22. Righteousness is difficult to complete [58/100]
From Qinglong Mountain to Yishui, there are 300 miles away, and it takes about two to three days to ride a fast horse day and night.
If there is a master of the heavenly list to mention the longitudinal front, it will be able to arrive within two days.
It's just that Qiu Buping went on this trip to compete with the heavenly list.
It takes more than five days to conserve physical strength.
With the 5,000 elites in the village, plus more than 10,000 minions under the mountain, and the defense strength of several military villages, no matter how fierce and brave the Southern Korean army is, it is impossible to break the village within five days.
This is also the confidence of Qiu Buping to dare to leave the cottage at this time and go to help Xiao Tie.
A day later, it was not in the village.
Liu Junshan rode a horse and inspected the Sandao Mountain Gate for a week, and the mood of the leaders and soldiers was quite high, and they did not seem to be extremely worried because the war was approaching.
In the 14 years of the establishment of the village, he broke through the Jinan Mansion, fought the iron cavalry of the Northern Dynasties, and slaughtered the army of the Southern Dynasties several times.
Fighting those country stick bullies is even more like a local chicken.
They are rampant in Qilu, relying not on the righteousness in their chests, but on this elite army of a hundred battles.
Of course, there is also one of the top 12 people in the world, the uneven gun boss, who is in the back.
Qiu Buping is the backbone of the village, a character like the sea god, as long as Qiu Buping is still in the day, it is impossible for the village to be broken!
This is not only the opinion of the non-Zhai people, but also the opinion of their opponents.
"I'll take care of it!"
Liu Junshan rode a horse, crossed the last mountain gate, and shouted to the leaders on both sides of the tall mountain gate:
"There will be a treat tonight, the best pork meat, white flour steamed buns can be eaten all-you-can-eat! But if you pull your crotch, don't even want to eat guinea! ”
There was a burst of cheers on both sides of the mountain gate, and some familiar leaders jokingly asked:
"Second master, our brothers are so hard to guard the mountain, get some girls to treat you?"
"If you want a girl, go to Jinan after the war.
All the expenses will be taken from the cottage grain platform, but be careful that your work is cut by thieves, and then you can only send it to Lin'an to hang up the stall and be a slave to the Zhao family. ”
Liu Junshan laughed, full of meat words, and as soon as he raised his horsewhip, he entered the cottage amid the laughter of everyone.
The momentum of the village is good, and the people's hearts are still neat.
This made Liu Junshan's heart slightly relieved, he jumped off the horse, threw the reins to a henchman, and walked to the justice hall, intending to eat something to fill his stomach.
As soon as I picked up the chopsticks, I had a head to report.
It's a cripple.
Well, it's Qian kidnappers, and it's also an old brother who has been fighting together for more than ten years.
"Kidnappers, have you eaten?"
The bearded man pinched the steamed buns in the side hall of the Juyi Hall, ate pickles, and said to the Qian crutch with a long knife in front of him:
"Let's have a bite to eat?"
"I've eaten it, it's much better than the second master's food, look at our stomachs."
Qian Kidnapper smiled, he was injured recently, and he ate a "sick meal", and there was meat for a meal.
Of course, he didn't forget to get down to business, so he said to Liu Junshan:
"Second master, this morning there is a team of people and horses who came back from the military village twenty miles away, about 1,000 people, and they will change their guards with the mountain gate, and the leaders of the mountain will also change their guards.
Did this be done according to the previous rules, or was it arranged otherwise? ”
"You told my third brother about these things."
Liu Junshan ate and said without raising his head:
"Our old Liu doesn't understand these military tactics, and he used to be in charge, why are you talking to me about these things?"
"Well."
Qian Kidnapper was a little hesitant, but he still said bluntly:
"Originally, I didn't think it was anything, but this morning, Lang Mutou quietly told me that the change of guard in the past few days has been too much and too messy.
He was worried about whether the three masters had made some mistakes, or if the big masters had their own arrangements, so he asked me to ask. ”
"Huh?"
Liu Junshan raised his head, his mouth was still stained with pickles, and he said:
"Is this the thing?
I'll ask the third brother later, and there won't be any problems in thinking about it, kidnapper, you can go back and recuperate in peace. ”
sent away the money and kidnappers, but the more he thought about it, the more wrong it became.
He grabbed the two axes at hand, stuck them in his waist, looked for a minion, and went to invite the three masters to the Justice Hall.
Not long after, Wu Shifeng, who was holding a white paper fan, walked into the hall slowly under the embrace of a group of henchmen.
"You wait, go outside and wait."
The ghost scholar waved his hand to the person behind him, he closed the paper fan, and said:
"I have something important to discuss with the second master, so don't let people disturb me."
The minions withdrew, and some closed the door.
The light in the room dimmed.
"Third child, before I ate just now, I went down the mountain to have a look."
Liu Junshan said to Wu Shifeng, who was sitting opposite him:
"Defense or something, everything is fine, but the change of defense in the past few days is a little chaotic, isn't it that the eldest brother left the cottage, making you uneasy and making a mistake?"
"That's right."
The ghost scholar put the folding fan on the table, picked up the teacup at hand, and took a sip of tea.
He said to Liu Junshan:
"I thought about the defense under the mountain, but I found that there were a few loopholes, which made them defend separately, second brother don't worry."
"Is that so?"
Liu Junshan touched his beard, he still felt a little strange.
Just as he was thinking, Wu Shifeng suddenly asked:
"Second brother, in the past few days, I have been thinking about something in my heart, but I can't get an answer left and right, I wanted to ask the eldest brother, but suddenly there was something about Xiaotie, so I delayed.
This will be idle, so I asked the second brother if he could have an idea. ”
"Haha, third brother, you're laughing."
Liu Junshan was amused by the words of the third brother, and the reckless man rubbed his stomach and said loudly:
"Our Lao Liu fights in battle, and he is not afraid of others, but when it comes to this matter of thinking, it is not as good as your and eldest brother's brains.
You ghost scholar can't even figure out something, how can I give you an idea? Don't be joking. ”
"Oh, let's talk about it."
Wu Shifeng touched his goatee with a smile and said to Liu Junshan:
"Everyone says that the second brother is reckless, but in my opinion, it is just a great wisdom and foolishness, if it is really brainless, there is no way to follow the eldest brother to the present.
I'll tell it as a joke, and the second brother will just listen to it as a gossip. ”
"Then you can say it."
Liu Junshan changed to a more comfortable position, leaned back in the chair, and looked at his third brother.
The ghost scholar stood up, took a folding fan, took two steps to the left and right, as if to organize the language, and after a few breaths, he spoke:
"Second brother, you grew up with your eldest brother since you were a child, and you are a close companion of your eldest brother's family, and the relationship is naturally extraordinary.
As for me, I studied in Langya School Palace with my eldest brother, who is my academic elder.
The Great Chu State was destroyed, my eldest brother and I were officials in Lin'an again, and he was my top boss, after Zhao Hu was punished by heaven, my eldest brother resigned and returned to his hometown, and I also resigned with my eldest brother.
Later, the eldest brother suffered a tragic accident and fell into the grass, and you and I also met at that time.
Everyone followed the eldest brother to build a foundation for Feizhai. ”
"yes."
Hearing the third child suddenly talk about the past, Liu Junshan's eyes were also quite nostalgic.
He touched his beard and said:
"I didn't like you at first, third brother, I think you have too many eyes.
Later, I felt that you were quite popular, and you had the ability, and you could go into battle and kill the enemy, so I led you to be a righteous brother. ”
"Yes, the two of us really didn't look down on each other at first."
The ghost scholar remembered the initial discord between the two, and also chuckled, and he asked again:
"It's just that these fourteen years have passed in a flash, I don't know the second brother, but do you still remember what the eldest brother said when he set up a village in Qinglong Mountain?"
"How can you forget?"
Liu Junshan patted the table and said loudly:
"Heaven is unfair, the land is ruthless, the world is chaotic, and it is unfair. Today, Qiu Yunshu made an oath here to open his eyes for this brilliant heavenly way and return this world to the bright world.
Since then, this is not a village, and the feud is not even!
Since then, we have arbitrarily judged the rights and wrongs of the world, and the world has been unfair! ”
What he said was the words of the feud fourteen years ago, when the feud was not in the village.
Even though fourteen years have passed, the scene of that day is still deeply rooted in Liu Junshan's heart, and Wu Shifeng also sighed.
He said:
"At that time, Mu was still a half-grown child, the leg of the crutch was not lame, and the two of us were only in their twenties.
"At that time, I waited, and I really underestimated the rights and wrongs of this world..."
The ghost scholar shook his head, and he said to the second brother:
"This is my doubt, second brother, fourteen years have passed, do you think I can fulfill the oath of the day?"
"Naturally, it did!"
Liu Junshan said calmly:
"No matter what the people of the world think of us, is this a bad thing that has ever been done in the 14 years of Feizhai?
We have killed all the people who deserve to be killed, and we have destroyed the surrounding towns, and have we plundered them?
We have never expropriated and oppressed the people.
Although he is a bandit, he thinks that he is much stronger than the northern and southern courts!
Look at my Qinglong Mountain, hundreds of miles away, the villagers live and work in peace and contentment, and there is no injustice!
Even if it is the whole Qilu, those wicked people have to think about it before they do bad things, whether their necks can be harder than the life-breaking knives and guns of my right and wrong village! ”
The bearded man's face was full of pride, and he said to Wu Shifeng:
"Isn't that a fulfillment of your vow?"
"That's what the second brother said."
Wu Shifeng opened the folding fan, he stopped, and said:
"But the second brother has ever thought about it, so let's take the Jinan Mansion that I have waited for twice.
When I killed an official, I thought that I could deter the latecomers and make them treat the people better.
But as soon as the second official took office for three months, there was a rumor of bullying and goodness, forcing more than a dozen people to die.
Hang the corrupt official who deserves to be killed on the tower of the city gate, and burn it as a torch.
I waited until then and thought that killing two officials in a row should have some effect.
The result? ”
The ghost scholar sighed and said:
"The third Jinan Prefecture Order has been restrained for two years, but in the third year, it is not a dirty matter of fornicating with the Northern Dynasty and selling the homeless people into slavery with the Northern Dynasty!
I was so indignant that I was going to kill that dirty official again!
Second brother, do you remember what the eldest brother said at that time? ”
Hearing this question, Liu Junshan's expression also became a little uncomfortable.
He rubbed his forehead with a snort and whispered:
"The eldest brother said that the official did not hurt anyone, although there was corruption, but he also governed Jinan, so that the surrounding villagers lived a better life.
As for the sale of homeless people, one is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer.
The homeless people couldn't survive in the Southern Dynasty, so they went to the Northern Dynasty to find a way to live, although they were slaves with people, but at least they had to eat, and they didn't have their wives separated, and they didn't have to worry about their lives. ”
Wu Shifeng nodded, and he looked at Liu Junshan, whose face was ugly.
He said:
"You had a big fight with your eldest brother at the time, but then everyone sent a horse to the North Dynasty to have a look.
Sure enough, as the eldest brother said, those homeless people did not live a good life in the Northern Dynasty. But at least the shack was restored, and he could eat two meals a day.
If I had killed that official at that time, I am afraid that these people would have starved to death in Qilu. ”
"What the hell are you trying to say? Third. ”
Liu Junshan felt that there was something in Wu Shifeng's words, and he was a little impatient, so he asked directly:
"Between our brothers, what can't be said?
You name it! ”
"What I want to say is, second brother. The starting point of our construction is good, but this matter is not as simple as we think. ”
The ghost scholar closed the fan and said to Liu Junshan, who was unconvinced:
"Have you ever wondered why we waited for justice and killed those local stick bullies in the land of Qilu one after another, just like cutting leeks.
But why are there new grievances every year?
If the massacre can scare those wicked people, then why can't I calm this Qilu tragedy after 14 years of killing? ”
The ghost scholar's fingers holding the folding fan tightened, and he said to Liu Junshan bitterly:
"Those stubborns, second brother, we killed the stubborn ones last year, do you remember?
He is clearly the poor peasant in the family of the rich man who was killed by us five years ago!
A poor peasant, within five years, has changed from a kind-hearted person to another bullying who is a villain!
Before hanging him at that time, I asked him why he did such a hurtful thing.
Guess what he answered me? ”
Wu Shifeng's fingers holding the folding fan were all white marks, and his voice became colder and colder.
He pointed to his heart and said:
He told me that we had saved him from the wicked man, and that he was going to follow our example and save more people!
But he, a country farmer who has never read a book, can neither argue good nor evil, nor can he dominate his subordinates, and as a result, he has become a real group of mountain bandits and bullies!
He connived at his subordinates to kill dozens of people.
That is his sin, and to die is to die, and it is not a pity to die.
But we taught him to resist with knives and guns in our hands, but we failed to teach him to do good deeds and cause the innocent to suffer. That's what I was waiting for.
Second brother, think about it again, when the village was first established, how many famous cottages were there in the land of Qilu?
Fourteen years later, how many bandits are there in this saint's hometown? ”
The ghost scholar looked at Liu Junshan's expression, and he whispered:
"The second brother must not know, and he doesn't care, so I'll tell the second brother.
In this place, there are 17 villages with more than 1,000 people, and there are 33 villages with less than 500 people.
There are countless small villages with less than 100 people.
This is indeed the war between the North and the South in Qilu, which ruined the people's livelihood, but among them, why is there no fuel for us?
Everyone envies our majesty and domineering, but do you think that any cottage master can be as righteous as the eldest brother?
The result?
In the land of Qilu, natural disasters and man-made disasters, the people are not happy, and they have become ghosts in the world!
Among them, there is a 'credit' of our right and wrong village! ”
"Shut up!"
Liu Junshan couldn't listen to it anymore.
He slapped the table with a slap, smashing the whole table apart, and in the midst of the sawdust flying, he got up, pointed at Wu Shifeng, and shouted:
"Third brother! I think you've drunk too much ecstasy soup and lost your mind!
What we are doing is right!
I'm sorry!
Don't mess with our army here!
Otherwise, I, Liu Junshan, will not spare you! ”
"Hehe, the second brother's reprimand is reasonable, the above things are considered to be the third child, I am cranky."
Wu Shifeng laughed expressionlessly, he pointed to the chair in front of him, and he asked:
"But in the end, I asked the second brother about it, and asked the second brother to teach me."
"Why did the eldest brother hide behind the scenes five years ago and no longer interfere in the internal affairs of the village?"
"Why has the eldest brother hardly left the Justice Hall in the past five years?"
"Why doesn't my eldest brother like to hear anything related to the cottage in the past five years?"
"Why in the past five years, the eldest brother has behaved as if it has nothing to do with our right and wrong!"
The ghost scholar's voice grew louder and louder, and at the end, he almost shouted at the top of his voice:
"Second brother!"
"What I said today, my eldest brother saw through it when he stopped us from killing the Jinan Mansion Order five years ago!
He sees farther than all of us, and he wanted to say this to us five years ago!
He knew that this was a story of non-village, and it should have ended five years ago!
He knew that the village of right and wrong might not have appeared at all!
He also knew that it was he who single-handedly released this monster that disturbed Qilu! ”
Wu Shifeng's eyes widened, gritted his teeth, and stood in the most sacred Juyi Hall in Feizhai, as if he was standing in the Shura Hell, and shouted in a hoarse voice:
"But he can't say!"
"He can't say! Do you know why? Second brother, why can't the eldest brother say it?
Just because he is the pillar of right and wrong, he is our Dinghai God Needle!
He is the root of this non-village!
Once he says it, once he falls, we will be scattered in front of us, 20,000 brothers, in an instant, there will be no place to bury! ”
"Don't you understand? Second brother! ”
Wu Shifeng's face was hideous, and he shouted:
"Big brother, he's spending the rest of his life... Save your life and mine!! ”