In the seventh year of Chongzhen, the eighth day of September, the evening, the weather was fine.

On the eighth day of the first month, the moon hung in the sky like a lentil.

"Wait until September 8 in autumn, and I will kill a hundred flowers after the flowers bloom!"

Looking at the moon in the sky, Mo Qian couldn't help but think of this poem by Huang Chao.

On the hill behind the Yanfu in Wentang Town, Mo Qian and the other five had been nesting on the hillside for two full hours.

After nightfall, they lay in ambush here.

As Mo Qian, who led the team to rob for the first time, his heart was full of nervousness at this time.

He didn't know if his plan would succeed or not, there were only twenty-two people on his side, including himself, a scholar who didn't have any combat effectiveness.

Lu Zhao's cousin Peng Jinhong also joined the team, and Peng Jinhong, who is over 30 years old, is still a single person until now.

Because of no money and no land, Peng Jinhong has never married a daughter-in-law, this time seeing that Mo Qian was going to take someone to attack the landlord Yan Zhenchuan, Peng Jinhong joined the team without saying a word.

In one sentence, it is that those who are barefoot are not afraid of wearing shoes, Peng Jinhong thought that life is so sad now, and there is no hope for any more, so it is better to rebel with his cousin.

The failure of the rebellion is nothing more than the beheading, but once it succeeds, there is everything.

Behind Mo Qian, squatting were Lu Zhao, Peng Jinhong, Yi Jiu and Yi Chenggui.

At this time, it was just after dark, and it was still more than an hour away from the agreed time.

The five of them sat bored in the back mountains and chatted.

Among the five people, only Lu Zhao was the most excited, thinking that he would be able to kill his enemy in another hour, Lu Zhao's mood was still very much looking forward to it at this time.

He had been waiting for this day for a long time, he had a wonderful family, a virtuous wife, two sons who were already five years old, and a well-behaved and lovely daughter who was three years old.

But all this happy life was shattered by Yan Zhenchuan.

Sitting next to Lu Zhao was Peng Jinhong, who was also in a more excited mood at this time.

The looting of the landlord was the first time he had encountered it in his life, and Peng Jinhong didn't think about it as much as Lu Zhao.

What he was thinking about was the Yan family's thousands of family wealth and countless grains.

And Yi Jiu and Yi Chenggui didn't look very good.

The two of them were completely coerced into being thieves, and their families were old and young, and they didn't have the heart to be any thieves.

If it weren't for the fact that the two of them had already been photographed on the Yuan River, I am afraid that they would have sneaked away by now.

It was Mo Qian who showed the calmest one.

He had been planning in his mind, killing the landlord Yan Zhenchuan and pulling up the flag of rebellion was just his first step, and he had a second and third step after that.

In order to save herself, Sanniang sold herself to the Qinglou to redeem herself from Zhang San's hands.

And Sanniang was tragically killed on the night she entered the Qinglou, this blood feud was not only caused by Jiang Yingzhao, the chief soldier of Jiangxi, but also Zhang San, the bandit leader of Wuyun Mountain, was also one of them.

Mo Qian actually didn't take Zhang San very seriously, but after a few days of getting along, Mo Qian had already seen through this Zhang San.

This person is a typical example of a rat-eyed person, who doesn't want to eat this meal after eating it.

This time, it can be said that he took people down the mountain to loot the landlord Yan Zhenchuan, and that was also for the sake of Yan Zhenchuan's Wan Guan family wealth, Zhang Sancai took the thieves down the mountain.

If it is said that he took someone down the mountain to avenge the second master, Zhang San would definitely not agree.

This guy is a greedy jackal, and it's in his nature to be unprofitable.

The reason why Mo Qian chose to fall into the grass with Zhang San was just to use him at this time.

Mo Qian was planning how to kill Zhang San in his heart, Sanniang's death was directly related to him, if he hadn't tied up himself for participating in the township test, Sanniang would not have sold herself in the Qinglou, let alone died tragically.

Zhang San, must take the first and second responsibility!

As for Lu Zhao, the second master, Mo Qian has never thought about what to do.

Lu Zhao's nature is not bad, he was purely forced to go up the mountain and fall into the grass, but Zhang San took the initiative to fall into the grass.

One is active, the other is passive, and the starting point of the two is completely different.

While Mo Qian was thinking, Lu Zhao leaned over and asked Mo Qian, "Brother Mo, do you have something on your mind?" ”

Mo Qian, who was interrupted from his train of thought, hurriedly replied, "No, I'm just thinking about things." ”

"What do you think? Speak up and maybe we'll give you an idea! ”

Mo Qian thought for a while and said to Lu Zhao: "I'm thinking, after we kill Yan Zhenchuan, where should we go!" ”

"This is not easy to do, after we ransack the banquet mansion, we will have money and food, and with money and food in hand, we can recruit troops and horses!"

Peng Jinhong, who was on the side, took the initiative to come up and say.

Mo Qian couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this, and shook his head.

He said: "Brother Peng, you think things too simply, if you have money and food to rebel, then now Jiangnan doesn't know how many rebels, as far as I know, now this half of the Ming Dynasty is still very stable, the entire Jiangnan still belongs to the peaceful world, and it is not easy to incite the people to rebel." ”

Lu Zhao agreed with what Mo Qian said.

Although the Daming rivers and mountains have been declining, but in fact, the main turmoil is in the north, although in recent years there have been droughts in the spring in Jiangxi, floods in the summer, and snow disasters in the winter.

However, none of these disasters caused major disasters, and coupled with Jiangxi's abundant products, the people's lives could barely survive even when they suffered occasional disasters.

The common people of China have a fine tradition, that is, as long as there is a stutter, as long as no one starves to death, they are absolutely unwilling to rebel against the imperial court.

Even if they really starved to death, they would not necessarily rebel, and the people would expect the government to help them.

What's more, there was no starvation in Jiangxi, so it was not easy to incite the people to rebel.

As for small bandits like Zhang San, they are actually not uncommon in the southern zone.

Most of these people are idle and lazy country scoundrels, and what they like to do most is to buy and sell without capital.

Mo Qian, who had already joined the gang, couldn't be clearer about this.

After listening to Mo Qian's analysis, Lu Zhao asked, "Brother Mo, what do you say we should do?" ”

Mo Qian shook his head and said, "I haven't thought about it now, let's take a step at a time, our primary goal tonight is to avenge Second Brother Lu!" ”

As soon as he talked about revenge, Lu Zhao's eyes began to become bloodshot, and he had been waiting for this day for a long time.

As soon as he thought of being able to slash the enemy immediately, Lu Zhao's mood began to get excited.

The agreed fourth watch day finally arrived, and Mo Qian took the four of them to carry two bundles of dry firewood each.

These dry firewood are bundled with the branches of tea trees unique to Yichun.

The local tea trees will ripen after the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the ripe fruits can be fried into powder after drying, which is the best edible oil.

In addition to the tea tree can produce tea oil, its trunk is also a high-quality burning wood.

The branches of the tea tree are resistant to burning, and the fire is strong, especially the dry tea tree branches, which are tied together and do not need to be watered, just light the fire, which is the best thing to ignite.

More than a dozen bundles of dry firewood were thrown into the backyard of the Yan family, and then the torches prepared before were thrown in, and after a while, the backyard of the banquet mansion was full of smoke and flames.

Looking at the raging fire, Mo Qian sighed in his heart: "The fireproof performance of wooden houses is too poor, one by one." ”

Soon the fire swept through the backyard of the entire banquet house, and after a while, various shouts were heard from the backyard.

"It's on fire, it's on fire, come and put out the fire!"

The whole banquet house jumped up in an instant, everyone was called to get up, and all the family members went to put out the fire with buckets, even the women.

There is a well of water in the banquet, but it is not cold water, but hot spring water of more than 60 degrees.

A bucket of warm water was handed over, and it was evaporated by the fire in a short time.

Yan Zhenchuan, who was dressed in a nightgown, looked at the burning backyard at this time, and couldn't help but sweat profusely waving his arms there and shouting: "Hurry up, you waste, what am I spending so much money on to support you, quickly put out the fire for me!" ”

This fire started inexplicably, and everyone in the banquet house was confused.

Just when everyone was trying their best to put out the fire, they didn't know that there were already twenty-two people assembling at the gate of the banquet mansion.

Zhang San didn't know where to get a ladder, and at this time he was asking his subordinates to set up the ladder on the courtyard wall of the banquet mansion.

A bold younger brother volunteered to climb into the courtyard wall, and after a while, the door of the banquet was opened by the younger brother from the inside.

All the family members of the Yanfu were fighting the fire in the backyard, and there was not even a dog guarding the door in the front yard, so Mo Qian and others opened the courtyard door without any effort.

As soon as the door of the banquet house opened, Zhang San and his younger brothers were instantly excited.

Zhang San waved the saber in his hand, waved his hand and pointed to the empty door, and shouted loudly: "Brothers, kill me, rush in for me, rob money, grab food, rob women!" ”

At this time, the best encouragement is money women, and few bandits can withstand the temptation of money and women.

Eighteen bandits rushed in with a roar.

Some of them were holding sabers that they had snatched, some were holding firewood knives that they usually used to chop wood, and some of them were actually holding pig-killing knives, because this person was a pig-killing maker before falling into the grass.

Eighteen bandits who had lost their discipline rushed into the banquet like a pack of hungry wolves, cutting down and killing anyone they saw.

Mo Qian, who followed closely, was stunned for a moment when he saw this scene.

I didn't expect that we were still together during the day, and there were people who talked and laughed, but in the blink of an eye, they became a group of tigers, leopards, and jackals.

When the people who were fighting the fire saw that there were bandits coming, they immediately became in chaos.

Each of them did not even have a weapon in their hands, and only two barrels in their hands.

In just a few moments, five of them were thrown to the ground, blood flowed down the cracks of the floor tiles, and they were dried by the scorching fire of the scene in a short time.

Yan Zhenchuan also found the bandit killed behind him at this time, and when he saw a man with a straw hat on his head take off his hat to reveal a big scar on his forehead, Yan Zhenchuan was shocked.

"Is that you?"

Lu Zhao raised the firewood knife in his hand and said coldly: "That's right, it's me, the dog thief, to return the lives of my wife and children!" ”