The chai knife boss put down the wine heavily, and a large piece of water was splashed on the table: "For the sake of Yang Junshi, if you live for a few more minutes, I want to hear how a person with a heart like a snake and scorpion dies to defend himself!" ”

"Viciousness is a prerequisite for joining the green forest," Cai Feihu said, "otherwise it will not benefit you at all to stay with me." Isn't the boss going to dominate the green forest of Xiangxi, if you are a bodhisattva, how can you achieve this great cause? Tell you, if you want to realize this wish, your first opponent is Wang Mingxuan in the county seat. With your current power, you want to eat him in one fell swoop, with all due respect - that's a fool's dream. ”

The boss of the firewood knife was taken aback, and he couldn't imagine that a person who had just entered the green forest could say such weighty words. Yang Bowen leaned forward: "In your opinion, how can you eat Wang Mingxuan?" ”

"There's only one way." Cai Feihu pointed to his chest and said, "Leave me and give me proper support." As the saying goes, one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, so they will naturally covet each other, and eventually fight to the death. Defeating the enemy with the enemy is the most clever strategy. You can take advantage of the time when we are fighting, develop vigorously, recuperate, and wait until Wang Mingxuan and Cai Feihu are both defeated, and then attack in an all-round way, wouldn't this get twice the result with half the effort? ”

Yang Bowen smiled: "Since you knew that there would be a day of destruction, why did you still pull the pole yourself?" Speaking of which, you're still a talent, and I'll persuade the boss to give you another chance! ”

Cai Feihu shook his head: "I didn't say that I would perish, if I had been prepared for failure a long time ago, only fools would pull the pole." I think that Wang Mingxuan will eventually be eliminated by me, and in the future, the battle for hegemony in Qinglong Mountain will be between me and the boss! ”

The boss of the firewood knife sneered, took out a refined foreign gun from his waist and put it against Cai Feihu's forehead and said, "I don't know what the sky is high and the earth is thick!" Now there is not a single soldier, and there is not a single gun, and he is ashamed to compete with me. Okay, I'll let you go today, but I'll see what you're capable of! After saying that, a shot was fired into the sky, and the sound of gunfire pierced the silence of the mountain village.

However, it is said that after Cai Feihu went to the appointment with his head, several brothers wrapped Yin's body in a bamboo mat and carried it to a mass grave on a nearby mountain to bury it.

Biao Zi was very worried, Cai Feihu was unwilling to be controlled by others, worried that it would be difficult to survive if he did not accept the acquisition of the boss of the chai knife, and at the same time, his four brothers would also be implicated.

The four of them returned to their homes and waited in fear. In the early hours of the morning, a gunshot rang out from the bluestone bridge, and they were shocked. Zhang Dalu said: "The flying tiger is dead, let's run for our lives!" ”

Biao Zi was frightened, and he was so nervous that he was about to run away, but he quickly realized: "You don't have to be afraid, the gunfire just now was very crisp, and I heard that the end of the gunfire that hit the target was dull." We'll wait patiently for the Flying Tiger to come back. ”

After waiting for another half hour, there was the sound of dogs barking outside the village, followed by the sound of footsteps like a gust of wind.

The sound of these footsteps was very familiar to Zhang Dalu, and he panicked to meet him, when there was a knock on the door.

Sure enough, it was Cai Feihu, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Biaozi said: "The gunshot just now, we thought you were dead." ”

Cai Feihu sat on the chair that Zhang Dalu moved for him: "I won't die so easily, otherwise, what qualifications do I have to be your head?" ”

"Flying Tiger, they fired their guns, could it be because you don't want to belong?"

Cai Feihu nodded, told what had just happened from beginning to end, and deliberately exaggerated his bravery and wit, so that the four of them admired him so much. Speaking of the last humiliation of the firewood knife boss, Zhang Dalu interjected: "What he said is also true, we are indeed without a soldier at the moment, there is no gun, the soldier will not be a problem, the key is how to have no gun?" ”

Cai Feihu said disapprerovingly: "Who has not grown from scratch since ancient times, from childhood to adulthood?" People, as long as they have ambition, what big things can't be done? ”

Zhang Dalu said: "Of course, ambition is important, but can we fight against people with one saber and four kitchen knives? At best, you can only go to the intersection to scare a few unarmed people and get some money. By the way, in fact, you can temporarily promise the boss of the firewood knife to go to him for a while and drag a group of people out with guns, wouldn't it be better? ”

Cai Feihu shook his head and sighed: "It's not a secret, I also had this idea at first. How do you know what a shrewd person his military advisor Yang Bowen is, who knows astronomy, geography, Zhou Yi gossip, and human affairs. This opponent is too strong, at the beginning of our uprising, we can't be too ambitious, not to mention that we are not familiar with it, and it is a taboo to do things at the expense of the near and far. ”

Zhang Dalu suddenly realized: "You mean to get the ...... first"

Cai Feihu nodded: "You can finally figure out a little bit of my heart." Don't be complacent, compared to Yang Bowen, you are far behind! ”

Zhang Dalu blushed and said, "I don't compare with others. ”

Cai Feihu said: "Everyone settle down first, and when there are more than a dozen guns, it is not too late to engage Wang Mingxuan." It's getting late, so you go back and get a good night's sleep, and come to my house after dark. ”

The five men dispersed. When Cai Feihu returned home, his son had woken up, and he wanted his mother when he woke up. Cai Feihu repeated what Yin said to his son. When the son heard that his mother had been taken to heaven by the gods, he ran to the threshing field with a pair of innocent eyes to look at the sky.

Cai Feihu shouted out the window: "Son, my father is very tired, don't wake me up, if you are hungry, go to another house to get something to eat." ”

Cai Feihu was really tired, he fell asleep as soon as he put his head on the pillow, and when he woke up, it was the time to hold the lamp, he ate some dry food casually, and was ready to rob and get something at night and then eat and drink.

It was dark for a while, coaxing his son to sleep, and the Zhang Dalu brothers came with kitchen knives. They smoked low-quality dry tobacco while discussing a plan of action for tonight. Cai Feihu finally decided to go to a neighboring village to grab a rich peasant, get some grain and pork, solve the immediate problem of food and clothing, and then think about it in the long run.

For the first time, Cai Feihu burned incense, worshiped the sky, and then painted his face black with pot ash according to Zhang Dalu's words.

This night Cai Feihu went very well, he chose a rich peasant, pinched his voice and announced the robbery, so frightened that the rich peasant hid in bed and did not dare to make a sound.

The brothers searched and looted in the house, grabbed about 100 catties of rice, more than a dozen strings of copper coins, 30 catties of lard, and slaughtered a fat pig in the pen. These things were packed in four baskets, and Cai Feihu retreated in the direction of Qinglong Mountain by taking advantage of the night.

Niubeiling is a small mountain bag of Qinglong Mountain System, the altitude is more than 1,000 meters, the ancient trees on the mountain are towering, the thatch is overgrown, there is a stone road leading directly to the top of the mountain, there is an ancient temple on the top of the mountain, more than ten monks who chant sutras and worship Buddha live. On the first and fifteenth days of the new year, good men and women from the four townships go up the mountain for pilgrimage.

Beforehand, Cai Feihu had gone to the vicinity of Niubeiling to observe, there were originally two families at the foot of the mountain, because of the bandits on the mountain, they did not dare to live, and the family had moved away, leaving two thatched huts. Cai Feihu chose this place as a temporary foothold.

The pot stove is ready-made, Cai Feihu took the saber, cut off a large piece of pork, and while cutting the meat in large pieces on the cutting board, he gave orders: Zhang Dalu makes a fire to cook, Biaozi * pork, take it to the town tomorrow morning to sell the stolen goods, and Zhang Sigou goes to the door to watch the wind.

After a while, the meal was ready, there were no dishes and chopsticks, and the five of them grabbed the pot and ate it with their hands, and drank wine in turn. After being drunk and full, because he suspected that the thatched hut was stuffy, he was drunk and lay outside the house, with his head resting on the pine roots, and his body was covered with leaking moonlight.

Cai Feihu woke up late, Zhang Dalu had already picked meat to sell in the town, and Biaozi was cooking in the house. A few bags of cigarettes, Da Lu hummed a lewd tune back, and handed over all the more than ten pieces of ocean to Cai Feihu, and took out more than ten pairs of chopsticks from the basket, and said proudly: "I bought a few more pairs, and it will be auspicious, or our population will increase in a few days." ”

After eating, Cai Feihu said cautiously: "If we continue to do this, it will not be a few days before someone will find out, and as soon as the government sends troops, our heads will have to be moved." Now, I've decided to move in. ”

"Where?" Zhang Yakou's four brothers fixed their eyes on his face.

"Lin Dashun." Cai Feihu said in a non-negotiable tone, "Rest for a while, everyone pack up and follow me up the mountain, don't say more." ”

Several brothers were incomprehensible to Cai Feihu's decision. After scattering, they went to urinate in the forest together, and Zhang Luobasket complained: "Feihu doesn't know what medicine he took wrong, and the boss of the firewood knife specially asked him not to go, but now he wants to cast under a nameless mountain king." ”

Dalu said: "In my opinion, the flying tiger must be for women. Lin Shun's woman is good, Feihu drools at the mention of her"

Zhang Sigou said: "I really don't know what kind of immortal Lin Shun is, does Feihu already know his bottom?" Otherwise, he wouldn't have made such a decision all of a sudden. ”

A few people were about to continue, when there was a coughing sound behind them. Dalu coughed and said to a few people: "What are you talking nonsense here, Feihu said to take advantage of the cold weather to go up early in the morning." ”

Several people each carried a load of things they had snatched last night, and after Cai Feihu and Zhang Dalu pressed, the five of them walked up the steps along the ancient, smooth bluestone slabs and went straight to the ancient temple on the top of the mountain.

When he raised his head and was about to see the entire roof of the ancient temple, suddenly a man flashed out from behind a camphor tree, he picked up a musket, stopped in the middle of the road and asked, "Who is it?" Hold it! ”

The three people in front of them all stopped, and Cai Feihu stepped forward quickly and replied, "My own people!" ”

The gun-wielding horse boy looked Cai Feihu up and down, and then asked, "What are you doing up the mountain?" ”

"Looking for a big boss!" Cai Feihu deliberately raised his voice.

Ma Tsai was stunned for a long time, then pointed to the ground and said, "Stand still, I'll go and report first." ”

After a while, Ma Zai came back, and his tone was much softener: "Big brother is waiting for you in the temple." Didn't you say you would come up at noon? ”

Cai Feihu waved his hand and walked forward, and replied: "It's hot at noon, I'm afraid of heat stroke." ”

The five people came to the temple, and Ma Zai greeted them: "Big brother just got up from a nap, let's rest here for a while, and I will ask someone to go to the back to clean up the house." ”

This is an ancient temple of tile and wood structure, the walls and pillars around are painted with very thick soil paint, covering an area of about half an acre, in addition to the main temple, there are ear rooms on both sides, and there is a back hall behind. Beneath your feet is a hard ground made of granite.

Cai Feihu was taking a serious look, and a young man wearing a black silk robe had walked out of the main temple, holding a folding fan in his hand. Cai Feihu recognized it at a glance, and said in a lost voice: "Brother, it's really you!" ”

Lin Dashun hurried to meet him and said emotionally: "Big brother, please in the house"

Cai Feihu followed Lin Dashun into a wooden house in the back hall, and as soon as he sat down, Cai Feihu asked: "Brother, where have you been all these years, and how did you earn this home?" ”

Lin Dashun scratched his head, smirked for a while, and said, "In the final analysis, it is a loss to the eldest brother for his guidance." In the spring of this year, I contacted more than a dozen of my fellow villagers, took advantage of the war to drag their guns and escaped, and then set up a village here. ”

Cai Feihu nodded while listening to Lin Dashun, and suddenly heard Ding Dang's voice, Cai Feihu's eyes lit up - he found that the glamorous and sultry wife Yun'er was opening the curtain and coming in, and without waiting for her husband to introduce, he said a blessing to Cai Feihu, opened his lips, showed his teeth, and sounded like a silver bell.

Cai Feihu didn't speak, his whole body was soft, but fortunately, he had strong self-control, and replied randomly: "Brother I don't know where the blessing of cultivation is, with a daughter-in-law like you!" After speaking, he quietly peeked at Yun'er.

Yun'er wears a printed silk cheongsam, wrapping her beautiful figure, the pigeon, the buttocks looming, the most sultry part is the hem of the cheongsam that is forked high from time to time, and when it twists, it shows snow-white thighs, which makes people reverie infinitely...... She stretched out her slender jade finger and touched Lin Dashun's shoulder.

In front of Yun'er, Cai Feihu suddenly had the desire to show his hand. "Brother, there were originally more than a dozen monks in this Niubeiling Ancient Temple, where are they now?"

Lin Dashun said: "I drove them all down the mountain. ”

"How can you do that!" Cai Feihu pretended to be surprised.

"Can't we let them live with us? Shall not all of our secrets be known to them! Lin Dashun replied disapprecrisingly.

Cai Feihu shook his head again and again: "You are too inexperienced in the rivers and lakes." The abbot in this temple is empty, and the monk is a relative of Wang Mingxuan, the head of the regiment. You can't stay here for a long time, and sooner or later the regimental defense battalion will come to encircle and suppress! ”

At this time, Lin Dashun also became nervous, scratched his head and said, "I really didn't expect this." ”

Cai Feihu said dissatisfiedly: "The one who is in charge should think of it!" In this line of work, the head is tied to the waist, and you must listen to all directions, see the six ways, and estimate all kinds of dangers, otherwise your life will be in danger at any time. At the beginning, since you were going to set up a village here, you should have killed none of these monks! ”

"......" Lin Dashun was stunned, "These are more than a dozen lives, and I have no grievances with them......"

Cai Feihu sneered: "Being a bandit is a business of killing people, you are so merciful, you should cut out your family, you shouldn't do this business." In addition, there is a big problem with your way of thinking, and the so-called 'revenge' does not necessarily refer to the revenge of killing your father, and anything that hinders your interests is considered an enemy. You have to choose Niubeiling Mountain as the village, but the monk lives here. Let me ask you: This kind of conflict that meets in a narrow way is not a grudge, but what is a grudge? ”

Lin Dashun nodded again and again: "I said earlier that the eldest brother is an extraordinary person, and the question I think about is to be comprehensive and thorough." Now that it's okay, with Uncle Man, the brothers don't have to worry about a way out. Big brother, you say, what should we do next? ”

"Get out of here now!"

"There's no place to stand near here?" Lin Dashun said with a bitter face.

"If it hadn't been exposed, there would have been a best solution: hide the guns, go home, work in the fields during the day, and gather again at night. However, this method is useless, and the monk is a local, and he must have recognized you, so he can only find a new place to set up a village. Immediately bring the brothers together and discuss a proper solution. ”

Lin Dashun followed his words and brought more than a dozen of his subordinates. These people heard Lin Dashun mention Cai Feihu, and when they met, they didn't need to be introduced, and they quickly became acquainted.

Lin Dashun relayed what Cai Feihu said, and everyone was stunned, not knowing what to do.

Cai Feihu saw that the expected goal had been achieved, and said: "Thirty-six strategies, go ahead, only in this way can we preserve our strength." ”