Zhou Chong and they left Qingzhou all the way to the east, and soon came to Weihaiwei again, as a result, after the Meng commander heard the news of Zhou Chong's coming, he immediately ran out in fright to greet him, because now Zhou Chong's identity has long been different from the past, Emperor Zhengde's attention to Zhou Chong is not mentioned for the time being, and one of the important functions of the governor of the four seas is to control the coastal guards, that is, as long as Zhou Chong is willing, his Weihaiwei also belongs to Zhou Chong's jurisdiction, so when he heard the arrival of Zhou Chong's top boss, Naturally, I have to rush to stammer.

For this Meng commander, Zhou Chong's impression of him is still good, although this person is very incompetent as a military attaché, the entire Weihai guard has long been abandoned, and has long lost the original function of the guard, but this person has done a very good job as a magistrate, at least the people of Weihai Wei take advantage of the port, and their lives are richer than other guards around, although the majority of the port income has been taken away by Meng Commander and these officials, but the people of the guard have also benefited.

It is precisely because of this that Zhou Zhong also deliberately praised this Meng commander, of course, after the praise, he did not forget to beat the other party, so that he should not be too greedy, and hinted that he was very optimistic about him, and when he had the opportunity, he would make a statement to His Majesty, and then maybe his position would be promoted, of course, provided that he had to have the political achievements to show his hands.

For Zhou Chong's hint, this made Commander Meng also overjoyed, and immediately said that he would definitely live up to the expectations of the Admiral, and he would definitely benefit the people in the future, etc.!

Zhou Zhong stayed in Weihaiwei for another two days, and on the third day, the fleet that had received the news to pick him up had finally arrived. Then the group got on the boat again. Go south with the wind. But at the same time as Zhou Zhong and his party left Shandong. However, a major event happened in Shandong, and this incident is also inseparable from Zhou Chong.

Shandong Jinan Mansion is bordered by Mount Tai in the south and the Yellow River in the north, which can be said to be a rare and good place to go. Among the mountains in the south of Jinan Prefecture, there is a hill that looks gentle from a distance, but in fact it is extremely steep, there is a black stone shaped like an old cow on the top of the hill, and there is a camp built by robbers on the mountain. Therefore, this mountain is known as the Black Cow Village.

Speaking of the black cow village, this is a year, the south of Jinan is originally mountainous, whenever the year is not good, there will be people entrenched in the mountains for thieves, and this black cow village is one of them, it is said that at the end of the Tang Dynasty, there were robbers on the top of the mountain to build a camp, of course, after so many years, the robbers on the top of the mountain have also changed countless times. It is also the Black Cow Village that has such a long history, so it is near Jinan. Black Bull Village has become almost synonymous with robbers.

After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the country has been plagued by natural disasters and man-made disasters, many people are unable to live because of the famine, so the robbers on the black cow village have almost not been broken, although the officers and soldiers have been encircled and suppressed several times, but because the terrain of the black cow village is easy to defend and difficult to attack, so several times are in vain, and then they will be resigned.

The leader of this generation of Black Bull Village is named Yang Hu, that is, the Shandong thief who defected to Liu Liu Liu and Liu Qi in history, when he followed Bai Ying after the failure of the uprising, he took his brothers to the vicinity of Jinan, and later simply joined the Black Cow Village as a leader, and then there was internal strife within the cottage, he took the opportunity to kill several other leaders, and became the big boss of Black Cow Village.

In the Juyi Hall in the middle of the Black Cow Village, Yang Hu, who is the big boss, is drinking stuffy wine alone. Although Yang Hu's previous rebellion failed, but it stimulated his ambitions, and he always wanted to find an opportunity to regroup, some time ago he heard that his old friends Liu Liu, Liu Qi and Qi Yanming and others rebelled in Bazhou, which made him very excited, thinking that the opportunity he had been waiting for finally came, so he immediately planned to take people to Bazhou to defect to Liu Liu Liu Qi and them, and then he would do a big job with his own ability, even if he couldn't be the emperor, but it was not impossible to wait for the prime minister.

Although Yang Hu's idea seems ridiculous, this is the common voice of most rebels in the past dynasties, although they know that rebellion will take a lot of risks, but thinking of the rich reward after the success of the rebellion, they can no longer care about anything else, and as a result, they gambled all their net worth and life, even if they were defeated and died.

It's a pity that before Yang Hu left, there was bad news from Bazhou, that is, Liu Liu, Liu Qi and others, who were still vigorous before, were killed by the army led by Jingyang Bo Shenying, and even Liu Liu and Liu Qi died on the battlefield, Qi Yanming is nowhere to be found, as for other old friends who are also dead and fleeing, it can be said that this rebellion in Bazhou has completely failed.

"Alas, why are Liu Liu and Liu Qi so useless, they have just rebelled for more than two months, but they have already been defeated so miserably, if they can hold on for a while longer, after they meet with me, they will definitely be able to defeat Shenying!" I saw Yang Hu, who was sitting in the hall, raised his head and drank a bowl of wine, sighed and muttered to himself.

Yang Hu didn't feel too sad about the death of Liu Liu, Liu Qi and others, although he had a good relationship with the other party, but people like them had long taken life and death lightly, and in Yang Hu's opinion, Liu Liu Liu Qi was too useless, and he was wiped out in such a short period of time, which made him miss a good opportunity to make a comeback again.

Thinking that such a good opportunity disappeared in vain, Yang Hu couldn't help but feel a little annoyed in his heart, and picked up the wine jug and took a few sips again. He is almost fifty years old this year, and if he can't find a chance to make a comeback, I'm afraid that he will only be able to nest in this small black cow village and be a robber leader for the rest of his life.

Just when Yang Hu was drinking alone, a small leader suddenly ran outside and reported to him: "The big boss, there is a person down the mountain, claiming to be your brother back then, because he was wanted by the imperial court and cornered, so he came to join the big boss!" ”

"Oh, my brother?" Yang Hu also put down the wine jug when he heard the report, and immediately frowned and thought about it, he was born as a Xiangma, and then rebelled with Bai Ying, so almost all the brothers he knew were wanted by the imperial court, so for a while he really couldn't guess who came to defect to him.

Since you can't think of it, don't think about it, I saw Yang Hu immediately throw down the wine jug and stand up, and came to the gate of Heiniuzhai with the little boss. On the flat ground on the top of the hill where the whole Black Cow Village was built, the gate of the village is just facing the only road up the mountain, and this road is extremely narrow, if they encounter an attack by officers and soldiers, they only need to prepare enough rolling wood and thunder stones, which is enough to make the attacking officers and soldiers suffer heavy casualties, and they have to return in vain.

I saw Yang Hu climb the gate of the black cow village to take a look, and found that there was a very embarrassed person standing in front of the gate of the village, only to see that this person's hair was messy, and his face was also black, so that people could not see his true face, it was already winter, but the clothes on the body of the person below were unfair and thin, and he also broke a few big holes, standing in the cold wind on the top of the mountain and shivering, which was no different from the beggars on the street.

Looking at the beggar-like figure below, Yang Hu couldn't recognize the identity of the other party anyway, just when he was puzzled, the beggar below also saw Yang Hu on the gate of the village at this time, and his dark face also showed a look of ecstasy, and shouted loudly: "Brother Yang Hu, don't you recognize Qi?" ”

Hearing this person claiming to be surnamed Qi, and the voice was also very familiar, Yang Hu immediately recognized the identity of the other party, and he was also overjoyed at that time and shouted: "Great, it turns out that Brother Qi, you really escaped, quickly open the door of the village to greet you!" ”

With Yang Hu's instructions, the gate of Heiniu Village also slowly opened, and at this time, Qi Yanming also ran down from the gate of the village, and came to the beggar in person, regardless of the dirty and smelly body of the other party, he held the other party's hand with an excited face and talked a few words cordially, and then personally welcomed the other party to the cottage.

This beggar who called himself Qi was Qi Yanming who escaped from Bazhou, he finally escaped from Bazhou after crossing the Shizui Cliff, and as he expected, after leaving Bazhou, his wanted notice was not as strict as Bazhou, which made him overjoyed and accelerated to Shandong.

Although Qi Yanming's wanted notice on this road is not as strict as that of Bazhou, almost every town has posted a list of his wanted, so Qi Yanming didn't dare to enter the city at all this way, he slept in the wild when he was sleepy, and went to some small villages to steal or rob some food when he was hungry, so he arrived at Jinan Mansion safely.

After Yang Hu welcomed Qi Yanming to Heiniu Village, he originally wanted to arrange for Qi Yanming to bathe and change clothes first, but Qi Yanming's emaciated face showed an embarrassing wry smile and said: "Brother Yang, I won't tell you, I haven't eaten for two days and two nights now, so forget about bathing, you better hurry up and get me something to eat!" ”

Yang Hu was also concerned when he heard this, he didn't expect Qi Yanming to be so downcast, he used to be a character anyway, but now in order to escape for his life, he hasn't eaten for several days. Thinking of this, Yang Hu immediately asked people to prepare a wine banquet, anyway, they are all reckless people, and they are not so particular, for them, the most important thing is to fill their stomachs first, and everything else is empty.

Soon the wine and food were delivered, Qi Yanming hastily first touched his hand, then rolled up his sleeves and directly grabbed the dish with his hand and stuffed it into his mouth, and he was choked after just a few bites, and swallowed it after pouring a few sips of water and wine.

Yang Hu looked at Qi Yanming, who was gobbling up, but he had been thinking about the impact of Qi Yanming's arrival on him, although Qi Yanming is now very miserable, but it is a rare opportunity for him, now the rebellion in Bazhou has just been calmed down, and the people's hearts have not yet been completely stabilized, at this time, if he raises troops under the banner of avenging Liu Liu and Liu Qi, coupled with Qi Yanming's influence, he may be able to set off a bigger storm! (To be continued......)