A small eye replied: "Shen Da is in charge, I know that there are thirty or forty people, old ...... Wo well, in the lake ** road. ”

The other short man begged, "Sir, don't kill us, we were also forced to eat this bowl of rice by the big bosses." ”

"As long as you are honest and obedient and don't lie, you won't kill."

"Yes, yes, it must be honest." The two bandits nodded in unison.

The boat leaned ashore, here on the shore, is a sand bank, and the head of the boat, the boat can not be on the river bank, the workers under the command of He Yuan, all jumped into waist-deep water, tied guns and ammunition down with ropes, and then waded to carry ashore.

On the shore, out of a slip of figures, cover the head and more than a dozen beggars, already waiting, see the boat coming, all walked down the river, He Yuan carried an ammunition box, wading through the water, walked a few steps with difficulty, Gai turned over, took the box on his shoulder, handed it to the bald man next to him, and said: "You can't do this job, just go ashore to command." ”

"How's it going?" He Yuan asked.

"No problem, the cart is ready, waiting on the road, along the way I have arranged a lot of brothers to keep watch in the dark."

"Good." He Yuan nodded with satisfaction, he knew that Gai was calm and wise, and he was actually a rare general.

Shi Suo said to the two bandits, "You two, follow with you." ”

"Yes, yes," the two bandits got out of the boat, and waded through the water with the other workers and beggars to carry the goods ashore, and the short man had considerable strength, and carried more than the others, and ran fast, and the stone lock praised him, "Yes, do a good job, and go around you." ”

"Sir, I was originally a fisherman by the lake, and I let Shen Da's family rob it, so I did this, and my family is still counting on me to feed them, I don't know what happened to them." Said the short man.

The riverside is sandy, and the water near the shore is not muddy, this place is selected after repeated surveys, although it is necessary to wade to transport goods, which is time-consuming and laborious, but this place is remote and safe, and easy to transfer.

After doing it for a while, the short bandit looked at the crowd around him, and felt more and more strange, this "team" was disheveled, and there were many people dressed up as Hanako, if it was a disguise, I had never seen such a look. At this time, He Yuan and Professor Wan carried a bag together and walked side by side with the short man, He Yuan asked the short man, "Do you usually rob goods and grab things like this?" ”

"Yes," said the short man, "sir, I have never done anything unreasonable, and the master of Shen Da usually beats and scolds us, we are just his minions." ”

"Are you just grabbing goods, or are you also robbing people."

"Alas, the owner robs everything, goods, and people, and now there are several people locked up in the old camp."

"I should have killed you all." Stone Lock was carrying a box and walked aside.

The short man's face turned white with fright, "Sir, I ......"

He Yuan said: "Don't be afraid, what he said is angry, as long as you change your evil and return to righteousness, I will not kill you." Who are you holding there? ”

The short man thought for a moment, "I heard that there seem to be four people, and there are two fellows from the boat company, who have been tied to the meat ticket, and have already negotiated the price, and someone will come to ransom them." The other two are a father and son. ”

The small-eyed bandit also came over with the goods, and added: "The father and son have been sent away, I saw it with my own eyes, this morning, the three masters were escorted to Yueyang and handed over to General Chen to receive the reward." ”

Bandits carry meat tickets to the government to receive rewards? This makes everyone a little strange, since ancient times, only the government has suppressed bandits, where are the bandits who have kidnapped hostages and sent them to the government? The workers next to him all started talking.

He Yuan snorted with his nose, "Don't be surprised, the official bandit family is already commonplace, if it weren't for this, the bandits wouldn't be so rampant." By the way, why did the father and son send it to the government? ”

"I heard that it was a chaotic party."

As soon as they heard about the "chaotic party", He Yuan and others paid attention to it, and at this time, the goods had been transported to the shore, and everyone was busy camouflage, just waiting for the dark day to be transported from the sand on the shore to the road for loading. Taking advantage of this, He Yuan called the two bandits to him and continued to ask: "Tell me in detail, what kind of people are these two chaotic parties, and where are the chaotic parties?" What the hell is going on? ”

The two bandits blinked and recalled carefully, but they were not the parties involved, they just heard that they only knew that the two people were snatched from the shore, and they just wanted to tie up the meat tickets at that time, but they didn't expect that it was the "chaotic party" that the authorities offered a reward for arrest.

"By the way," the short bandit patted his head, "that man's name is Boss Wang." ”

"What," Stone Lock said in a hurry, grabbing the short man's chest, "what's it called?" ”

The short man was startled, and his voice stammered a little, "I heard that it is called Boss Wang." ”

"What does this man look like?" Shi Suo also knew that he was in a hurry, and let go of the bandits.

"Looks ...... That is, he is earthy, with a square face, a short beard on the cheeks, and is in his forties. ”

The appearance depicted by the bandits was exactly the appearance of the boss Wang that Shi Suo and Hu Xuan knew, and He Yuan also knew Boss Wang, so he hurriedly asked: "That person, is his hair quite short, and he has short hair that stands upright and is quite hard?" ”

"Hmm...... It seems to be. ”

At this moment, several people were a little anxious, how could Boss Wang be caught by the bandits? Shi Suo stomped his foot and said to He Yuan: "It's him, hurry, we have to save people." ”

"Don't worry," He Yuan turned around and said to Gai: "Lao Gai, there is an unexpected situation now, Boss Wang is our person, and he must be saved, let's break the original plan, the soldiers are divided into two ways, one is for you to escort the arms, and the other is with me to save people." ”

Gai's face was calm, and he thought about it for a while, "No, let Professor Wan and Duan Laosan escort the arms, on the way, I have already arranged everything, don't worry." I'll go with you to save people, in Yueyang City, we call Huazi a lot, my words are still effective, and when the time comes, it can come in handy. ”

"That's good."

Everyone couldn't take any more rest, He Yuandang selected more than ten people such as Xiong Dadao and Shi Suo, each with a spear on his back, and together with the head of the cover, he took two bandits and formed a small team, hurriedly went on the road, and went straight to Yueyang.

2

Yueyang is an ancient city, close to Dongting Lake, and the garrison in the city is only a few hundred people, led by a regimental commander surnamed Chen, under the jurisdiction of Zhang Jingyao. While walking, He Yuan talked with the two bandits, and learned that this Chen regiment leader's nickname is Chen Crooked Neck, he is a veteran ruffian, and he has been following Zhang Jingyao, which can be regarded as a descendant.

"You guys are in charge, do you have a good relationship with Captain Chen?" He Yuan asked.

"I don't know," the two bandits shook their heads together, "This person in charge of the family is a mother if he has milk, and whoever is useful, he will be good with whomever he wants, and I have never seen him have any dealings with Captain Chen." ”

In order to be cautious, He Yuan asked everyone to divide into two shifts, one group stayed outside the city to respond, and the other group put guns outside the city and entered the city in batches. Xiong Dadao and Shi Suo took the two bandits and walked in the front and went straight to the station of Regiment Leader Chen. The defense in the city was not strict, and Shi Suo was reluctant to leave the spear, so with He Yuan's consent, he stuffed the gun and a single knife of the bear knife into a bundle of firewood, mixed the sentry inspection, and carried it into the city.

After Gai took He Yuan and Ah Bing into the city, he came to a remote alley, and at the end of the alley, there was a deserted ancient tower, the upper half of which had collapsed, leaving only a layer of remnants of the wall at the bottom.

Bypassing the overgrown weeds, several people entered the base of the tower, and under the remnants of the old wall, two beggars were sitting and chatting.

"Gaiye," the two beggars stood up and said in amazement, "why did your old man come here?" ”

"Have you been to the garrison Chen's crooked neck nest recently?" Gai asked with his head split.

"No," the two beggars shook their heads together, "Chen's crooked neck is a stubble, and our brothers don't go there to ask for hardship." ”

"How can I find a talking meat ticket?"

"That's too easy," a beggar said with a smile: "Chen's crooked neck subordinates have the same attribute as him, except for visiting the cellar, that is, smoking white noodles, as long as you go to these two places, you can guarantee as much as you want." ”

Another beggar said, "But be careful, those guys have guns." ”

He Yuan and the others all sat down, chatted with the two beggars for a while, and made a plan. After a while, the little clever spirit walked in and reported: "Brother Xiong and Shi Suo have circled around Chen's Mansion twice, and now they are pretending to sell firewood at the intersection and staring at it." ”

"Well," He Yuan nodded, "you go and tell the others to stay where you are, and then notify them to act after dark." ”

When it was dark, Gai Tou and He Yuan walked out of the base of the tower, quietly walked to the regimental headquarters of Chen Crooked Neck, and half a mile away from the regimental headquarters, they saw Shi Suo squatting on the side of the road to "sell firewood", they slowly walked over, pretended to look at firewood, and asked: "Where is the old bear?" ”

"Over there in the alley." Stone Lock raised his chin.

In the alley, it was deserted, and there was a guard at the entrance of the regimental department, holding a gun, and slowly walking with his neck bent. The regimental headquarters is an ancestral hall-like compound, and from the outside, the inside has high walls and tiled roofs, and there are many houses. He Yuan and Gai chatted with Shi Suo for a few words, then made a casual appearance and slowly walked past the entrance of the regimental headquarters, the guard glanced at them, did not pay attention, and continued to walk slowly.

Xiong Dadao took the two bandits, hiding behind a pile of rotten bricks, and when he saw He Yuan and Gai coming over, he quietly appeared and said, "I didn't find the shadow of the three bandits." ”

"Well," He Yuan nodded, "Let Shi Suo keep an eye on it here, and let's go elsewhere." ”

A few people took the bandits and walked out along the alley, turning onto a "bustling" street. At this time, the sky slowly darkened, looking towards the "bustling" street, outside the doors of each courtyard, all kinds of lanterns were hung early, and some women with heavy makeup stood on the street, eyebrowning at pedestrians. Outside some courtyards, big-character signboards such as "Youth Like Jade" and "Yingchun Building" are illuminated by brightly colored lanterns.

A few people walked outside this "prosperous area", chose a corner outside the alley, and let Xiong Dadao ambush here, and then He Yuan and Gai took the two bandits away, and said to Xiong Dadao: "In a while, someone will come to support you." ”

"No, grab an enemy, no problem." Xiong Dadao smiled.

Soon, it was dark, the regimental headquarters with Chen's crooked neck, the lights in the courtyard were lit, and the sentry at the door was still walking back and forth unhurriedly.