Time quietly entered November.

The wind was cold, and after a frost, the wild was yellow and white. Although the weather is cold, for the people of Yanggu County, the eve is terrifying. The county town was broken and screamed, screaming, and panic overshadowed everything!

Yanggu County, located at the southern end of Yunzhou (now Liaocheng City), north of the Yellow River, has a total area of 1,065 square kilometers, and the scale of the county is relatively good. But in the Northern Song Dynasty, it could only be regarded as a small county town. With a population of only a few tens of thousands, there are not many people, but they are relatively peaceful.

However, the night before yesterday, a group of strongmen from nowhere somehow entered the city from the north gate, the number of people is unknown, but it brought disaster to the people in the city. This gang of robbers went around burning, looting, and wantonly setting fires.

Quite a few houses were set on fire. The whole piece was burned, and the people cried for their fathers and mothers, looking for their sons and looking for their masters, and there were many victims. The shouts in the city shook the sky, and there was a panic.

Of course, there are many hot-blooded men who organize manpower to fight to the death with strongmen. At the end of the streets, fighting was staged everywhere and lasted until the early hours of the morning.

Until dawn, people were sweeping the streets and carrying corpses. It was also discovered that the north gate was abnormal, the city gate was wide open, and the garrison soldiers were completely damaged. More than 200 innocent people were killed, and more than 300 corpses were left behind by the strongmen. The people looked at the houses that had been reduced to ashes and wept helplessly.

Strongmen burn, kill, and loot is like bringing disaster to a small county town.

The 50-year-old county magistrate organized people to help the people build houses and deal with the aftermath. But there was an undercurrent surging in the city, and many people applauded the head of the county's martial arts, not only chasing and killing the strongman, but also killing the culprit who colluded with the strongman.

It's just that people are secretive and don't mention it.

Yanggu County emergency! Chao Gai led the team to the destination quickly. The accompanying generals this time included Hua Zi, Yu Tai, Chen Hu, Li Kai, and more than 100 personal guards, and the others were busy running in the army.

Along the way, more than 100 riders only rested in their own village store halfway, and then buried themselves in the road. It was not until the early morning of the next day that he arrived in Yanggu County, Yunzhou.

When the team settled in the village shop outside the city, Chao Gai took a few people to disguise themselves, and when they entered the city, they saw that the blood stains on the street had not been cleaned, the houses on the street had been burned, the busy crowd, and the gossip of the people on the street. Along the way, I heard a lot of news about the strongman the night before.

Some people say that the strongman seeks revenge and specializes in killing Zishi Street, some people say that the strongman is desperate to store food for the winter, and some people say that the reason why the strongman enters the city is because someone opens the door, and some people say that Wudu killed the culprit.

However, when it comes to this crucial point, the people keep their mouths shut for fear of causing trouble. No matter how much they asked, no one dared to say half a word.

There's got to be some story!

Chao Gai watched six ways and listened to all directions, and heard people talking about it. looked at the guards who had returned again in vain, and noticed that there was something strange in it.

He shuttled through the city with a few people, except for a horse, dressed in ordinary clothes, and did not attract much attention, and inquired along the way to Zishi Street.

This is one of the busier streets in the city.

There is a two-storey restaurant in the downtown area, which is not only large in scale, but also has a unique decoration. You can see the glittering signboard from afar, Zuixian Building, a very intuitive and vulgar name, but it is a large restaurant in Yanggu County.

It can only be compared with the Lion Tower on Cross Street, and even surpassed. Drinks and all kinds of dishes are quite popular with the people, and business is booming.

The monthly income is not self-sufficient, and there are many profits.

And this is also the secret stronghold of Chaojiazhuang, responsible for more than ten village stores and shops in Yanggu County. The location is very good, next to the Wang Po Teahouse, diagonally opposite is Wu Song's home, but now it has been burned by the fire, and several houses have been burned, and the blood stains on the street in front of the door are still there.

And this also tells about the fierce battle on the eve of yesterday!

Chao Gai frowned at this scene, a little puzzled but very curious about what was going on. led the team to the Drunken Immortal Tower. I found that there were people coming and going, and it was open as usual. It doesn't seem to have been affected by the change the day before yesterday.

It is worthy of the ghost Cao Zheng and his wife!

As soon as a few people led their horses to the door of the restaurant, the guy in the door rushed out and asked, "Welcome, welcome, do you want to eat or stay in the hotel?" ”

"I'm from my hometown, looking for your boss Cao." Chao Gai responded with a smile. Suddenly, I found that this young man was unusually clever, and his appearance was a little familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

"Who are you?" The man was stunned, a little surprised, and then regained his composure. Warmly welcomed Chao Gai and others to invite them in, and called for his companions to help.

A healthy woman in her thirties came to the front hall from the backyard, and happened to see Chao Gai and others, and her face was full of surprise: "Ah, brother..., the distinguished guest is here!" ”

"Brother and sister, it's been good lately!" Chao Gai looked up and smiled. The woman is well-looking and plainly dressed, who can she be from the Hun family who is not Cao Zheng?

Huazi affectionately called her sister, Yu Tai, Li Kai and others greeted each other.

Old acquaintances met and exchanged pleasantries.

"Brother and sister, what's going on here?" Chao Gai looked out at the street and asked in a low voice.

"Brother, come with me!" Du Shi hurriedly said, and said a few more words to the guy. He led Chao Gai and his party through the corridor of the front hall to the backyard.

The area is not small, divided into two small courtyards, each with east and west transept and main hall. One is inhabited by a guard, and the other is a restaurant guy.

"Boss, someone from my hometown is here, come out quickly." Du shouted into the house.

"Be quiet, don't shout." A deep voice came from the room, and a big man poured out, burly, who is Cao Zheng, who is not the knife ghost? It's just that he has injuries on his body, his arm is missing, and he looks miserable.

Chao Gai's face was a little strange, and he would get hurt every time he saw him. His face suddenly became solemn, which also showed that the battle was fierce the night before.

"Hey, brother, you're here in person? Come in and sit down. Cao Zheng saw Chao Gai and the others at a glance, walked over happily, and invited.

"Brother, did you hang the lottery? Tell me, what the hell is going on? Chao Gai led someone to greet him, and walked into the back room while greeting him.

Everyone sat down as guests, and Du served refreshments.

didn't talk about anything else, Cao Zheng told the story with a serious expression.

It turned out that since Wu Song and Chao Gai were separated in Henghai County, when passing by Jingyanggang, he killed the tiger with his bare hands and became the capital of Yanggu County. He picked up Wu Dalang and a beautiful woman, Pan Jinlian, from Qinghe County to settle in the county seat, and they were fine for a few months, and they were in harmony.

Just two months ago, the Ximen officials came to the Wang's Teahouse to drink tea. I overheard the Wang Po Zhang's family, Li Jiaxiao, and said which family has a beautiful daughter-in-law, and it was pulled to Pan Jinlian. Fascinated the pervert Ximenqing.

This Wang Po and the old bustard have grown up, and her heart is bad, so she invited Pan Jinlian to her home under the pretext of sewing clothes, and her graceful waist and handsome appearance made Ximenqing, who was hiding in the back room, see it and couldn't extricate herself. Since then, I have been nostalgic in the Wang Family Teahouse every day, pondering how to hold the beauty.

More than a month ago, Wang Po's clothes were made and Pan Jinlian was invited to eat and drink. Maybe he wanted to use the wine to make Ximenqing appear as the overlord and make a bow. Cao Zheng and his wife have been paying attention, and when they noticed the abnormality, they wanted to rush over to stir up the situation.

However, an incredible thing happened!

That Pan Jinlian was a strong woman, and when she noticed that someone was moving, she slapped Ximenqing in the face, and then ran outside and shouted indecency, and the guests who drank tea came to see the show. But Wu Song came back from the yamen at this time and bumped into this incident.

The fist with the size of the sandbag showed up, and the Ximen official was beaten on the spot. If it weren't for the fear of causing trouble, Erlang didn't make a ruthless move. Rao is like this, Ximenqing was also beaten indistinctly, and he couldn't get out of bed for half a month.

Wang Pozi was also threatened with a fist and a steel knife by Wu Song, who was like a straight man of steel. I was so scared that I hid at home for more than half a month and didn't dare to take the lead, and I didn't dare to do business until not long ago, and I didn't dare to open the door to run a teahouse, which was a lot more honest.

I thought it was over.

I never thought that Ximenqing was beaten and ruined a good thing, and he held a grudge. It was actually collusion with a group of strongmen on the Sky Wolf Mountain dozens of miles away to take revenge and rob the woman. At night, he opened the north gate of the city and let the group of strongmen into the city.

The target of this group of strongmen is the Wu Song family on Zishi Street.

It's just that the strongmen burned and killed along the way, and then there were robbers who burned and looted in the city.

Chaojiazhuang spies are scattered all over the place.

Cao Zheng, the knife operator, sensed the anomaly and guessed that someone might retaliate. Summoned all the guards in the store, and gathered the guards of the two shops at the end of the street, a total of more than 100 people. The soldiers suddenly attacked the strongman in multiple ways, killed a few and left, did not entangle, and called for the people to help.

Cao Zheng personally led the team to transfer Wuda and Pan Jinlian and ambushed them in the house. When the strongman breaks in, he suddenly kills out and fights with the other party. Due to the strength of the strongmen, the convoy was invincible and had to evacuate quickly.

Cao Zheng's arm was also cut at that time, and Wu Song's house was also burned down. Wu Song, who was away on business, returned early, found many strongmen looting in the city, and saw his home engulfed in flames.

There was also Brother Qiao Yun, who was enthusiastic about carrying a bucket to fight the fire, crying and shouting to Brother Wu.

Thinking of his brother Wu Dalang, who was like a brother and father, he was buried in the fire.

Wu Song was on the verge of rage, and the strongman who killed him alone fled in embarrassment. After the gang of officials reacted in a panic to encircle and suppress, they chased all the way to the gate of the north city, and learned from the wounded local soldiers that it was Ximenqing's henchmen who opened the city gate, and did not chase and kill the strongman, but went to find Ximenqing.

I have to sigh that the established trajectory is difficult to figure out.

The Ximen officials thought that their plan had succeeded, and they also thought that not only would they get revenge, but they could also get the beauty back. Drink happily in the Lion Tower.

Wu Song came here murderously and saw the initiator of all this.

The results are obvious!

A battle between the two males was staged in the Lion Tower. Ximenqing still has a few moments, but he is addicted to wine all day long, his body is hollowed out, his martial arts have regressed, he is not Wu Erlang's opponent at all, he can't beat and has to jump off the building, but he broke his leg, and he didn't run far, and he was chased by Wu Song and hacked to death.

Wu Song thought that his brother and Pan Jinlian had been burned to death by the fire, and he was disheartened. took Ximen Qing's head to Yamen to surrender and was imprisoned.

When Cao Zheng and his wife learned the news, it was already too late and they could not visit, so they could only pass emergency information to the base camp as soon as possible.