After controlling the situation, the first task is to rescue Mu Xiao'e. Yu Xiang ordered people to guard the key places of the village, and sent Sheng Ying to take people to raid the warehouse of the ancient village, and after all the things were arranged, under the leadership of Zhang Erhu, he and the red lady came to death row.

When I opened the door of the prison, I saw a small 'prisoner' Ben taking care of a dying woman beside her, and when I saw someone coming in, I reflexively retreated in a corner.

The red lady recognized the dying woman as Mu Xiao'e at a glance, and hurriedly ran forward, calling Xiao'e's name loudly, tears raining down. At this time, Mu Xiao'e was already in a coma and unconscious.

Yu Xiang had already ordered someone to invite Zhang Langzhong, and at this time, Zhang Langzhong had already arrived. He walked up to Mu Xiao'e, skillfully looked at the injury, and said to everyone: "This girl has passed the dangerous period, as long as she recovers consciousness, she will be raised for a few days, and she will be fine." Now we have to move her to the bed and let her recover well. ”

When the red lady heard this, she was relieved. She personally led the two of them and carried Mu Xiao'e out.

After rescuing Mu Xiao'e, Yu Xiang felt very relieved. At this time, the sound of cries for help in the cell came and went, and Yu Xiang also smelled the disgusting rancid smell in the air, Yu Xiang said to Zhang Langzhong: "You stay here to show these injured people, help them deal with their wounds, and wait for dawn to find another clean place to settle them." ”

Zhang Langzhong said: "The owner of the village is benevolent and righteous, and the villain follows the instructions." With that, he went to the more seriously injured "prisoners" and helped them heal.

In the firelight, Yu Xiang looked at these people, they were almost completely skinless, and they were miserable. Seeing that Zhang Langzhong was definitely too busy, he glanced at the room with his eyes, and saw the little man cowering in the corner, when he entered the house, he saw that this person was taking care of Mu Xiao'e, so he paid special attention to it, and found that this person was very calm, and his expression seemed to be frightened, but it was obviously pretended, which was very different from others.

Yu Xiang asked him, "You are also a death row prisoner?" ”

The little man returned: "Yes! Please save the villain's life too. ”

Yu Xiang said: "As long as you are innocent, we will definitely save you." ”

"What's your name?" Yu Xiang continued to ask.

The little man said: "The contemptible person's surname is Jia, and his name is Bin Jiu." ”

Yu Xiang was stunned, "Jia Binjiu? "Could it be that he is the king of Western news sent by the people of the rivers and lakes to the nickname of Diamond Cloud Taibao Miaoshou Town? So he asked: "You are Jia Binjiu, the king of Western news in Zhuanyun Taibao Miaoshou Town?" ”

The little man replied: "Exactly, that's the nickname given to me by the love of my friends in the rivers and lakes." I'm honored that you've heard my name. ”

Yu Xiang was immediately overjoyed, and he said: "I have long heard of the name of Jia Daxia, and it is a great honor to see it today." ”

When Jia Binjiu heard Yu Xiang say this, he immediately felt that there was still hope for life, and he was very grateful.

Yu Xiang looked at Jia Binjiu carefully, and saw that he was short and thin, his appearance was not good, but he was not ugly, he was very eye-catching, and it was absolutely difficult to find out in the crowd.

Yu Xiang had the intention of retaining in his heart, but now there are still many things to deal with, and he can't take care of him, seeing that Zhang Langzhong is too busy alone, Yu Xiang said to Jia Bin for a long time: "Jia Daxia, can you please help Zhang Langzhong and help the wounded, I still have something to do, I'll come to you when I go back." ”

Jia Bin said for a long time: "The owner of the village is polite, just ask for something." After saying that, he got up, beckoned a few lightly injured people, and helped Zhang Langzhong, Yu Xiang saw it in his eyes, admired his organizational ability very much, and secretly remembered it in his heart.

Yu Xiang politely said goodbye to Jia Binjiu. Under the leadership of Zhang Erhu, he went to the ordinary cell, and along the way, Zhang Erhu introduced the ordinary cell.

The ordinary cell is called the "pig cage" in the ancient village, and in a separate courtyard, the courtyard is divided into single rooms, each of which is about ten square meters. There are usually three or four people in a single room, and there is a commode in the corner of the private room, and the urinal and urinal are solved in the commode. Many of the rooms are occupied by families.

Gu Batian often lured them into the village and imprisoned them in pig pens, forced them to sell themselves into slavery, and if they did not comply, they were put on death row. There were also some tenants who could not pay their rents, and peasant households who could not afford to pay usury or official rations. After being imprisoned, they were given only a small amount of food and water per meal, and they were severely beaten, and many people were tortured to death here.

Hearing this, Yu Xiang was very shocked, he didn't expect to set up a private court, and he was so careless about people's lives. The law on these places. Dyspepsia. Evil. Hegemonism is nothing. As they spoke, they had come to the "pig cage". When the courtyard door was opened, a foul smell came to the nostrils, and so many people ate and drank on the spot, and the environment can be imagined. I saw one hut after another, like a pig farm, with more than 300 people detained, and in some single rooms, there were seven or eight men, women, and children, and there was almost no place to sit together.

When the people in the prison heard the movement, they all opened their eyes from their confusion and shouted weakly: "Wronged, save me!" There was a cry of mourning in the prison.

Yu Xiang really wanted to release everyone as soon as possible, but the village had not been cleaned up yet, and he was worried that going out would cause chaos and make the scene out of control, so he could only release them after the dawn and the things in the ancient village were settled.

Therefore, Yu Xiang said to everyone in a loud voice: "Please bend here for one more night, I will release you tomorrow." When the prisoners heard this, they were immediately grateful, and some knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

Yu Xiang turned to Ah Niu and said, "Ah Niu, boil some gruel first, and let these people fill their stomachs first." ”

Ah Niu received the order, and hurriedly took someone to boil porridge and soup porridge, and did not mention it for the time being.

Out of the "pig cage", Yu Xiang went to the warehouse anxiously, this is what he is most concerned about, there are casualties in this battle to be compensated, there are so many poor people to help, there is nothing to do without food finance.

When I arrived at the door of the warehouse, I saw Mu Hongshi, Mu Hongyu holding a fire gun, standing at the door of the warehouse, and a few people with big knives, guarding all around, and the entire warehouse was heavily guarded. Yu Xiang couldn't help but feel sincerely admired Shengying's arrangement. It is precisely because of Shengying that the attack on the stockade will be so smooth, and the situation of the stockade can be controlled so quickly.

As soon as several people saw that it was Yu Xiang, they all took the initiative to get out of the way, Yu Xiang let the rest of the people behind him stay outside the warehouse, and entered the warehouse alone, only to see that Shengying was directing a few people to count the items.

When Shengying saw Yu Xiang, she couldn't help but say happily: "Lord Yu Village, look at it, there are really a lot of treasures here!" ”

Yu Xiang stepped forward and thanked Sheng Ying: "Sheng Daxia, hard work." Thanks to you, we were able to capture Gujiazhai smoothly. ”

Shengying was humble again and again, led Yu Xiang, watched the spoils of war, and saw that the large warehouse was full of large and small boxes, the lid of the box was opened, boxes of silver ingots, and several small boxes, all of which were gold, yellow gold bars, flashing with an attractive luster.

Yu Xiang looked at the money, and he had the bottom in his heart, with this money and goods, he could help everyone resist the upcoming drought. At this time, he has a peep for money, and he has no sense of desire for his own earth, and now money, in his eyes, seems to have become white rice that can keep everyone alive.

Yu Xiang said to Sheng Ying: "Sheng Daxia, there is a labor for you here, please register everything here, this money is very useful, no matter who dares to rob it, please kill you on the spot, and show no mercy." ”

Shengying said: "Please rest assured that Yu Daxia will take good care of the items here and not let anyone touch them." ”

Yu Xiang was convinced of Shengying's words, said goodbye to Shengying, and walked out of the warehouse. He was going to continue to check on the granary.

Zhang Erhu led Shengying to the granary where the grain was placed, only to see an independent courtyard, there were several granaries with columnar spires, counting six, Li Gang was leading a few people to inspect the granary, he saw Yu Xiang coming, and hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Lord Yu Zhai, according to your instructions, the granary has been closely guarded to prevent people from grabbing grain." ”

Yu Xiang nodded with satisfaction and said: "Li Daxia, nowadays, food is more valuable than gold and silver, and it is the foundation of all of us!" To register this grain, I want to see how much grain there is. ”

Li Gang received the order and sent someone to find the account book and register the amount of grain.

Yu Xiang said goodbye to Li Gang, and suddenly felt extremely relaxed, this time he attacked the ancient family village, and the harvest was unexpected. He asked Zhang Erhu to lead him to the conference hall, he wanted to hold a meeting in the conference hall after dawn, he wanted to go and see the scene.

On the way to the meeting hall, Yu Xiang passed by a large mansion, the mansion is very magnificent, two big stone lions in front of the door open their teeth and claws, standing in front of the door, there is a plaque on the roof, writing "ancient house". The door was open, and the cries of women and children could be faintly heard inside, but the courtyard was empty, and no one walked around.

Yu Xiang had already guessed what kind of place this was, and he asked Zhang Erhu, "Who lives here?" ”

Zhang Erhu replied: "This is Gu Batian's residence, and it is his wives and concubines who are crying inside, and most of these women are poor women occupied by Gu Batian. ”

Yu Xiang nodded and said, "Zhang Erhu, you send the two original brothers to appease them, and it is strictly forbidden for anyone to insult and harass them, and those who violate them will be beheaded immediately." ”

Zhang Erhu took the order, sent two of his subordinates, and went into the door.

Yu Xiang didn't stop in front of the ancient mansion any longer, and took a big stride towards the council hall. The tiger skin chair in the center of the hall had been removed, replaced with a chair with a backrest, and a table was placed, and Yu Xiang sat behind the table.

At this time, everyone tied up a sharp-beaked monkey gills and a withered person, who was Zhang Cijin, the master of Gujiazhai.

Yu Xiang heard the red lady say about this person, and he was disgusted, Gu Batian's bad deeds were indispensable for his participation. He stared at Zhang Cijin and said coldly: "Gu Batian's crime is extremely heinous, he has been executed by us, I have asked you, you have to explain honestly, if there is half a sentence, you will not die well!" ”

Zhang Cijin was so frightened that he trembled, but he only praised it.

Yu Xiang asked: "Let me ask you, is the death of the former prefect and the destruction of Zhangjiacun the work of Gu Batian?" ”

When Zhang Cijin heard this, cold sweat suddenly broke out on his forehead.

Seeing this, Yu Xiang already understood that these things must have been done by Gu Batian.

Zhang Cijin's eyes turned around, and he suddenly cried out in a mournful voice: "The little scholar doesn't know anything about the big boss, please be clear." ”

Yu Xiang snorted coldly, stopped asking, and ordered someone to bet Zhang Cijin down. Zhang Cijin's confession has or not, nothing can be changed, Zhang Cijin is kept, and Yu Xiang has other uses.

Yu Xiang also ordered people to collect all the account books and books of Gujiazhai and not to burn them. After arranging these, the sky was already bright, all corners of the stockade were occupied, and everyone in the entire stockade was busy, tense and orderly, and in good order.

After a while, Shengying, Li Gang, Red Lady and others all came to the hall, and the statistics from all over the place were summarized one after another. Yu Xiang looked at the number and was extremely surprised, Gu Batian had accumulated so much wealth over the years.

After a rough count, there were eight thousand two hundred taels of silver and one thousand five hundred taels of gold.

More than 1,100 stone of grain, 78 pigs, 150 sheep, 330 chickens, 50 ploughing oxen, and 10 good horses. 100 pieces of silk and silk, and an unknown number of jewels and jade.

There are more than 1,000 acres of fertile land, three tea mountains, and 60 ponds.

There were three villages of his servants, and there were more than 300 tenants and servants.

Yu Xiang was most concerned about weapons, and seized 370 broadswords and spears of various types, a number of thunder stone gunpowder, a Hongyi cannon, and three bird's beak guns. Yu Xiang was overjoyed when he saw these equipment, and with these equipment, Mujiazhai's combat effectiveness would be greatly enhanced in the future.

After reading these lists, Yu Xiang's heart is very complicated, in this troubled world, he can still accumulate these wealth, which is enough for Gu Batian to squander for several lifetimes, but he still wants to be unsettled, crazy to collect wealth everywhere, and kill innocents, can it be that once the Pandora's box of greed is opened, it will fall into a crazy death cycle? Yu Xiang looked at the loot in front of him, and couldn't help but worry, what should he do with these loot? If it is not disposed of well, will these riches become the next Pandora's box and bring ruin to Mujiazhai?

At this time, Yu Xiang thought of Jia Binjiu, who was known as the king of news, and he must know very well about people, so he followed Zhang Erhu to the room where Jia Binjiu was placed.

Speaking of Jia Binjiu, how could he be put on death row by Gu Batian?

It turned out that he got the news that there were countless gold and silver treasures in Gujiazhai, so he moved his mind and wanted to steal some. But I didn't expect that Gujiazhai was heavily defended, and the masters were like clouds, as soon as he entered the village, he was found and captured alive, fortunately, Gu Batian was busy with the affairs of the red lady these days, and he didn't have time to clean him up, so he escaped a catastrophe.

According to Yu Xiang's instructions, Jia Bin was arranged in a small room for a long time, he was lying on the bed, a hanging heart finally let go, he thought that he would be beheaded by Gu Batian soon, but he didn't expect to be rescued and survived, and he felt very lucky.

That handsome and elegant young man kept appearing in his mind, and the audience called him the master of the village, and he was very curious in his heart, this person could destroy Gu Batian, he must not be an ordinary person.

But this person doesn't look like a martial arts master, his thief eyes have never looked at it, how did he defeat the strong Gu Batian? Many questions arose in his mind.

Just as she was thinking wildly, the door was gently slammed, Jia Bin hurriedly got up and opened the door, but saw a group of people standing at the door, and the leader was Yu Xiang.

Jia Bin hurriedly bowed his hand for a long time, Yu Xiang held it up, and said loudly: "Jia Daxia, you don't have to be polite. ”

Jia Binjiu saw that Yu Xiang was so approachable, and he had a little more good feeling in his heart, he was busy letting everyone into the house, and when he came into the house, Yu Xiang introduced Shengying, Li Gang, Red Lady and Zhang Erhu to Jia Binjiu one by one, and at the end, Yu Xiang entered the house, ordered someone to move a few chairs, and everyone sat in the room and chatted.

Yu Xiang chatted with Jia Bin for a long time, and Yu Xiang asked Jia Bin for a long time: "You are known as the king of news, and you must know the news of the outside world well, I heard that the peasant uprising in Shaanxi is very serious, do you know?" ”

Jia Bin smiled for a long time: "How can I not know this, I left the Shaanxi Peasant Rebel Army and came here." ”

So, Jia Binjiu told what he knew about the peasant rebel army.

In the eighth year of Chongzhen, the 13 72 battalions of the rebel army held the Xingyang Conference in Xingyang, Henan.

After the meeting, the rebel army captured Fengyang, Nanzhili, dug up the ancestral tomb of the Ming royal family, and killed many people.

The emperor was furious and sent Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of the five provinces, to suppress him, and King Gao Chuang was killed, and King Gao Chuang's subordinates defected to Li Zicheng and pushed Li Zicheng to become the new "King of Chuang".

In Henan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, and Ningxia, where there has been a famine in recent years, the common people have no way to live, and some people have rebelled. The other part of the people occupied the mountains as kings and became bandits, specializing in burning, killing and looting.

Over the years, the government has focused all its energy on suppressing the rebels, and has been very tolerant of some thieves and bandits who occupy the mountains as kings.

When Yu Xiang and everyone heard this, they all shook their heads and sighed.

Jia Binjiu said: "A few years ago, everyone said that the rebel army was good, could eat well, and could marry a good daughter-in-law, so I joined the rebel army in Shaanxi.

The most unbearable thing is that everywhere they go, they are burning, killing and plundering, and many of them are good civilians, who are also plundered and killed.

After entering the rebel army, the previous viciousness not only did not reined in, but intensified, they not only plundered people's finances, but also their wives and daughters, their behavior was really outrageous, but the leaders of the rebel army actually let it go, let it go, because the discipline of the entire rebel army was lax, and the common people dared not speak out against them.

The rebel army basically lived by looting, capturing a place, looting a place, and the land that was captured was in ruins and ruins within a few years, and there was no grass to grow.

I originally had great hopes for the rebel army, but I was very disappointed to see that the rebel army was so chaotic and resembled bandits and robbers, so I left the rebel army later, and I went all the way here, not wanting to be caught by Gu Batian, and almost died. ”

When Yu Xiang heard this, he thought about it and asked Jia Binjiu: "Jia Daxia, you are well-informed outside, this time we have seized some property and grain from Gujiazhai, what do you think we should do?" ”