In the afternoon, although it is almost late autumn, the weather in Guangdong is still similar to summer.

Hot in one word!

However, even so, there was a large group of people on the official road who were on their way.

About twenty people rode horses, more than forty walked, and there were seven or eight carriages, only two of which were with canopies, and the others were flatbed.

On the flatbed, you can see at a glance that it is full of people.

These people, dressed in all sorts of clothes, have everything. Ordinary clothes, official errands, and so on. It is estimated that there are almost hundreds of people in this group.

However, they have one thing in common, that is, they are young, and they all carry weapons such as knives, guns, clubs, etc.

It is also thanks to the sea in Xiangshan County, there is a sea breeze blowing from time to time, although the sun is big, but there is still a little wind blowing.

But even so, they all sweated like rain, looking at them, although they didn't complain, but their morale was not high.

"Drive, drive, drive......"

In front of them, he rode a fast horse, galloped rapidly, and after catching up with them, he stopped in front of the luxurious covered carriage and said loudly: "Master, the princess and princess of the county are still in Tangjia Village, and they are setting up a flowing water seat!" ”

After he finished saying this, Ma Ruhai's voice sounded in the car: "Hurry, hurry up and hurry over!" ”

As soon as his words fell, the butler got out of the canopy and shouted to the group of people behind him: "Master said, hurry up, if today's matter is resolved, there will be a lot of rewards." If something goes wrong, you'll all die! ”

These people brought by Ma Ruhai are all that he can mobilize here in the county and ensure his loyalty.

As for the others, although there are more. But he feared that those people would be unreliable when it came to the princess. After all, if the conversation was not right, he was going to kidnap the pony and the princess.

Once the conflict breaks out, if the princess promises heavy benefits, he will definitely not be able to compare, he is not loyal enough, he is not tied to himself, he really does not dare to use it at this critical moment.

However, he believed that he had already brought more than a hundred people, and the princess and the concubine, all of whom were only about a dozen men and women, were enough.

In order to show his strength, he also sent people to inform the people on the mountain, and at least a thousand people could come down there.

It's a pity that I just passed through a hurricane, and I can't get in touch with it at sea. Otherwise, even the sea will come, so that the colt will fully realize his strength.

In this Xiangshan County, without the support of Ma Ruhai, the horse can't do anything.

At this time, under the urging of Ma Ruhai's housekeeper, the group sped up, and after half an hour, they finally arrived at Tangjia Village.

Here in Guangdong, there is no shortage of big trees, even after the typhoon, there are still many big trees that do not fall.

These horses are like a sea of dogs, panting like cows, and they quickly hide under the trees to rest, and one by one they bare-chested and bare-chested, and they also poured water on themselves.

In this weather, I should have been hiding in the county seat!

In the canopy, even if the housekeeper tried his best to fan Ma Ruhai, it was so hot that this big fat man couldn't stand it.

So, a deck chair was moved down and placed under the tree. Ma Ruhai wiped his sweat while looking at Tangjia Village, which was not very far away.

At this time, there was no smoke left, but you could still hear that it seemed to be lively over there.

"Master, what are we going to do next?" The housekeeper leaned around Ma Ruhai and asked.

Ma Ruhai frowned, pointed to the village with his hand and said, "There have been two waves of brothers who have gone in and not come out?" ”

"Yes, there have been two waves of brothers here, but nothing in return."

After Ma Ruhai confirmed, he stared at Tangjia Village for a while, and his face was obviously a little unsightly. He immediately ordered: "Send two more brothers over to see, and in any case, they must return within a quarter of an hour." ”

"Yes, sir!" When the steward heard this, he immediately agreed, and then named the two men and sent them to the village.

Watching the two people walk towards the village, Ma Ruhai said to his housekeeper: "Look at this, this colt and princess can get along with these untouchables, maybe they can give the untouchables here courage, I guess the donkey will know." ”

"What then?" When the housekeeper heard this, he immediately panicked, this is the worst-case scenario.

Ma Ruhai's face was gloomy, and after wiping the sweat with his fat hands, he asked, "The main thing is to leave the village, can you only take this road?" ”

"Yes, sir, no other road is suitable for horseback riding." When the housekeeper heard this, he hurriedly ordered someone to come over, and the man immediately replied.

Ma Ruhai listened, and said fiercely: "Okay, block this place, if they don't come back after a quarter of an hour, they will attack it, whoever dares to resist, just kill it." However, the princess and the colt cannot be touched. His men, try not to die! ”

He really didn't want to offend the pony and the princess, but wanted to hug the thighs of the pony and the princess. But the situation is like this, he can only come to a "military advice", if the colt and the princess can recognize him, it will be the best. If you still want to punish him, then there is no choice but to break the net and flee to Nanyang in the future.

When the butler heard this, he immediately agreed, and then turned around and ordered his men to go down.

In Guangdong, at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, there were all kinds of rebellions.

There are those who can't survive, there are squires who rebel, there are those who were recruited by the Yuan Dynasty, and there are those who occupy the mountains as kings, in short, the world is in turmoil, and Guangdong is not immune.

In the end, it was He Zhen, who rebelled against the squire, who was recruited and led the troops to pacify most of Guangzhou, and then chose to surrender when the Ming army went south, and the whole of Guangdong belonged to the Ming Dynasty.

In this process, ambitious people in some places, or those with some ability, naturally rose one after another. For example, this Ma Ruhai is mixed with the position of Xiangshan County's classic history, and can dominate the place.

There are remote places that are good in remote places, if Ma Ruhai behaved so recklessly on the edge of Nanjing, he would have been skinned and filled with grass a long time ago. But here, if it weren't for the horse to be the county magistrate, it was just that kind of ordinary county magistrate, basically there was no way to take him.

But in remote places, there are also bad places. is that Ma Ruhai is ambitious and wants to continue to climb up, and is not satisfied with a Xiangshan County, so there must be talents at the top.

A prefect of Guangzhou Prefecture is not a big backer. This kind of magistrate doesn't know where he will be transferred when his term of office expires. However, if you can hug the thighs of the horse and the princess, it will be a new starting point for Ma Ruhai's new journey.

Therefore, at this time, Ma Ruhai, even if he already knew in his heart that he was afraid that he would not have to hug his thighs, but he still wanted to try, what if?

Among the founding fathers of the Ming Dynasty, many of them used to occupy the mountains as kings, why can't he be like a sea?

However, Ma Ruhai himself has never thought about a problem, in such a chaotic era at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, others can be mixed into the founding fathers of the Ming Dynasty, and he is just a classic history, is that also a master with low eyes?

A quarter of an hour passed quickly, and the two men sent in were still gone.

Ma Ruhai's expression became very ugly.

The fat body left the recliner, his face was a little hideous, and he shouted to his subordinates: "Cheer me up, let this horse master from the capital see our strength, give it to me!" ”

His men listened, reluctantly, but they couldn't help it. Because they know that they are indeed tied to the old man of the classics.

So, they left under the big tree, clenched the knives, guns and sticks in their hands, and prepared to enter the village.

……………………

When the county commander of Panyu County received the letter for help, it was in the afternoon. He was not in the county government at the time, and he was still out in the disaster relief.

However, because Minzhuang was released, the labor force was greatly replenished, and the disaster relief came to an end.

He has been the county magistrate of Panyu County for more than five years, and of course he has heard something about the situation in the county next door.

However, after all, it was not the place under his jurisdiction, and the unconscious squires in his own territory also involved his energy, and he was powerless about the situation in the next county.

But now it was different, and if nothing else, the pony and the princess might be in danger, and he would never be able to sit idly by.

So, Daotong immediately arranged manpower and prepared to reinforce the horse and the princess.

He had no soldiers under him, so he could only transfer the officials of the county government and some people to form a reinforcement team.

As a result, what he didn't expect was that as soon as he heard that he was going to the next county to have a conflict with Dianshi Ma Ruhai, there were many people who asked for leave.

"County Zun, my wife is going to give birth, and I can't go."

"County Zun, my sister is going to give birth, please take a leave!"

"County Zun, my wife is his sister-in-law, and his sister-in-law is my wife!"

"County Zun, I have a stomachache ......"

“……”

Of the 500 people who Dao Tong had finally gathered, there were as many as 400 people, all shouting for leave.

The rest of the those, obviously looking at the situation, both ends of the first rat.

Seeing this situation, Dao Tong didn't know that these people were afraid of Ma Ruhai, the classic history of Xiangshan County.

Dao Tong was angry, so he said to them: "The horse and the princess are in trouble, and they sent a letter asking for help, if they don't go, there is really something wrong with the horse and the princess afterwards, and the death penalty will not escape!" ”

Speaking of this, he glanced at these people in front of him, and said sharply again: "How to send you down when you go back, this official doesn't know, but this official must go." ”

After finishing speaking, he stretched out his hand and adjusted his official hat, quickly turned over his horse, and walked away!

When his old servant saw this, he followed with a stick.

When the five hundred people and the officials saw it, they couldn't help but look at each other.

What to do?

That's right, the murderous name of Ma Ruhai next door, they have definitely heard of it, and they must be afraid!

However, Daotong has been a county magistrate in Panyu County for more than five years, and what kind of official he is also obvious to all.

Now, the county order will bring an old servant to save the horse and the princess, if there is really any conflict, it is estimated that they will not have such a good county order in the future.

Looking at Daotong's lonely back, someone finally stepped forward and followed.

"Let's go, no matter what, at least we can't let the county zun have an accident!" Someone shouted, and followed.

Seeing that there were more and more people following up, some people said: "We will protect the county honor, is it possible that the classic history will rush to our Panyu County?" Gone, gone! ”

"The county lord said just now, the princess and the concubine really have three long and two short, and we may also be blamed by the court, let's go, let's go!"

In the shouting, perhaps because of the large number of people, in the end, a team composed of 500 officials and Minzhuang finally followed their county order and marched to Xiangshan County.

Under the leadership of Zhang's third wife and brother, they took a shortcut and rushed to Tangjia Village.

Although Minzhuang and the officials both thought about it and didn't want to conflict with the people of the canonical history, Dao Tong was anxious and kept urging, so that the speed of the team was not slow.

About half an hour later, they were walking when they suddenly ran into someone who was forking the road next door. Suddenly, Minzhuang's side immediately exclaimed.

"It's not good, these are bandits, the bandits have come down the mountain!"

"That's right, these are the bandits on Wugui Mountain, look at the flag, they are the bandits on Wugui Mountain."

"There are so many of them, there are at least a thousand of them, run!"

"There are too many of them, run?"

“……”

In the chaotic shouting, a group of people waited, like frightened rabbits, ready to run away at any time.

They can't be blamed for this, after all, they are just ordinary people. More people can bully fewer people, but when there are fewer people and more people, you will lose morale in the first place.

Dao was dressed in official robes and rode in front. When I met the other side, I was also in a panic. Soon, though, they stopped panicking.

"Brothers, they are not as many as us, don't be afraid!"

"If you know each other, hurry up, or you will take your life!"

"I drove this road, I planted this tree, if you want to pass through here, leave the money to buy the road!"

"Grandpa is not free today, hurry up and run for your life, or you will be killed!"

“……”

These thieves are indeed thieves on Wugui Mountain, and they usually don't go down the mountain much, but they also go down the mountain to rob, and they still have a certain reputation.

But more often than not, it is actually a hidden household who evades taxes, hiding in the mountains to farm and does not have to pay taxes.

Similar to this, in ancient times, there were places where communication and transportation were not developed, but the scale was differentiated.

In the boundary of Xiangshan, it is natural to worship the wharf of Shi Ma Ruhai, be covered by him, and do some dirty work for him.

This time, Wugui Mountain received Ma Ruhai's order, and about 1,500 people came down, except for women and children, all went down the mountain to support Ma Ruhai.

Daotong is a county commander and a civil official, but he is from a Mongolian, and he is not purely a literati.

As a result, he lifted his horse to charge, and when he looked back, his five hundred men were charging backwards. A few people were there, shouting at him to retreat, and no one followed him.

This time, he was dumbfounded.

The pony and the princess are still waiting for him to save them, and he is going to break here?

was embarrassed and didn't know what to do, when suddenly, he showed a hint of suspicion, feeling that it was impossible here, right?

However, after a while, he was a little more sure, and immediately turned and dismounted in amazement.