"Someone." I only heard the leader of the men in black order: "Smash the shackles and release the people!" ”

Several black-clothed men stepped forward and smashed the shackles and wooden shackles of the prisoners with hammers, and the prisoners hurriedly stepped forward and kowtowed to thank them.

The leader of the man in black said: "Everyone, please get up, do the right thing for heaven, it is my duty to help the suffering, and if you are willing to follow the righteous army, we welcome it, and if you don't want to, you can do it yourself." ”

In this way, the other three prisoners felt that they had no other way out, so they might as well join the rebels. Mu Xiaofei and Du Yunling knew that the righteous army was strictly disciplined, and where they were willing to be restrained, they each lied that they had an old man and a small family to support them, and they were able to escape from there.

It turned out that the two of them had secretly buried some gold and silver treasures in a forest near the Baoan Mansion before, so this time they had the courage to sneak back to the Baoan Mansion quietly and took those silver and two jewels.

I wanted to do some business with the silver taels in my hand, but the two of them were not used to business, this fight and kill is okay, if you are serious about doing some business, but you can't do it, and you will lose the silver taels in a few days.

Born in troubled times, the two were cornered, and soon their nature did not change, and they joined a team of bandits.

Later, the bandits were killed due to an infighting caused by an unfair distribution of the spoils, but the two were elected as the new leaders in one fell swoop.

In the battle that Wen Yinan designed to recover Xiaoshi Village, because it was dark and chaotic, he didn't see the faces of Mu Xiaofei and Du Yunling clearly, so he didn't know that the team of thieves was headed by these two people. But after taking a photo in Fengyang Tower last time, I remembered what happened to the two of them in the Security Mansion.

But it was said that on that day, Wen Yinan and Gong Zhao left the county government of Fengyuan County and returned to Xiaoshi Village, but they didn't realize that it was too late, and it was already dark.

Approaching the village, I saw two figures standing at the head of the village from a distance, the silver-haired one was Mother Wen, and the one dressed in red was Lin Hong.

I saw that Xiao Lin Hong waved to the two of them from a distance, Wen Yinan and Gong Zhao saw it, and they unconsciously urged the horses to whip up, speed up the march, and came to the entrance of the village in a moment.

Wen Yinan jumped out of the carriage, came to her mother and Lin Hong and said, "Mother, Lin Hong, it's so late, why did you come out like this again, now the world is chaotic, don't go out of the village easily." ”

Mother Wen said: "It's so dark, I just don't see you coming back, I'm in a hurry, where can I stay at home?" ”

Lin Hong said: "What's there to be afraid of, at the door of your own house, you are not afraid to run so far, and we are even more afraid." ”

Gong Zhao said: "Auntie, Xiaohong, how can you two compare well with us." ”

Lin Hong said: "So, let's try it first." With that, he raised the long sword at his waist.

"Okay, okay, Sister Lin, let's not talk about it, hurry up and enter the village, I'm a little hungry." Gong Zhao said with a smile on his face.

A few people laughed and came to the high parapet wall of the village, and the high gatehouse of the small stone village stood at the entrance of the village like a huge castle in the night.

The guards guarding the entrance of the village downstairs knew that Wen Yinan and his party had returned, so they hurriedly ran over and said to everyone: "Mr. Lu and Master Zhang have prepared a stone pot fish and are waiting for everyone on the north bank of the Xiaonan River." "This Mr. Lu and Master Zhang naturally refer to Lu Yuan and Zhang Shukui.

Gong Zhao beckoned Mother Wen and Lin Hongdao: "Then please ask Auntie and Sister Lin to get in the car, let's go eat fish!" ”

On the north bank of the Xiaonan River, there is a newly built adobe house, one bright and two dark, which is Lu Yuan's new home. Lu Yuan and his wife and Zhang Shukui were waiting for everyone in front of the courtyard gate.

Everyone laughed and entered the outer hall and sat around a large table of eight immortals. Wen Mu is in the center of the south, Zhang Shukui, Lu Yuan, Yu Fengjuan, and Xiao Zhuzi on the left, and Wen Yinan, Gong Zhao, Wang Yuzhu, and Lin Hong on the right.

This stone pot fish is a famous delicacy in Fengyuan, delicious and delicious, but the method is very cumbersome, this time it is a good dish cooked by Wang Yuzhu and Xiao Zhuzi.

Today's fish is a large herring produced by Xiaonanhe, the fish meat is cut into thin slices, salt, chicken essence, monosodium glutamate, egg white are added and beaten evenly, and then a small amount of sweet potato starch is added and beaten evenly.

First, use hot oil to cut off the fish head and tail and fish bone fish steak into the oil pan and fry until golden brown and take out, then fry the fish fillet, prepare ginger and garlic, green onions, dried chili peppers, dried peppercorns, heat oil in the pot, the oil is hot, put in the above condiments, and then add two large spoons of bean paste and stir to make a seasoning, and then mix the stock with a special spicy fish seasoning.

Then pour the fish into the pot and stir-fry for a few minutes, add dark soy sauce seasoning and color when stir-frying, in a big casserole, spread a layer of king oyster mushrooms, lotus root and other vegetables at the bottom of the pot, pour the fragrant fish and seasonings into the stone pot, put in an appropriate amount of salt, and boil for half a day.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Gong Zhao drank for a while, and said with a red face: "I think that now the war disasters are continuous, the dynasty is in chaos, and the people are not happy." It is a blessing in the world for everyone to be able to drink and talk here today. I have a proposal, I don't know whether to say it or not. ”

"There are no outsiders here, except for the eldest mother, they are all their own brothers and sisters, so it doesn't matter if you have anything to say." Zhang Shukui said.

"Ah, it's about these brothers and sisters, a few of us are in this small stone village, get along day and night, like brothers and sisters, like-minded, why not take advantage of today's good opportunity, in front of Aunt Wen, marry Jinlan, worship as brothers and sisters?" Gong Zhao said.

"Okay!" As soon as Gong Zhao said this, everyone applauded in agreement.

For a while, everyone really burned incense and bowed in front of Mother Wen, performed etiquette, and swore an oath: "Today, my eight brothers and sisters are married to the covenant of Jinlan, and they are blessed and enjoy hardships together, and they do not want to be born on the same day and month of the same year, but only wish to die on the same day and month of the same year." The emperor and the queen of heaven, learn from this heart, betray righteousness and ingratitude, and kill heaven and man together! ”

In order of seniority, Wen Yinan ranked fifth, and the other six were the eldest brother Zhang Shukui, the second brother Gong Zhao, the third brother Lu Yuan, the fourth sister Yu Fengjuan, the sixth brother Wang Yuzhu, the seventh sister Lin Hong, and the eighth brother Xiao Zhuzi.

Although it is a chaotic and impermanent world, however, under the concerted efforts and joint governance of these eight people, Xiaoshi Village is as peaceful and happy as a paradise. Since then, the names of these eight people have been quite influential in the Fengyuan area and even half of the Jiangnan, and they are known as "Fengyuan Eight Alliances".

At Lu Yuan's suggestion, the eight brothers and sisters mobilized the villagers to work together to build a majestic hall in the center of the village, called the "Council Hall".

Subsequently, with the approval of the Fengyuan County Government, it was decided to prepare for the establishment of a villagers' council, and the main responsibilities of the council are: to discuss and decide on major matters related to the livelihood and well-being of all villagers, to act as an agent for the government to deal with crimes, and to resolve civil disputes.

On July 7, 969 in the Huang Dynasty, after a referendum of the villagers, a nine-member villager council was born in Xiaoshi Village after a referendum by the villagers. The nine members of the council have both a leader and a division of labor, and they have both a general manager and a focus.

It should be pointed out that the "Fengyuan Eight Alliances" all held important positions in the council, among them: Wen Yinan was elected as the head of the council, Gong Zhao was appointed as the supervisor, Lu Yuan was appointed as the notekeeper, Zhang Shukui was the security officer, Lin Hong was the agricultural officer, Yu Fengjuan was the mountain forester, Wang Fengzhu was the medical officer, and Xiao Zhuzi was the correspondent. There is also an old fisherman Wang Baohe who is a river man.

On this day, the news that the Yellow Dynasty was captured by the Northern Righteous Army and the emperor's relocation of the capital to Chaoyuan also spread to the remote Xiaoshi Village, and the land north of the Huai River had all been lost, replaced by the establishment of a new dynasty, and the emperor of the dynasty was Fang Shuyun, the general leader of the rebel army in Beijun.

However, despite the change of dynasty in various parts of Beijun and the change of hands in the world, Xiaoshi Village, which is far away in the south of the Yangtze River, does not seem to have been affected much, and for them, whether the emperor is Fang Shuyun of the new dynasty or Zhao Jiangxi of the old Yellow Dynasty, it seems to be the same.

The villagers of Xiaoshi Village still plough at sunrise and rest at sunset, living a life that is no different from the past.

It was already the middle of summer, and Wen Yinan was discussing with Lu Yuan, Lin Hong, and Yu Fengjuan in the conference hall about further reclamation and development on the south bank of the Xiaonan River.

Wen Yinan couldn't help frowning when he heard this.