In the twenty-ninth year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, that is, in 1903. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The supposedly dense vegetation on the summit of the main peak of the Yumai Pine Ridge in Changbai Mountain in eastern Liaodong was replaced by thatched houses as early as two years ago. In the past two years, the number of thatched huts on the main peak has changed from five or six to more than 30 today, scattered around the only house on the main peak.

Such a time, such a place, you don't have to guess to know.

This dozens of thatched huts located on the top of the main peak of Pine Ridge were the most common and arrogant bandit nests outside the customs in the late Qing Dynasty, and even the government had no way to do it.

Two years ago, when the Eight-Nation Coalition invaded the capital, Lao Maozi, as a member of the Eight-Nation Alliance, directly sent troops to occupy the entire northeast.

Liaodong, where Pine Ridge is located, is undoubtedly also occupied by Lao Maozi.

In this war, the Yang family, who lived around Pine Ridge, was not spared.

Except for the father and son of the Yang family who went out hunting, hundreds of people in the entire village were first sacked by the defeated imperial court officials and soldiers, and then slaughtered by Lao Maozi's pursuers, and in the end, no one was alive.

And the entire village was also burned to ashes under a fire from Lao Maozi.

In order to survive and take revenge, the father and son of the Yang family, who were forced to be helpless, had to go to Pine Ridge, with two shotguns and accurate marksmanship, pull the pole, be a bandit, rob the rich and help the poor, hoping that one day they can rely on the bandits in their hands to find Lao Maozi for revenge.

As the number of bandits in his hands increased, his reputation in the hundreds of miles around Pine Ridge grew. The bandit nest in Songshuling was named Yangjiazhai by the Yang family father and son.

In the general bandit den, in addition to robbing houses outside, as long as they stay in the cottage, they are drinking wine and eating meat, so it is not lively.

However, the Yangjiazhai in front of him, especially today, the tenth day of the fifth month of the 29th year of Guangxu, behaves very differently.

In the cottage, all the white cloths that could be used were hung up. As far as the eye can see, the entire cottage is almost shrouded in white cloth.

Speaking of which, it is clear that Yangjiazhai, which is located on the top of the main peak of Pine Ridge, is holding a very grand funeral.

As a bandit cottage, the average bandit will never be treated so well if he dies.

Therefore, the Yang family village in front of him, the person lying in the coffin of the mourning hall at this moment, must be a pivotal figure in the cottage.

That's right, at this moment, on the spirit card in the middle of the cottage tiger hall, the name of Yang Xinghu, the big boss of Yangjiazhai, is being written. As for Yang Xingguo, the young master, he knelt in front of the spirit card with a sluggish face, looking sluggish.

Faced with this situation, everyone in the cottage bandits believed that Yang Xingguo, the young master, was too sad because of his father's sudden death. Otherwise, after receiving the news of the death of the big boss just yesterday afternoon, the young master would not have fainted directly because of shock and sadness, and did not wake up until two hours ago, and then he kept kneeling in the mourning hall without saying a word.

In fact, what everyone doesn't know is that Yang Xingguo, who is the young master, looks sluggish because of excessive sadness on the surface. However, his heart was boiling like a river and a sea.

Because, at this moment, Yang Xingguo, the young master, although the person has not changed. However, his soul has changed dramatically.

In later generations, a soldier also named Yang Xingguo was also holding a funeral at this moment.

And the protagonist of this funeral is the owner of Yang Xingguo's current soul.

When Yang Xingguo felt that he had slept for a long time, he had just woken up from his sleep with exhaustion, and before he had time to react, he was taken to the mourning hall by a person who claimed to be his second uncle, kneeling in front of this so-called father's mourning hall.

Because the whole process developed so fast, I knelt in front of the mourning hall since I woke up, and few people came to talk to me.

Even though he had been awake for almost two hours, he still hadn't figured out what was going on in front of him.

At this moment, Yang Xingguo only knew that his soul had crossed over, and he also knew that he had crossed into the son of a bandit leader. And the cheap dad in front of him was killed on the spot when he was hit by a bullet when he was beating Lao Maozi......

At that time, there were more than a dozen brothers in the cottage who died together in the hands of Lao Maozi...... If it weren't for the third master, that is, his second uncle reacted quickly and withdrew with his copycat brother in time, he might not even be able to see the body of this cheap father.

Of course, these contents were all analyzed by Yang Xingguo within two hours, through the words of the bandits around him.

As for the rest, it is not clear......

As a soldier, after knowing his identity, the next thing to figure out is undoubtedly the current time and location, only when you know these things and do things yourself, you will not be a headless fly.

Fighting with Lao Maozi, coupled with the service, equipment, and tone of voice of the bandits around him, a general location directly appeared in Yang Xingguo's mind......

The Northeast, I am now in the Northeast.

As for the time, it must still be during the Qing Dynasty...... Because, including himself, everyone in the mourning hall still has pigtail braids unique to the Qing Dynasty.

Coupled with the guns equipped by the bandits around him, an approximate time came to Yang Xingguo's mind, that is, the last years of the Qing Dynasty.

Just when Yang Xingguo was doing various analyses in his heart, a reminder suddenly reached his ears.

"Xingguo, be careful, don't get distracted...... The second master and the Japanese are coming, we can't afford to mess with the Japanese, don't offend them impulsively......"

As he spoke, a flattering voice reached Yang Xingguo's ears......

Two Japanese dressed in Qing Dynasty costumes, under the constant compliments of a middle-aged man, walked in with a proud face.

After glancing at the spirit card on the mourning hall, he walked directly to Yang Xingguo.

Seeing this, Yang Xingguo didn't have to guess to know that the middle-aged man behind the two Japanese was Wang Hu, the second leader of Yangjiazhai, because he was defeated by the Yang family father and son, he had to take refuge in the Yang family father and son, and became the second leader from the big boss.

Although he still doesn't know this Wang Hu, from Wang Hu's flattering smile to the Japanese, Yang Xingguo looks down on Wang Hu, the so-called second leader, very much.

Of course, Yang Xingguo did not analyze much for this second-in-command Wang Hu......

At this moment, Yang Xingguo has only one question in his heart, that is, why there are Japanese in Yangjiazhai, why is the second leader Wang Hu so flattering to them, and what are these two Japanese doing?

However, at this time, there is no time for Yang Xingguo to think about this problem.

Because, the two Japanese have already walked in front of Yang Xingguo.

Seeing Yang Xingguo with an expressionless face, the two Japanese thought that Yang Xingguo was too sad, so they didn't pay attention to it.

After taking out a money bag full of silver from his body, he said with a proud face......

Yang Jun...... In order to reward your father's contribution to our Japanese Empire, we specially applied to the Ministry of War to issue a bereavement pension of one hundred taels of silver to your father, hoping that Yang Jun would inherit his father's business and continue to ......serve my Japanese Empire."

Hearing this, Yang Xingguo was even more puzzled......

The problem of the Japanese in the cottage has not yet been clarified, and now there is another thing about his father Yang Xinghu working for the Japanese......