afternoon, the exact news came out - the grain that was transported to the villages was robbed by several teams of bandits!

The next day later, there was even more shocking news - the bandits actually kidnapped several She elders and demanded to exchange the captured bandit leader Li Zhen. There was a lot of heated discussion in the streets and alleys, speculating whether Lord Jinglu would agree to the rebels' request.

"You can't say yes!" There is also a fierce debate in the signing room of the Jingluo Mansion. Shen Mingchen took the case and said: "You can't compromise with the bandits, otherwise there will be endless troubles!" ”

"It's not called compromise." Yu Yin, who had few words, was no longer silent this time: "It's just an exchange." ”

"Don't talk about those useless," Shen Mingchen waved his hand rudely, walked to Shen Mo's big case and said: "I only know that the report of success has already arrived in Beijing, and Li Zhen's disposal power is no longer in our hands!" ”

Seeing that he was silent, he lowered his voice and said, "My lord, you must remember how passive Duke Merlin was in dealing with Wang Zhi back then, right?" Fewer words"

Seeing Shen Mo nodded, Shen Mingchen said earnestly: "Before holding Wang Zhiqian at first, Duke Mo Lin can make any decisions he wants, without worrying about someone saying irresponsible things; After a pause, he looked at Shen Mo with a solemn face and said: "But everything changed after Wang Bengu reported to the imperial court, and since then, Duke Merlin has not been able to make decisions in this matter, and he has been under pressure from all sides, so that a little Wang Bengu can be bullied enough...... This is not because the surname Wang has much ability, but because he happens to cater to the mainstream of the imperial court; And Merlin Gong didn't suddenly become mediocre, but his ideas were contrary to the mainstream......"

"Mainstream?" Shen Mo finally opened his mouth and asked lightly, "What is the mainstream?" ”

"Never compromise with the enemy, never negotiate conditions with the enemy! Captured enemies must not be put back! Shen Mingchen said: "This is the consistent style of the Ming Dynasty, there are too many people who regard it as a guideline, we can't screw it!" ”

"Fart." The good old man Yu Yin actually burst out foul language, although he immediately explained to Shen Mingchen that he was not scolding him, there was someone else who farted, but he still snorted angrily: "The ancients are cloudy, soldiers are impermanent, and water is impermanent!" There are no two things in the world that are the same, different problems have to be dealt with in different ways, and the only constant is to change with the situation! The more complex it is, the more flexible it must be, where are there so many 'nevers'? He was obviously touched and saddened, and said indignantly: "When it is time to stick to principles, I like to 'deal with things flexibly', and when I should be flexible, I must stick to principles!" I look at the things in the world, eighty percent of them are bad on this! ”

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Leave: I'll go back to my hometown tomorrow to pick up my grandmother, I can't update, but I'll be back on Sunday......

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