Taihao asked, "Senior brother, can you take me to see these dead junior brothers and see if I can find out the cause of their death?" ”

Voy felt that this was a good thing for him, and said, "Of course, I will take you myself." ”

After a while, under the leadership of Fu Yi, they walked out of the Miyun Cave, followed by some little minions, standing on both sides of Taihao's body.

At this time, Jin Xian, who had been hiding in a tree not far from Miyun Cave, saw Taihao follow the bandits out and was "surrounded" by a few small minions, so he thought that Taihao should have been arrested, he hurriedly climbed down from the tree and returned to Songchuan City to ask for help.

Under the leadership of Voy, Tai Hao followed them to a valley, where several minions were about to bury the dead minions, only to hear Voyie shout, "Wait first." ”

The minions were digging the pit with all their might, and when they saw Voy coming, they hurriedly stopped their busyness and saluted Voyie: "Big brother! ”

Fu Yi said: "Wait and then bury, this is my junior brother Taihao, let him find out the cause of death of these little brothers first." ”

Tai Hao nodded to the little minions, and then began to observe the corpses of the dead minions. After careful examination, he found that these minions had purple lips, round eyes, bleeding from all seven orifices, and died in an extremely miserable state, as if they had been poisoned by some kind of poison before their deaths.

Tai Hao asked the group of little minions, "What did they eat before they died?" ”

One of the minions replied, "They just ate some wild vegetables and then ......"

"Do they still have the wild vegetables they ate? Have you eaten them all? Taihao asked.

The little minion said, "There's still some left." ”

Taihao said: "Take me to see, where are those wild vegetables that I haven't eaten now?" ”

Voye said to the little minion, "You lead the way, and we will go with you to see where the wild vegetables they eat are left in which hole?" ”

Then, under the leadership of the little minions, Fu and Taihao went to the caves of the little minions and saw wild vegetables scattered all over the place. Tai Hao carefully examined the wild vegetables, and suddenly found some mushrooms on the ground, these mushrooms were bright in color, some red, some green, and some yellow, and the center of those mushrooms was abruptly undulating, and the mushroom umbrella had variegated spots and filaments on the surface. Taihao picked one up and broke the mushroom umbrella open, only to find that the mushroom secreted a thick and viscous liquid.

Tai Hao said: "This mushroom is highly poisonous, and I think the cause of their death is caused by eating this mushroom." ”

Voy took the poisonous mushroom, looked at it and threw it on the ground, and said to the minion next to him: "This mushroom is highly poisonous at first glance, how dare you eat it?" Hurry up and put these mushrooms away so that more brothers don't get poisoned. ”

So, a few minions began collecting the poisonous mushrooms in the cave. They carefully picked up the mushrooms one by one and put them in a basket. At the same time, they also reminded the other minions not to pick the mushroom anymore.

After collecting it, Voy took Tai Hao back to his stone chamber.

Tai Hao said: "Senior brother, let me say bluntly, if there is a Lang Zhong here, these brothers who have been poisoned will not die." ”

Fu Yi frowned and said: "There used to be a Langzhong here, but then he disappeared, maybe because he didn't like the breath of this mountain, he fled!" ”

Taihao said sincerely: "Senior brother, do you want to ...... You come with me, and after our victory against the Japanese, the emperor will definitely reward you. ”

Fu Yi smiled: "Senior brother, I am not the life of an official, and it is not my wish to be subject to the imperial court. He paused and continued: "But I have been here as the king of the mountain all these years, and I have indeed done enough, and I can't hide it, and I also missed one thing because I didn't take care of the brothers below." ”

Taihao wondered, "What's the matter?" ”

Fu Yi said: "There was a city lord of Songchuan City who came to us before, saying that he wanted to recruit us, but there was a condition, that is, the brother who had committed a capital crime before would be imprisoned for several years, how could we agree, but then he did not give up and came to Mangdang Mountain many times. We had a brother who was not used to him, so he killed the lord of the city. I didn't stop that brother at the time, and I made a big mistake. ”

When Taihao heard this, he secretly regretted himself in his heart, and said, "Senior brother, what you did was indeed wrong, but it was also because of a moment of anger. Now that the city lord is gone, you don't have to worry about it anymore. ”

Voy nodded and said, "Senior brother is right, let the past pass." What I have to do now is to try to improve my strength and protect these brothers from harming them again. ”

Tai Hao asked, "Senior brother, how many brothers are there here?" ”

Voy pondered for a moment, then replied, "At first there were twenty of them, and then we married Jinlan." Later, more than 200 brothers came one after another, and some died for various reasons, and now there are more than 180 brothers left. ”

Tai Hao sighed and said, "More than one hundred and eighty brothers...... This should not be their final destination, good men are determined in all directions, even if they die, they can't die on this Mangdang Mountain in vain, and they must make sacrifices for the strength of our Eastern Empire to live this life in vain. What's more, I don't know when, the imperial court will slaughter the bandits across the country, and at that time, do you really want to see your brothers killed because they rebelled against the imperial court? ”

These words pierced Voyie's heart deeply, and he was silent for a long time, and said, "Senior brother, I will take you to meet my brothers who worship the son. ”

Taihao nodded in agreement, and followed Voy to a hall in the cave. Tai Hao felt very strange, he didn't expect this Miyun Cave to be so big, I don't know how many large and small stone rooms, this hall is also very spacious. On both sides near the stone walls, two rows of torches were lit, illuminating the hall exceptionally brightly. Tai Hao saw a plaque hanging on the stone wall facing the stone gate in the hall, on which were written two words "morality", and below was a picture of the tiger going up the mountain, and the tiger on it was painted vividly. On both sides hangs a pair of couplets, uplink: benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and faith, morality in the world; Downlink: Loyalty, filial piety, honesty, shame, morality in the world. Near this stone wall, there are two main seats, and on the left and right hand positions of the main seat, nine seats are placed longitudinally.

Voy instructed a minion, "Call all the 'bosses' in the Miyun Cave here, and say that I have something to discuss with them." ”

After a short time, all the nineteen of Voy's brothers came to the hall, and Voye sat down on the main seat, and the other brothers sat down in order. A minion brought a stone bench for Taihao and sat down next to Voy.

Fu Yi said: "Brothers, this is my junior brother, named Taihao. I have called you here to discuss with you the question of the survival of our brothers in the Miyun Cave in Mangdang Mountain. You first report your name to my junior brother, and tell me why you came to Mangdang Mountain, starting with the second child! ”

The second child sat on the other main seat, and he said: "Since it is the younger brother of the eldest brother, then let's speak up." Under the name of He Liang, from Hechuan City, because he was not used to seeing the government oppressing the people, he came to join the eldest brother. ”

Lao San said: "My name is Shizhi, from Yangchuan City, I was originally eating official meals, but I was imprisoned because I was framed by my colleagues and villains, and later escaped from the prison and came to Mangdang Mountain." ”

Lao Sidao: "My next name is Qiquan, from Langchuan City, because I killed a fellow bully and was desperate when I escaped, I came here to join my eldest brother." ”

Lao Wudao: "My name is Tian Yong, from Zechuan City, just because the lady in the family had an affair with his cousin, I caught him in bed, and I slaughtered them all......"

Lao Liudao: "My name is Bao Qian, from Thousand Winds City, because I took a few brothers to steal an ancient tomb from the Tongtian Dynasty, and sold the treasures in the ancient tomb for a high price. Later, it was found out by the government, and several of our brothers escaped overnight in advance, so they ran to Mangdang Mountain. ”

Lao Qi said: "My name is Suoda, and I came here with the sixth brother." ”

Lao Badao: "My name is Bailao, and I also came to Mangdang Mountain with the sixth brother." ”

Lao Jiudao: "My name is Yang Dou, and I also followed the sixth brother here." ”

Lao Shidao: "My name is Baoyi, and I am Baoyi's younger brother, and my brother, as well as the seventh brother, eighth brother, and ninth brother, we came here together." ”

Old Eleven laughed and said, "Hahaha...... It's my turn, my next name is Dashe, I'm from Xingyu City, I've liked to travel in the mountains and rivers since I was a child, and I think living a free life in the mountains is what I want. ”

Lao Twelve said: "My name is Scarf, from Qingchuan City, because of greed, I stole and ate a neighbor's cow, but how did I know that in our Eastern Empire, killing a cow would be sentenced to such a serious crime, so I had to run away, so I came to Mangdang Mountain." ”

Lao Thirteen said: "The next name is Huaishan, from Xinchuan City, and I have met with Lord Taihao, so I have offended a lot, please forgive me." ”

Tai Hao smiled: "Brother Huaishan don't have to be polite, why did you come here?" ”

Huaishan said: "I drank too much wine in the wine shop, got into a fight with a drinker, and accidentally beat the drinker to death, which was supposed to exile me to the Lingnan area, and when I passed by, several brothers rescued me. ”

Lao Fourteen said: "In the next name is Baidong, a small city from the south of Shaochuan City, because the son of the city lord bullied my younger brother, our five brothers beat the son of the city lord, who would have thought that the attack was too heavy, and he was beaten to death, so he fled all the way north to this point, and it was the eldest brother who took us in." ”

Old Fifteen said: "The name is Bai Nan under it." ”

Lao Sixteen said: "The name is Baixi." ”

Old Seventeen said: "The next name is Baibei." ”

Lao Eighteen said: "My name is Baizhong, and I came here with a few brothers. ”

Lao Jiudao: "My name is Runtian, from Fuchuan City, and I was originally a fisherman, but the local officials and businessmen colluded and bullied us fishermen all day long, and there was no way to fight against it, so I and my younger brother were exiled here, and it was the eldest brother who took us in." ”

Lao 20 said: "His name is Leap Land, and he is the younger brother of Leap Heaven." ”

After they finished reporting their homes one by one, Tai Hao nodded and said, "It's not easy for brothers from all over the world to gather here. You are all forced by the helplessness of the world to embark on this road of no return. Falling grass here together can be regarded as God's arrangement! But what are your plans for your future livelihood? ”