There is a saying that "poor mountains and bad waters come out of the people", although this sentence has a sense of partial generalization, but it also reflects a humanistic phenomenon in various parts of Zhongzhou.

There are still a lot of ships coming and going from the upper and lower sections of the river, and the monitoring and management of the imperial court is naturally very strict. However, in the middle of the 700 miles, most of the time there are mountains on both sides of the strait, there is no place, and there are occasional places to rest by foot in the middle, but they are also in very remote rural towns, and it is inevitable that there will be times when the imperial court is not able to handle it, and naturally there will be some rogue bandits, occupying the mountains as kings.

"Big brother, do we want to ......"

A young man who looked to be a teenager and a little honest was being sandwiched between two older men, and he looked at the more martial man next to him with a troubled expression, as if he wanted to say something.

"Shut up, you kid! I'll hold back if you want to fart!"

The eldest brother looked pale and seemed to be very unhappy. I saw that the young man looked at the other person again, and said with some shame: "Second brother, I just asked the butcher for some money to buy medicine, and grandpa is dying, do you want to watch him die!"

"And the face to say!"

Before the second brother could speak, the eldest brother scolded again.

"Don't you look at who that person is, butcher barbarian! That's a bandit leader who kills, sets fires, burns, kills, and loots! Grandpa has been innocent and iron-clad all his life, and you want him to use the money stolen by the bandits to continue his life? Even if he is ready, he will kill himself in front of you! You can't even turn a blind eye to grandpa's death!"

The eldest brother said that the more angry he became, he was about to start pumping the ignorant brother in front of him, but the second brother next to him saw it and hurriedly came over to stop his eldest brother.

I saw that the little brother looked aggrieved, and his eyes couldn't stop crying.

"But I, but I just don't want my grandfather to die like this! That's grandpa!

When the eldest brother heard this, he put down the hand that was about to hit the younger brother, and his face was gloomy. He turned his head, and all three were silent. After a while, he turned his head and looked at his two younger brothers with affection.

"It's all fate! Since you can't keep it, let grandpa go happily!"

The younger brother's tears still couldn't be contained, and the snot came out. In this cold and windy winter, these three brothers were still wearing summer tattered sweatshirts, and none of the arms of the three of them were covered. Fortunately, the three were all very tall and strong men, barely looking so thin this winter.

"Okay, it's such a big person, what are you doing crying like this! The money has naturally been spent, the medicine has been boiled, and it is difficult to collect it, but we must not go to that butcher in the future! We also went to make a statement with him this time, and our Zheng family will definitely pay back the money! But those bandits are doing it, and we will never go along with it!"

The second brother comforted his younger brother and signaled to let his eldest brother not be so angry. After all, although the younger brother found the wrong person, he was also kind.

So the three brothers continued their footsteps and strode towards the bandit den of Yan Gu Mountain not far ahead.

This Yan Gu Mountain was originally the territory of the Yan Kingdom back then, but it was defeated by King Jingwu and his subordinates with great effort. This mountain is precipitous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and has the title of "the first mountain in the west of the Song Kingdom". Because of the danger of the mountain, the defeated Yan army was cornered, and they all shrank to the top, relying on the wild game and mountain treasures on the mountain, they even resisted for a month or two.

However, later, the vanguard officer of the Song army was ruthless, and took three hundred dead soldiers to go up the mountain in the night, set fire to the smoke and made the Yan army's position chaotic, and after a period of slashing, they scattered and fled, and the surrounding ambush army took the opportunity to take down the enemy in one go. However, those dead soldiers were also killed and wounded heavily, and when the reinforcements came up the mountain, the three hundred people had already beaten to only twenty or thirty people, and some were still half-dead.

The faces of the dead soldiers were covered with a thick layer of blood, some of them were their own people, and more of them were enemy soldiers. After the Song army took the remnants of Yan Gu Mountain, it continued to fight all the way west for more than 200 miles, which laid the situation in the western part of the Song Kingdom. The pioneer officer who had just finished serving as a dead soldier and continued to charge was also crowned by King Jingwu with the title of "Desperate Saburo".

Now this Yan Gu Mountain, except for the knife marks and gun marks on the rocks, there are no traces of war anymore. And the Yan army, which used to resist stubbornly, has now been replaced by bandits who occupy the mountains as kings.

In the lobby of this cottage, in the huge brazier, the crackling sound of firewood burning. A group of five big and three coarse, fierce bandits are eating meat, drinking wine, and hugging the snatched girl.

A strong man sitting in the lobby, with a tiger skin on the chair, is opening his chest full of chest hair and knife wounds, grabbing the jar and taking a big drink, this person is the master of this cottage, slaughtering the big cow, and the person is nicknamed "Tu Manzi".

"This fucking 'Roselle tears' is really much better than that 'Jun Mo Xiao'!"

One of the younger brothers below laughed happily.

"Big brother, why don't we go and rob the wine store next time, catch the shopkeeper and come over, and make wine every day to honor you, big brother!"

"It's really fucking stupid to say that you're stupid, this 'Roselle Tears' was shipped from Kyoto, how can we be the shopkeepers of a broken place, and besides, this fucking liquor store is open in the state capital, can't you fucking run to fight the state army!"

The butcher scolded with a look of disdain and a high-minded look on his face.

"The eldest brother is wise, but the younger brother is one-sided!"

Suddenly, a little brother came into the lobby, made an awkward salute and said, "Boss, the three brothers of the Zheng family are here!"

This butcher picked up the wine bowl in his hand and smashed it on the little brother.

"How many fucking times have you said it, it's called 'General'! You can't fucking teach you so many times, did your mother grow up eating shit!"

The younger brother was too frightened to speak.

"Why don't you hurry up and bring people in, get out of the way!"

The little brother got up in a panic and went out to call someone in, this butcher man gathered the clothes on his body, although the clothes he wore were not very good, but the style and material of the clothes were first-class. This is like a guest who wants to see him, so hurry up and pack himself.

After a while, the younger brother brought the three brothers up. Seeing that the three brothers were still in undershirts and short-sleeved, the butcher immediately scolded angrily: "Damn, don't you see that people are still short-sleeved! Hurry up and bring Lao Tzu's fox fur and mink fur or something to put on for others to wear!"

"No need, Boss Tu! we can't afford it!"

Although the eldest brother of the Zheng family had no gloomy face, there was a trace of displeasure in his tone.

"Be disgraced! Beware of me fucking sucking you to death!"

The younger brother is indignant, no one dares to be so unsympathetic to his eldest brother, isn't this a slap in the face of their entire cottage?

"Shut up!

This little brother didn't know what was going on for a while.

"But, big brother......"

"Go down!"

So a few little bosses in the hall also led their little beauties out of the lobby, but the little boss with a heart still led a group of little brothers to squat outside the door, waiting for some movement to go up to support. After all, these three brothers look like they are all tall and tall, and they don't look like simple characters.

I saw that the butcher didn't have any bad looks on his face, but walked down with a smile, and said in front of these brothers, and said a little kindly: "Come on, come on, Dingyuan, Dingfang, Dingzhong, they are all your own people, don't be angry with me!"

As he spoke, he was about to lead the three brothers to their seats.

"Don't sit down, Lord Slaughter, the three of us brothers came here today just to make one thing clear to you. Dingzhong, this kid took your money to buy medicine for my old man, this money, our Zheng family will definitely pay you back, but burning, killing and looting this kind of robbership, our Zheng family, will never be able to do it!"

This eldest brother Zheng Dingyuan's words were fierce, and there was no room for maneuver and compromise.

"Dingyuan, what are you talking about, I gave the money just to repay the favor, if it weren't for your old man, I wouldn't have been able to slaughter a big cow in this world!"

This slaughtering bull looked polite, and even said a little emotionally: "Yes! I know that you look down on me as a bandit, and if the old man is still good at his legs and feet, he will probably go up the mountain to cut me! Although I am not ashamed of being a bandit, I have never thought of taking this village owner to show off his power in front of your family! It's just that heaven is unfair, if you are innocent and a good person can live a good life, even if you can live a good life, who the fuck wants to be a bandit!"

"So it's all the heavens forcing you to be a bandit?"

The second child, Zheng Dingfang, also looked at this with some discouragement, and he can be regarded as a bandit leader who has played since he was a child.

"It's not the sky, it's the imperial court! It's the so-called court officials! It's those businessmen who have no treachery and no business! It's those people who look like righteous men and gentlemen, fish and meat people, and force good people to become prostitutes!"

"Ridiculous! Can everyone be bandits with you because of choking?

Zheng Dingfang said righteously.

"I don't read much, so I don't know what you mean by 'choking', but I can guess it. Yes, being a bandit can't change this situation, but if you don't become a bandit, you can only let people eat and eat! Do you think that the fish and meat people I mentioned are all exceptions? Do you think that there are officials and generals in this Xichuan Mansion who have a fucking good thing? No, no!"

Tu Manzi said with a look of indignation: "Do you know why I am the king of the mountain here, but I have not been suppressed by the state army? Do you know why my cottage is getting bigger and bigger, obviously it is a place where birds don't, but everyone can wear gold and silver, and the clothes can be customized?"

Tu Manzi looked at the three brothers in front of him with a somewhat smirk.

"It's not because those dog officials and businessmen took enough benefits from Lao Tzu to settle those complaints for Lao Tzu, and brought Lao Tzu food, drink, use, and play. To put it bluntly, they are the real bandit leaders, they are the real robbers!"

"You mean, the officials in the state capital know about your bandit's den, or do they turn a blind eye? Collect the money you robbed and give you food and drink!"

Zheng Dingyuan asked angrily.

"That's right! They don't want me to be suppressed so early, so that they can get another share of money from the imperial court! And they can also get some credit from time to time! So Lao Tzu will never regret being a robber, Lao Tzu just wants to rob the children of those rich officials and eunuchs, because none of their money is clean!"

Obviously, the more he talked, the more he felt that he was right, and he was on the side of reason.

"Ridiculous! Corrupt officials mislead the country, profiteers mislead the people, and everyone will be punished! If you really think that you are right, then you should deal with them, rob the rich and help the poor! And now you are willing to become their lackeys, oppress the people, and occupy the mountains as kings, and you are simply all the way! There is nothing to talk about! Let's go!"

Zheng Dingyuan was furious, and turned around angrily to leave. It's just that I just collided with the little thief who hurried in to report the situation.

"Boss!"

"Didn't you say it, aren't you fucking deaf?"

Tu Manzi stretched out his foot and kicked it, and the kid fell on his back, but he still said to him with a pale face: "He Lang has sent a message! There is business coming to the door! Two rich people, blood earns!"

The man seemed to forget the kick and looked at his leader with a smile.

"Oh!"

The three brothers of the Zheng family saw that this butcher was going to rob the money again, Zheng Dingyuan gave his brother a look, and then said sharply: "Don't leave yet, do you two want to be bandits too!"

After saying that, he slammed the door angrily, and Zheng Dingfang and Zheng Dingzhong hurriedly followed.

Although this butcher was a little disappointed in his eyes at this time, he still returned to reality in an instant.

"Call someone, take out the guy, I'm in a bad mood today, this group of fucking people is unlucky!"

Away from the river, a small boat was moving slowly, carrying six people, and two boatmen were quietly changing course.

"Son-in-law?"

Everyone was still shocked by Xiao Zhangdi's grandson-in-law.

"Could it be that Lin Che, the grandson of King Jingwu who is wanted, is the grandson-in-law of General Zhong?"

This fat rich man Li Xing was a little surprised, and he also looked at that Xiao Zhang with some joy.

"However, I heard that Lin Che's fiancée is not surnamed Zhong!"

Xiao Zhang said with some anger: "That woman is not Lin Gongzi's fiancée!

Zhong Huai seemed a little helpless, but he smiled bitterly and said, "Yes, yes!"

"Oh, what do you say?"

Li Xing asked with some curiosity, Xiao Zhang at this time had undoubtedly become the center of everyone's attention, which also made her proud.

"My lord said that he and the prince of Jingwu had a baby kiss, but the old princess of the Jingwu palace was present to agree! Originally, the children were going to become relatives, and they said that they would let the lord's daughter be the princess. It's just a pity that they all gave birth to sons, but in the grandchildren, it just so happens that my lord has a baby granddaughter, which is not just the right match, just in line with the old prince and my lord's mind!"

Looking at Xiao Zhang's smug appearance, the strict son smiled slightly.

"You should be talking about the second son of Jingwu Palace, he is the prince, so you can make your young lady the princess!"