"Boss, boss!" Yang Shun'er, who was out of breath, ran to Yang Wu's side, and didn't care about the sideways eyes of others, and whispered in his ear, Yang Wu's face changed slightly, and after a little thought, he ordered: "You go back first, just act as if you didn't hear anything, I have my own opinions!" ”

"The little one understands!" Yang Shun'er answered, and quickly walked back along the road from which she came. Yang Wu looked at Yang Shun'er's back, and his face became solemn. If it is according to his original surname, he will naturally prepare a few of his henchmen, and when those few guys who have a bad heart come back and take them down one by one, after some interrogation, they will be stripped alive in front of the group of thieves to set an example. But now the situation is different from usual, although the group of thieves defeated the county lieutenant's pursuers in Gaoping Village, but also lost their baggage, you must know that the thieves are not an army, and the criterion for evaluating the leader is not how many victories he has fought on the battlefield, but whether he can let them rob the rich pocket. As soon as Yang Wu ascended the throne of the leader, he lost the harvest of the group of thieves, if he still killed people and established his authority, I am afraid that the result would either be that everyone scattered in a hurry, or they would attack it in a group, which was not the ending he wanted.

"That's it, just pretend not to know, first find a way to grab a sum to fill everyone's mouths, and wait until the future to calculate this account!"

In the blink of an eye, Yang Wu had already made up his mind. At this time, there was a sound of footsteps not far away, it turned out that a few bandits who had gone hunting had returned, they were lucky, they hit a wild boar and a half, although there were more than 40 bandits, everyone could also get a little meat, everyone hurriedly packed up firewood and water, prepared dinner, and the atmosphere suddenly became lively. Yang Wu frowned, he had already made up his mind, and he wanted to settle down before those chestnut beaters came back, so as not to cause any extraneous branches.

"Brothers!" Yang Wu jumped onto a big stone and said loudly: "I have something to discuss with the ranks!" ”

The group of thieves slowed down the movements in their hands, looked up at Yang Wu, and only heard Yang Wudao: "Everyone has also suffered a lot these days, we have dinner, and we will go to the village under the mountain at night to make up for the loss of that day!" ”

"Great!" The group of thieves let out cheers, these days they can only chew some coarse grain and wild fruits, the birds have long faded out of their mouths, they have already seen the wealth of the village under the mountain, and finally got Yang Wu's order, where is the misfortune ecstatic, several of the most impatient bandits simply pulled out the Pu knife and waved it above their heads, shouting loudly.

At this time, a few robbers who collected chestnuts came back, and just happened to bump into this scene, and couldn't help but bow their heads in frustration.

It is already the second watch, there is silence in Qujiazhuang, compared with the dilapidated houses of the surrounding villagers, the courtyard of Qu Laozhang's house is more solid in the moonlight, this Qu Laozhang not only occupies half of the land in Qujiazhuang, there is also a crude medicine shop and a mountain goods shop in Anyang City, not to mention in Qujiazhuang, even in the whole Anyang County, it is also a large household. Like most of the large families of the time, the courtyard of the Quzhang family was protected by a sturdy two-person stone wall, and there were two watchtowers behind the main entrance, on which there were perforations. There are more than 20 young men in his family, plus more than 40 young and strong men who can draw bows and guns from the customers and villagers, and the rest of the strong women and children can also send water to guard the wall.

"Shun'er, it's up to you now!" Yang Wu lowered his voice and smiled at Yang Shun'er on the side: "Do you see that side door, you go over the wall, open the door and let the brothers in!" ”

Yang Shun'er's eyes widened in the dim moonlight, and in the dim moonlight, he could see that there was a small door at the corner of the courtyard wall, which should be used to facilitate the entry and exit of the people in the house, he gritted his teeth and nodded, picked up a thick bamboo pole and walked towards the courtyard wall. The bandits held their breath and watched Yang Shun'er tiptoe to the courtyard wall, skillfully erect a bamboo pole, quickly climb to the top of the pole, and soon disappeared on the top of the wall.

"Whew!" Almost all the thieves breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and the simultaneous breathing of all of them merged into a rather powerful sound, startling a night eagle on the poplar five trees, which made a croaking sound and flew away into the distance. Yang Wu looked up at the night bird, pulled out the saber at his waist, and whispered to the thieves behind him, "Later, everyone will rush in." The old rule, what we ask for is money, don't kill people indiscriminately; No arson; You don't want to take money and property, do you know?"

The bandits nodded, their faces full of urgency, and the moonlight reflected a cold light on the weapons in their hands.

A moment later, the corner gate was pushed open, Yang Shun'er poked his head out and made a gesture to this side, Yang Wu made a gesture and ran towards the corner door first.

The next afternoon, Zhou Ping was directing his team of subordinates to practice as usual, when suddenly a dull drum beat sounded in his ears, and he hurriedly asked the deputy team to assemble, and he walked quickly towards the county lieutenant's yamen. When he came up, he saw four or five heads standing on both sides of Xue Liangchen, and everyone looked solemn, as if they were facing a great enemy. Xue Liangchen saw Zhou Ping enter the door and nodded slightly, and Zhou Ping hurriedly walked to the right compartment and waited.

After a while, the three-way drum beat over, and the leaders and team members finally arrived at seven, seven, eight, eight. Xue Liangchen stood up and said in a deep voice: "Those who come late won't wait for them, I just came back from the county honor." Speaking of this, he paused slightly, his eyes swept over the people in the hall, and said in a deep voice: "Last night, the thieves attacked Qujiazhuang in Qiligang, and it was the gang that attacked the Dayjin Hall, and the county lord has already ordered, let us go to arrest the thieves immediately!" ”

The hall was in an uproar, and the head team was whispering to each other, Xue Liangchen frowned, and shouted: "Stay, the hall is not a place for private discussions, there is something to say!" ”

Liu Sheng said loudly: "How did the county know that it was that group?" ”

"The person who escaped from Qujiazhuang said that there was a dwarf among the thieves, who was very conspicuous, it was Yang Shun'er in the juggling class, and it was this guy who opened the back door of Qu Zhang's house for the thieves."

Everyone glanced at each other, they had all heard about that Yang Shun'er, like that kind of agile dwarf is really one in a million, if it is like this, it must not be wrong, but the archers have only been practicing intensively for five or six days, and they have to fight with the fierce and cunning thief, which is really a bit of a weakness.

A leader traveled and said, "Inspector Xue, the brothers have only been practicing for a few days, can you take a break first?"

"Brother Li!" Xue Liangchen interrupted him: "I understand what you mean, but the county has an order, and we can't disobey it!" Speaking of this, he turned to Liu Sheng and said: "Team Liu, you are good at riding, I order you to immediately lead your men down to Qiligang to find out the whereabouts of the thieves, remember, I am not here, and I must not fight with the thieves!" ”

"Whoa!" Liu Sheng answered and went down to the hall.

"The rest of the people are back in their own teams, ready to carry dry food, and ready to be on standby!"

"Whoa!" Everyone responded in unison.

Zhou Ping returned to the team, after giving the order, he went to the residence to prepare, he just entered the room, he heard someone at the door: "Zhou Tanyue!" ”

Zhou Ping turned around and saw Zhishan standing at the door, smiling, his heart moved, and asked, "What's the matter with the Zen master?" ”

Zhishan didn't answer, walked straight to Zhou Ping's side, and said with a smile: "Sure enough, as Tan Yue expected, but we are the ones who hold the bow and arrows, it is not enough to anticipate the enemy first, and we have to kill the enemy in battle, this time the old monk will accompany Tan Yue to go through, how about it?" ”

Zhou Ping was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "I don't dare to ask for ears!" Immediately, the two of them laughed heartily in the room.

In the afternoon, the sun's rays shone obliquely on the official road, and the six or seven rode out of the gate of Anyang County and galloped to the northeast, with no armor on the riders, only swords and bows and arrows. Heavy horses' hooves trampled on the dry earth, sending up clouds of smoke and dust.

Xue Liangyu pursed his lips, clamped the horse's belly without saying a word, and whipped the back of the mount with his whip from time to time, almost urging his green-maned horse to fly. This brave young man, who was only sixteen years old, had only one thought in his heart, that is, to quickly overthrow the Qiligang Qujiazhuang, take down the leader of the gang of bandits first, and make the first contribution, to prove to his brother that he was more qualified to be the leader of the team and even the head of the team than his newly recruited Lang Party.

"Xue Laosi, Xue Laosi, slow down, slow down!" Liu Sheng on the side shouted while reaching out to pull Xue Liangyu's reins: "Save some horsepower!" ”

"Slow, slow? We're late, and the thieves are gone! Xue Liangyu retorted.

"I can't run, the thief grabbed something, and I can't go fast! But we are spies, and if we consume too much horsepower, we may be unlucky at a critical time! Liu Sheng strangled the reins of Xue Liangyu's mount, forcing him to slow down and said: "Xue Laosi, you are now under my subordinates, you have to listen to me, or go back, otherwise be careful of the ruthless military law, you know the rules of your Xue family, even if I cut you with a knife, your second brother and old father will not be able to say half a word!" ”

Xue Liangyu's mount let out a long hissing sound, and the feeling of strangling its mouth made it very uncomfortable, and its hooves kicked angrily, splashing a large amount of smoke and dust. Its owner, like it, stared at Liu Sheng with fierce eyes, but Liu Sheng looked at him fearlessly. Finally, Xue Liangyu lowered his head and said in a low voice: "Okay, I'll listen to you!" ”

Liu Sheng and his entourage quickly rushed to the outside of Qujia Village in Qiligang, according to Liu Sheng's order, the two men dismounted and went to investigate the situation of the thieves in the village, and they took the rest of the people to answer in the distance, the reason for this is very simple, although Liu Sheng and these people can ride horses, but only he and Xue Liangchen can shoot arrows on horses, and the other people can only ride horses, too close to the village, if the thieves stick to it, it will be troublesome; Moreover, the target of the rider is too large, and it is easy to be detected by the thieves' sentinels, which is not good.

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