Chapter 38: The People and the Bandits
The sky was getting colder, and Chen Mo didn't read the letter for a long time.
"If you don't look at it, I'll show it for you."
was so anxious that Hu Yu snatched it.
Brush!
Shake open the letter and read it in the hazy light.
After a while, in He San's expectant eyes, Hu Yu said slowly: "Last words, explain the future." β
"Impossible!"
He San snatched the letter paper with a hideous face, and accidentally tore it in half with too much force.
This is impossible, as his gaze moved, He San's hands were trembling uncontrollably.
"Do you want to see it?" Hu Yu raised half a piece of letter paper in his hand and asked Chen Mo.
It's hard to earn a hundred taels!
Chen Mo took half of the letter paper, although it was only half of it, he could also get a glimpse of the writer's state of mind.
Sure enough, as Chen Mo expected, he had already guessed the approximate situation, roughly saying that the Changhe Gang had encountered a life-and-death crisis, and it was probably difficult to get through, and it was not a pity for them to die, but I hoped that Chen Mo could find Xiaojun, help him heal his body, and take him to a safe place.
No matter how you look at it, Chen Mo doesn't want to meddle in other people's family affairs, whether it is the differences between their brothers or the fight, it has nothing to do with Chen Mo.
He is just here to detoxify, and it is not even a cure, with his own meager medical skills, in addition to the injury and poison, Chen Mo can not guarantee the real incurable diseases.
Therefore, at the beginning, Chen Mo was just for a hundred taels of silver and he could also take a boat along the way.
Oh, and the Changhe Gang has some cooperative relationship with Senior Brother Hu Yu.
I didn't expect that what I thought was a simple matter would be so headache-inducing, and I was entrusted with it.
If Chen Mo doesn't agree, he won't save him when he dies, but if he agrees, isn't he asking for trouble?
This is also the reason why Chen Mo refused to read the letter for a long time.
He Sanhuo hurriedly led the two of them to the direction of the ancestral hall.
"What's the matter!"
"What's the matter!"
Along the way, there were people who kept saluting He San, and he turned a blind eye to it in his anxiety.
It's getting dark.
The group came unimpeded to the depths of a courtyard.
This is the ancestral hall of the He family?
Everything is so new, the plaques are new, the buildings are new, even the tablets are new.
It's just that in such a new scene, there are as many as hundreds of tablets, and even the most important ones have only one character, without leaving their full names.
Other than that, the ancestral hall was empty.
"Where's the big brother?"
Although He San was spinning around like a headless fly, he was extremely respectful every time he came to the tablet.
It's like your own ancestors.
The search was fruitless, and He San sighed.
Walking out of the ancestral hall, the quiet Hu Yu finally became active again.
"Where are you going now?"
Faced with Hu Yu's question, He San suddenly thought of something.
"I know, go to Madame and the steward, they must know."
Before leaving, Chen Mo looked back and took a deep look at the wall on the side of the ancestral hall.
There is a dark room there.
He didn't say anything, just because he couldn't find where the mechanism was, and since the people inside didn't want to see them, they wouldn't demolish him.
When things can't be done, Chen Mo is very convinced that he will definitely rely on his light skills and take Hu Yu away.
He no longer has the state of accompanying his master down the mountain to help the world, and at that time he did not care about returns.
But without Master by his side, he found that the beauty, happiness, and harmony in the past world seemed to have never existed, and now he only saw conspiracy, calculation, and the ever-changing human heart.
He didn't want to decrypt it, and when he fulfilled his promise, no one would want to keep him as a bird.
......
In the secret room of the ancestral hall.
A big man knelt on the ground with his head buried, and the ethereal lamp illuminated the man in front of him, and it was a nameless tablet in the ancestral hall.
He Hongjun!
In first place.
Next to the oil lamp on the left and on the right are a mottled piece of armor and a silver-white spear.
The countless marks on the armor show great feats.
The silver-white spear leaped from the cold star to tell the edge.
The man raised his head, and a complicated and haggard face flickered in the light.
It was Ho Ka Lok.
......
Night falls.
Suddenly, a noise shattered the unsettling silence!
And thenβ
Boom! Boom! Boom!!!
Woo β
"It's the drums of war and the trumpet!!"
He San turned his head suddenly, his face was ugly, "The war drums are sounding three times, and the Yellow Sand Gang is coming!" β
By the time a few people hurried to the martial arts arena, hundreds of people had already gathered there.
He Jiakang was standing on the high platform, planting the flag of the Changhe Gang behind him, and raising the black iron rod in his hand.
There was instant silence in the field, and the pin drop could be heard.
"The Huangsha Gang is attacking in a big way, the eldest brother is injured and is recuperating, and now I am temporarily in charge of the Changhe Gang!"
No one objected, as if they had known it for a long time.
He Jiakang nodded with satisfaction and continued: "The Huangsha Gang attacked in three directions, one is the water village, there is Changhuan, they can't get in for a short time, and on the other side, there are many people at the shore gate, and the last group of people should have lurked in after bypassing the dark outpost. β
"Changxi listens to orders!"
"Changxi is here!"
A man with a slender body and strong arms stepped out.
"First, send archers to help the brothers in the water village; The second is to deal with the positive forces in the first level, and the third is to instruct the scouts to find out who is lurking. β
"Order!"
"Long hair, long dun!"
"In-"
Click, two figures walked out side by side, one with vigorous body hair holding a spear, and the other with a tiger on his back and a large shield on his back.
"You guys are very simple, before the three levels of rejection!"
The two glanced at each other, they understood that after the three levels, they were the family members of the brothers, and there was absolutely no room for loss, and the battle intent in their eyes was like substance, and they shouted in unison:
"Battle !!"
"Battle, Battle, Battle, !!"
The brothers behind him were also infected and shouted one after another.
Whoop -
Hundreds of people went about their things in a very orderly manner, without a trace of distraction, as if it was commonplace.
"Order, forbidden! It is with this that we can gain a foothold in Linjiang and compete with the Huangsha Gang that has been coiled for decades. He San said proudly.
Even Hu Yu on the side was excited.
"What a decree forbidden!"
He Jiakang did not move, standing on the high platform, and under the high platform were people who transmitted information from all over the place.
All of them are athletic and have good foot strength.
He Jiakang passed down one order after another, every word was orderly, and he was always calm as usual from the beginning to the present.
There was not a trace of panic, and the face of everyone who passed on the information was also full of confidence.
What a good leader, Chen Mo couldn't help but sigh.
Such a thought also rose in He San's heart, could it be that the light of the eldest brother covered up the talent of the second gang leader?
"Kill!"
Suddenly, more than a dozen black shadows rushed towards He Jiakang on the high platform.
"Be careful!"
He San's subconscious reminder was exchanged for He Jiakang's calm smile.
Sure enough, the black shadow was still seven or eight feet away from the high platform when he was stopped by the people in the costume of the Changhe Gang.
But He San was sure that he had never seen these people.
The two sides fought fiercely together, and it was difficult to separate for a while.
"Newspaperβ"
A long howl made the corners of He Jiakang's eyes jump.
The person who came didn't know what to say, and He Jiakang's face changed.
Before he could react, the man suddenly burst out, and his hands were cold.
Whoop β
He Jiakang retreated half a step, and the black iron rod in his hand spun upside down.
Bang!
With a muffled sound, the black iron rod smashed on the top of the visitor's head, and blood mixed with brains splashed everywhere, staining the high platform in a mess.
The rest of the personnel who delivered the information were so frightened that they retreated again and again, not knowing whether they were afraid of the flying brains or the fierce iron rods.
Bang Bang β
A figure clapped his palms and stepped out of the shadows.
"He Jiakang, your long stick is really fierce."
He Jiakang was stunned when he saw the comer, and then said with a smile: "Huang Han, aren't you afraid that I will knock you to death with a stick, so that you have no successor to the Huangsha Gang?" β
Huang Han shook his head and said, "I'm not a fool like my brother. β
After speaking, he clapped his hands.
Dozens of men in black emerged behind him, protecting them in the middle.
Seeing this, He Jiakang subconsciously exerted his strength, and the fingers that grabbed the iron rod turned white.
Just then, a voice came.
"The second level is lost!"
"How so?!"
He Jiakang couldn't believe it, he trusted his brothers very much, and with the rabble of the Huangsha Gang, even if there were more of them, it was impossible to break through two levels in a row so quickly.
"Nothing impossible." Huang Han smiled proudly, and his words changed, "Have you forgotten who my brother-in-law is?" β
"Liang Xiuwen, Yuzhou Tongzhi, can he mobilize the army?"
He Jiakang frowned and couldn't figure it out.
Even if Huang Han's brother-in-law is the second-in-command in Yuzhou, what role can he play?
"No, no, no, you're wrong, since ancient times, people don't fight with officials." Huang Han sighed hypocritically, paused, and continued, "Moreover, the officials are defending the people, not the water bandits. β
He Jiakang sneered: "Your Huangsha Gang's behavior is a water bandit, my Changhe Gang is famous, how can you be a water bandit?" β
Huang Han shook his head and said softly: "Whether it is the people or bandits, the official has the final say." β
"You!" He Jiakang was angry and scolded shamelessly in his heart, but there was nothing he could do about him.
Big brother, big brother, why did you put the Changhe Gang in danger? Do you have to waste your brother's life for the sake of illusory loyalty?
He Jiakang's expression was complicated, and when he heard the shouts of killing getting closer and closer, he closed his eyes in pain.
Woooo
A burst of fire rose into the sky.
"The second gang leader, the opposite side is a strong bow......"
The man was barely halfway through his sentence when he was shot through the throat by a sudden sharp arrow.
Followed by dense arrows, with the fire in the sky, they went straight to the martial arts arena.
He Jiakang stood up straight, clenched the iron rod, and was fearless in the face of the rain of arrows.
The black iron rod danced impenetrably in his hand.
Ding Ding Ding!
The sound was endless, the arrows were all knocked away, and the body jumped up, and the long stick in his hand whistled incessantly.
Fang Yuanzhang Yu did not miss a single arrow.
Rockets pierced through the roof ridges and hit beams, and from time to time people were shot by random arrows and fell.
On the side, Hu Yu and He San were taken by Chen Mo to a rooftop to avoid the baptism of arrow rain.
Coincidentally, Huang Han, who was in the field, stood in place and didn't move for half a minute, and the arrow seemed to have eyes, and it didn't hit him once at all.
"They are all rare marksmen in the army, and they are different from the waste you have trained."
He Jiakang's heart sank, it seemed that he was really a member of the army.
If it weren't for that, how could the well-trained people under his command not be able to stop the rabble of the Yellow Sand Gang?
"You said you'd help me!!" He Jiakang pulled his throat and shouted loudly.
Seeing that no one responded, He Jiakang continued: "I have done everything you asked, what else do you want?!" β
"Ahh
A sigh came, and then the two men walked out of the gate of the Zhongyi Hall.
No, one of the old men was still holding a child a few years old in his arms.
The child seemed to be asleep, without any movement, not at all disturbed by the noise of the outside world.
Beside the old man was a young man of less than thirty, richly dressed and with a confident smile on his face.
"We've saved the kid and the deal should be done."
He Jiakang snorted coldly in his heart, the poison is from you, and it is not difficult to save it.
Then he pressed the displeasure in his heart and said: "Now that the Changhe Gang is in danger, don't you boast of your great powers?" You don't want a worthless Long River Gang, do you? β
The old man didn't speak, but the young man spoke: "Your good big brother killed Huang Xueyi's most beloved son, you should have thought of this scene." β
Just when He Jiakang was disheartened.
"Still." The young man's voice changed, "Even if his son-in-law Liang Xiuwen is a fellow acquaintance of Yuzhou, it is impossible to mobilize the army!" β
Huang Han's face changed one after another after hearing this, and he couldn't figure out where the two people in front of him came from.
He Jiakang's eyes lit up.
The young man continued: "It's not that we can't help you, we can even help you annex the Huangsha Gang today, but you shouldn't lie to us!" β
Hearing this, He Jiakang's pupils shrank suddenly.
"Also, if you can ask us for his son, how can you kill your own brother?"