Those bandits brandished whips to urge the captives to "go quickly, go quickly", there were old and weak women and children among the people, and some were tied with their hands behind their backs, where can they walk fast, the snow is muddy, and it is easy to slip and fall, the bandits don't care if the people live or die, and those who slip and fall are all slapping their heads and faces, and the shouts and scolding are endless-

Zheng Shi and Zeng Yu looked extremely indignant on the side, and Zheng Shi asked angrily: "What are you doing by arresting these people?" ”

Peng Laoqiu sneered and said: "What kind of people, we are the people, we are the poor people, these people are rich people, they are powerful and blessed on weekdays, this time they are arrested to ask them to spit out the money, this is called robbing the rich and helping the poor." ”

Another thief grinned and said, "They are all gods of wealth, and one of them is worth a hundred taels of silver." ”

Zeng Yu understood, this is a kidnapping ticket, the thieves capture these people to be hostages, and then let the hostages' relatives redeem them with silver, if there are no relatives to send silver, then tear up the tickets, this group of captives has more than 200 people, one person asks for 100 taels of silver, that is more than 20,000 taels, Jiangxi Buzheng Department pays the tax of the household warehouse every year is only 100,000 taels of silver, these bandits have to loot 20,000 taels of silver from a Hekou town, it is really a lion's mouth

But Zeng Yu saw that among these hostages, although there were fat heads and big ears and gorgeous clothes, but there were many people with cold faces and simple clothes, and the slogan of the lead mountains and rivers called wealth, but not everyone was a rich man

That Peng Laoqiu opened his eyes and looked carefully, he didn't see the second king, and when he asked, he knew that the second king was ordered by King Wu to guard against the pursuit of the officers and soldiers of the Qianhu Institute of Lead Mountain on the riverside, and Peng Laoqiu and the other five thieves took Zeng Yu, Zheng Shi and Laifu to follow the robbers back to Qixingguan.

Along the way, Zeng Yu saw that the bandits either whipped the hostages or beat them with wooden sticks, and when they walked on the Xuefeng Mountain Road, there was an old man who fell and couldn't get up, and a bandit with a handful of hair on his left cheek kicked him with his foot, and the old man didn't know if he broke his leg or what's going on, he struggled hard but couldn't get up, and someone on the side was waiting to help him, and the bandit shouted: "No one is allowed to help." Looking at the old man on the ground coldly, he kicked it again, and scolded: "This old bone pretends to be a dead dog, he wants to lie here and wait so that he can escape back - Lao Tzu counts three times, if you don't get up this old bone, I will cut off your dog's head with a knife." As he spoke, he suddenly pulled out a shiny short knife from his waist, and said with a cruel smile: "I'll count one."

The old man who was struggling in the snow tried his best to get up with his hands and feet, but he slipped again, and his body threw himself forward, his face was covered with snow and cement, and at this time the bandit had counted to "three", and when he saw that the old man had not yet gotten up, the thief's eyes were wide open, and the fierce light was revealed, and he approached the old man's side fiercely, and raised the knife in his hand-

These bandits are lawless and inhumane, what is it to kill a hostage, seeing that this innocent old man is about to die, someone suddenly heard someone shouting: "Stop"

This shout was full of anger, and the snow on the shrubs on both sides of the mountain road was shaken and fell, and the knife-wielding bandit thought it was an order from which leader, and hurriedly put away his knife and turned his head to look, but saw a young Xiucai striding over, he couldn't help but be stunned, and then said angrily: "Which one is the one who told Lao Tzu to stop?" A handful of hairs trembled on his cheeks, and his eyes stared fiercely at this young talent.

It was Zeng Yu who shouted "stop", although he himself was still in danger, but he still had to be saved when he saw death, staring at this bandit with black hair on his left cheek and shouting: "Who let you kill hostages indiscriminately, is it King Zhang Long or King Wu?"

Seeing that it was a young showman who stood up to stop him, the bandit was angry in his heart, and said viciously: "Who are you who dare to accuse Lao Tzu?" The short knife on his waist was pulled out again.

Peng Laoqiu came over and said with a smile: "Fifth Brother Hua, this is the Xiucai captured by the second king, this Xiucai seems to have a little friendship with King Zhang Long of Fujian, and the second king asked me not to embarrass him for the time being." ”

Zheng Shi also ran over at this time, and helped the old man up with Zeng Yu, Zheng Shi just saw the bandit beating the old man, both angry and frightened, seeing that the old man was about to be killed, although Zheng Shi was anxious but did not have the courage to come forward to rescue, when he saw Zeng Yu shouting, he was ashamed in his heart-

The old man stood up trembling and shrunk under the support of Zeng Yu and Zheng Shi, and Zeng Yu asked, "Where is the old man's body unwell?" "If you can stand up, you don't have a broken bone.

The old man was about sixty years old, with a rich face and dressed like a rich man, and at this time he was frightened, and said in a trembling voice: "Thank you for the rescue, the old man sprained his left foot——"

The marching hostages stopped because of this, and these hostages were relieved to see that a young man had saved the old man, and they were all trembling with fright.

"Fifth Brother Hua, what happened, why didn't you leave?" Two bandits galloped back from the front and asked

Hua Lao Wu, who had black hair on his cheeks, pointed at Zeng Yu and said, "It's a good thing that this Xiucai wants to spoil King Wu-"

Zeng Yu interrupted: "Take me to see your King Wu, I have something important to tell you." ”

Zheng Shi said: "Brother Xian, I'll go with you." ”

Peng Laoqiu explained the reason to the two thieves on horseback, and then took Zeng Yu and Zheng Shi to the Seven Stars Temple, and Laifu carried the burden and shouted: "Young master, young master-"

Zheng Shi turned around and wanted to tell Laifu to take care of the livestock and luggage, but they had all fallen into the hands of the bandits, how to take care of the livestock and luggage, life and death were uncertain, and he didn't know how to tell Laifu for a while

Zeng Yu said to the thieves around Laifu: "I am a distinguished guest of King Wu, you have to take care of the mounts and luggage of the two of us, if there is any loss, only you and others will ask." "Even if it's a bluff, it has to be full of momentum, these thieves are probably stupid people who are lazy at the bottom, they originally had a strong servility, and now they are following Wu Ping to burn and loot, and do evil, it seems that they have turned over and become a master, but the servility in their bones is still there, and there are also high levels among the bandits, they are just small minions who are driven by it, and it is their instinct to be inflammatory, bullying the good and fearing evil, seeing Zeng Yu's stern orders, he hurriedly nodded and had, and even claimed that it was.

The black-haired Hua Lao Wu watched Zeng Yu and the others leave first, and then scolded and urged the hostages to leave quickly, "King Wu's distinguished guest" The words frightened Hua Lao Wu, and he didn't dare to continue to make things difficult for the old man Zeng Yu saved.

The Seven Stars View is on the halfway of the towering snow peak, King Wu has already returned to the Seven Stars Temple first, Zeng Yu and Zheng Shi followed Peng Laoqiu and a few thieves to the halfway up the mountain, Zeng Yu listened to Peng Laoqiu talking to other thieves, and suddenly asked: "Peng Laoqiu, are you a native of Lead Mountain?" "I didn't pay attention to it before, but now I can hear this Peng Laoqiu with the accent of Yiyang and Lead Mountain.

Peng Laoqiu pointed down the mountain and said: "I am the person from the Pengjiazhuang, but that is all in the past, in the future, I will follow King Wu to fight the world, where can this small village accommodate me." ”

When Zeng Yu and Zheng Shi turned their heads to look, they saw that there were more than 100 families at the northern foot of this snowy steep peak, looking down from a high place, there was a team of people walking around in the village, presumably it had become a den of thieves, Zeng Yu said to this Peng Laoqiu, and learned that Peng Laoqiu's ancestors were all from this Pengjiazhuang for five generations, Peng Laoqiu's parents had already died, there was a brother, the two brothers had split up, Peng Laoqiu originally had some land, just because of good gambling and prostitution, the family wealth was wiped out in a few years, and now he is wandering around the wharf of Hekou Town, doing some tricks and abductions-

This time the Ji'an bandits attacked and harassed the lead mountain, Peng Laoqiu led two singles and went to join the gang, followed the bandits to plague the people of the county, and there was revenge, Peng Laoqiu remembered the cold eyes and teasing of his brother and the people of the village when he was down, and felt that he was now out of breath, and he should return to his hometown to raise his eyebrows, so he led the bandits across the Xinjiang River, killed Pengjiazhuang, where his Peng family lived for generations, and cut off the heads of several rich families in the village, and robbed all the family property-

Peng Laoqiu's brother is a solid farmer, and he is also classified as a rich man by the bandits, Wu Ping in order to show that he is a righteous army, as long as these rich people obediently give their family wealth, they will not all be killed, but Peng Laoqiu's brother held a flat shoulder and resisted stubbornly, and refused to hand over the money, so the end was of course a knife or two pieces of the body in a different place, and when Peng Laoqiu came to see his brother's corpse, there was nothing to be sad about, he was robbing and robbing with blood, and those villagers who looked down on him in the past saw him and called the king with a smile, which made him very proud, This brother is dead when he dies, so it should be regarded as a righteous annihilation, and when he lost all his money and had no food to eat, he didn't see this brother give him a few meals

Zeng Yu asked what Peng Laoqiu wanted to get by following King Wu to fight the world? Peng Laoqiu didn't think about it and said: "Of course it's glory and wealth, what is it called brocade clothes and jade food." ”

Zeng Yu said: "Then you will not become a rich man after you are rich, rich, rich, clothed and well-fed, and the rich man will be swept away, how can this be good?" ”

Peng Laoqiu opened his mouth, touched Peng Bulging's arm on his waist, and argued forcefully: "That's different, we can't be considered rich, we are robbing rich people." ”

Zeng Yu sneered in his heart: "Those who rob are not rich, others who have worked hard to earn their property are rich." said: "What should I do if the rich man robs it all?" ”

Peng Laoqiu came to his senses and said: "Don't worry about this, there are many rich people in the world, the Ming Dynasty has two capitals and thirteen provinces, we only grabbed a small fraction, hehe, there is a grab." ”

Another thief on horseback stared at Zeng Yu and said, "What are you doing with this show?"

Zeng Yu said: "I just think that you have a great future, and you have a future than my generation. ”

Zeng Yu's tone was sincere, Peng Laoqiu believed it, nodded and said: "This is true, there is an old boy in our village, who is so poor that he can only drink porridge, but he doesn't know the current affairs, the day before yesterday, our king entered the village, this old man who doesn't know death dares to scold us for being thieves, and was hacked to death on the spot, you see, his head is still hanging on the flagpole at the head of the village." ”

Another thief shouted: "Peng Laoqiu, don't talk to this Xiucai about this." He glared at Zeng Yu vigilantly and said, "When did you see the king of my family, isn't it a swagger?"

Zeng Yu said: "When I see your king, I know if I am swaggering." ”

As he spoke, he arrived outside the gate of the Seven Stars.

The back still hurts, Xie Lu thanks the book friends for their concern.