An Jingsi saw that Xue Atan had fainted, and he hadn't moved for a long time, so he said anxiously: "Brother Xu, Brother Xue has been unconscious, how is this good?"

He Mengjiao said: "Brother Xue must have seen the tragic death of the eldest mother, excessive grief, and a moment of chest tightness and shortness of breath, resulting in fainting!

Xu Zhi asked An Jingsi to come over to help, lay Xue Atan flat, and secretly used his internal force to hit the Baihui acupoint on the top of his head, Xue Atan screamed, spit out a few mouthfuls of thick phlegm from his mouth, and slowly opened his eyes.

An Jingsi saw Xue Atan wake up, and praised: "Sister He is really a miracle doctor! One sentence can save Brother Xue, I won't learn martial arts from Brother Xu, I want to learn medicine from my sister to save people!", After speaking, he ran to He Mengjiao's side, holding her hand, looking very kind.

He Mengjiao was finally relieved when she saw Xue Atan wake up, but when she thought of Aunt Xue dying to save herself, she felt guilty and uneasy. She didn't dare to look directly into Xue Atan's eyes, for fear that he would ask herself: Why did Aunt Xue die in the hands of the Changjiao Gang, so she had to retreat again and again.

He Mengjiao's legs and feet staggered, and she accidentally dropped the bird whistle she was carrying on the ground, and happened to be seen by An Jingsi behind her, An Jingsi picked up the bird whistle and asked curiously: "Sister He, what is this?"

Xu Zhi and Xue Atan were attracted by An Jingsi's words. The two had seen He Mengjiao play on the Ruhe River reef. Xu Zhi and Xue Atan didn't care at first, they just felt that He Mengjiao liked music, and then they vaguely felt that something was wrong, but they couldn't say it clearly for a while, so they had to look at He Mengjiao and the Changjiao Gang disciple silently.

He Mengjiao saw that everyone looked at her suspiciously, and said softly: "I know you are all confused, why do the people of the Changjiao Gang know our whereabouts along the way so clearly?"

Seeing that Xu Zhi and the others did not answer, He Mengjiao seemed to be waiting for her explanation, and continued: "Yes, I passed the message to them through the whistle, so that they followed all the way!"

Xue Atan shouted: "What a He Mengjiao, it turns out that you have reported to the people of the Changjiao Gang all the way! We met Jiang Chao on Clam Mountain, Jiang Chengfeng at the bottom of the mountain, and my mother's tragic death was all due to you?" After speaking, he pounced on He Mengjiao. Xu Zhi and An Jingsi saw it, and hurriedly hugged Xue Atan firmly.

Seeing that Xue Atan couldn't forgive herself, He Mengjiao's heart ached, and she cried loudly: "Yes, Brother Xue, kill me, so that you can not only avenge my eldest mother, but also save me from all kinds of sins!"

Xue Atan spurned and said: "He Mengjiao, if the murder of my mother is just an accident!, then is it fair for you to do this to Brother Xu?"

Xu Zhi saw that Xue Atan was very emotional, and comforted: "Brother Xue, let's not blame Miss He too much, if it weren't for Miss He, we would have starved to death in the Ruhe River!"

Xue Atan was confused by Xu Zhi's words, and asked rhetorically: "At that time, in the Ru River, wasn't it a fisherman who saved us? What does it have to do with her He Mengjiao?"

Xu Zhi didn't answer, just glanced at He Mengjiao and said, "Let Miss He tell you the reason herself, right?"

He Mengjiao lowered her head and said, "Brother Xue! Brother Xu is right, we were rescued in the heart of the Ruhe River, and it was also because of me!"

At this time, Xue Atan and Xu Zhi stopped talking, and He Mengjiao slowly told the two about the cause and effect of the whole thing:

It turned out that Jiang Chengfeng, the leader of the Changjiao Gang, suddenly received a mysterious letter, which mentioned that the Huangchao army had already moved south, and Xu Zhi had also left the protection of the Huangchao, and might pass through the Ru River crossing and go all the way north.

After Jiang Chengfeng read the letter, he convened the leaders of the gang overnight to discuss countermeasures, and the crowd at the meeting was furious, shouting that he wanted to take revenge on the deputy gang leader, especially He Mengjiao, who even proposed to Jiang Chengfeng to kill the enemy.

Jiang Chengfeng did not go against the wishes of the sect members, so he had to lead He Mengjiao and more than a dozen other good men to ride a fast horse from Yuezhou overnight and rush to the Ru River.

When He Mengjiao said this, she paused and said: "What I said is all true, I will be with you later, and I won't know about the things in the Changjiao Gang, if you don't believe it, you can interrogate the disciples in my gang!", after speaking, he pointed to the disciple of the Changjiao Gang who was bound.

Xue Atan grabbed the disciple by the collar and asked viciously, "What happened later?

The disciple saw that Xue Atan was very fierce, and saw that He Mengjiao was telling the truth, so he had to sigh and continue:

It turned out that Jiang Chengfeng was very cold-blooded and selfish, and in order to escape for his life, when the boat was about to capsize, he fled alone, abandoning He Mengjiao in the boat, thinking that she had already been washed away by the water and buried underwater. However, he was worried afterwards that Xu Zhi and the others were not dead, so he asked his accompanying disciples to search for the bodies of Xu Zhi and others along the banks of the Ru River, but found nothing.

Jiang Chengfeng thought to himself, if Xu Zhi and the others did not die, it would be extremely unfavorable to him, especially if He Mengjiao would resent himself because of this and tell the world that he would not be saved when he saw death, then he would be spurned by the world. Therefore, on the one hand, he ordered his subordinates to continue to search for He Mengjiao's body on both sides of the Ru River, and on the other hand, he forbade fishing boats to pass on the Ru River for dozens of miles, thinking that even if Xu Zhi and the others were still alive, let them starve to death in the river.

Later, Jiang Chengfeng saw that he couldn't find He Mengjiao's body, knew that she was not dead, and asked his subordinates to blow a bird whistle to try to get in touch with He Mengjiao, and later got a response from He Mengjiao's whistle, knowing that she was trapped on an isolated island in the heart of the river, he quickly sent a sailor to the island to pick her up. How did he know that He Mengjiao was with Xu Zhi and Xue Atan, so the sailor had to pretend not to know He Mengjiao, and sent the three of them to the north bank of the Ru River, and hurried back to report to Jiang Chengfeng. At this time, Jiang Chengfeng received another secret letter, and Jiang Chengfeng suddenly changed his mind, asking the disciples in the gang not to hurt Xu Zhi, and to try to capture him alive and bring him back to the chief helm of Yuezhou.

So Jiang Chengfeng decided to let go of the long line and drop the big fish, and contacted He Mengjiao through the whistle along the way, and continued to secretly follow Xu Zhi and others. How do you know that the praying mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch is behind. His whereabouts attracted the attention of Jiang Shenmiao, but Jiang Chao got a head start on Clam Mountain.

He Mengjiao listened to the words of the disciples of the Changjiao Gang, and her heart suddenly brightened, and she scolded: "It turns out that we people are just chess pieces and bait at the mercy of others in the hands of Jiang Chengfeng!"

Xu Zhi saw He Mengjiao suddenly wake up, and comforted: "We can't blame Miss He too much, she was also used by Jiang Chengfeng because of her desire for revenge! She is also very innocent." ”

An Jingsi listened, and also explained for Xue Atan: "Sister He, Xue Aniu was also angry with you because Aunt Xue died at the hands of the Changjiao Gang, so you must not be angry with him!"

Xue Atan listened to Xu Zhi and An Jingsi's words, and also knew that he couldn't completely blame He Mengjiao for his mother's death, he didn't know what to say for a while, so he had to sigh heavily, lowered his big head, and expressed remorse for his reckless words and deeds just now!

At this time, the disciple of the Changjiao Gang saw that everyone had forgiven He Mengjiao, and also begged: "The three heroes, and the girl He, although the villain is a tiger and deserves to die, but the villain is old and young, please also ask the four forgiveness, the villain will withdraw from the Changjiao Gang from now on, do his duty, live a down-to-earth life, and never dare to do evil again!"

Xu Zhi, He Mengjiao, and An Jingsi didn't speak, silently waiting for Xue Atan to come up with an idea.

Xue Atan saw that the disciple's eyes were full of care for his family, and after thinking for a while, he shouted: "You killed my mother, I can't let you go in vain, but if you die, who will take care of your old lady, I have to abolish your right leg! Let you not do bad things!", after speaking, he picked up a shovel from the ground, smashed the right leg of the disciple of the Changjiao Gang, turned his head, and scolded: "While grandpa hasn't changed his mind, don't get out of here!" The next time I meet you to do evil, grandpa will take your dog's life."

The disciple wailed as he broke the loose rope and struggled to his feet, dragging his dead legs and limping away!

Xu Zhi and An Jingsi listened to Xue Atan's words and knew that he had forgiven He Mengjiao in his heart, and the two persuaded Xue Atan a lot before discussing with him what happened to Aunt Xue.

Xue Atan cried on top of her mother for a while before she nodded and agreed. Xu Zhi and the four of them went to a nearby town to buy a good coffin and bury Aunt Xue. The four of them kowtowed to Aunt Xue's grave again, built four grass houses, accompanied Xue Atan to keep filial piety, and fulfilled the filial piety of their children.

One day, Xue Atan and the four of them were adding new soil to Aunt Xue's grave, and An Jingsi suddenly shouted: "Brother Xu, it's not good!

Xu Zhi, Xue Atan, and He Mengjiao followed the direction pointed by An Jingsi, and saw from a distance the smoke billowing and the fire in Xuejiazhuang, and the noisy, crying, and barking dogs in the village continued.

The four of them hurriedly rushed back to the village to put out the fire, and on the way happened to meet a group of officials armed with knives and sticks, who came door to door to collect grain, Xue Atan hurriedly ran home, and saw that the only rice jar in the house was also smashed by the group of tolerances, and there was no grain of rice in it, and the pots and pans at home had been thrown on the ground and shattered.

Xue Atan saw the scene at home, he was angry, picked up a kitchen knife from the ground, and ran out, wanting to fight with the group of servants, Xu Zhi and He Mengjiao hurriedly stopped, but it was still a little slower, Xue Altan had already run out, and An Jingsi also followed, shouting: "Brother Xue, where are you going?", Xu Zhi and He Mengjiao were afraid that Xue Atan would have an accident, so they hurriedly followed.

The group of officials were proudly carrying the rice and grain of the villagers, driving pigs, sheep, chickens and ducks back, and suddenly saw Xue Atan holding a kitchen knife and chased after him viciously. The official at the head knew Xue Atan and shouted:

"Okay, Xue Aniu, you gathered a crowd to make trouble last time and took the lead in resisting taxes, we haven't arrested you yet, you dare to send him to the door today, come, arrest him back to the yamen, and let Lord Zhizhou treat him well for the crime of taking the lead in resisting donations!"

After the official at the head finished speaking, he took out the saber and waved his hand, and a group of officials put down the items in their hands, picked up the saber, and pounced on Xue Atan. Xue Atan ignored his own danger, danced the kitchen knife in his hand, and rushed over. Those officials raised the steel knives in their hands and slashed at the top of Xue Atan's head, upper chest, abdomen, and legs.

Xue Atan was angry in his heart, blindly rushing and rushing, not noticing his own danger at all, as the saying goes, "two fists are hard to beat four hands", not to mention that there are so many knives slashing from different directions, seeing that Xue Atan is about to kill the knife.

When Xu Zhi saw it, he shouted: "It's not good, Brother Xue is in danger!", although Xu Zhi is strong in martial arts, but to shoot down all the swords in the hands of the officials at the same time, it is absolutely impossible, as long as there is a knife on Xue Atan's body, the consequences are unimaginable.

Xu Zhi and He Mengjiao were secretly anxious, only to see An Jingsi in front of them, he suddenly grabbed a handful of stones from the ground, and then his body took off and spun, throwing them out of his hands, these small stones formed an arc in the air, flying towards the wrists of those officials from all directions, shaking the steel knives in their hands down.

At this time, Xue Atan woke up like a dream, hurriedly raised his knife, ran to the leading officer, put the knife on his neck, and coerced him to order: let all the soldiers lay down their weapons and return the requisitioned rice and goods to the villagers, otherwise they would kill him.

Seeing that the leader was firmly controlled by Xue Atan, the officials had no choice but to obediently lay down their weapons and wait for the fate of Xue Atan and others.

Xu Zhi and He Mengjiao approached, only to find that the small stone thrown by An Jingsi was extremely powerful, and it actually broke the wrist joints of the officials, and the officials covered their bloody wrists, squatted on the ground, and complained bitterly.

Seeing that Xue Atan was still staring at him angrily, the official who took the lead trembled with fright, and kept shouting: "Brother Xue, spare your life! All the heroes! We have no choice, and we are also carrying out the orders of the state and county above!"

He Mengjiao scolded: "Then you can't rob the people's property, you have all seen that the people have nothing to eat, and they still have to support you corrupt officials and corrupt officials, how can you bear it?"

Xu Zhi saw that although He Mengjiao was born in a gang, she was kind-hearted and not bad in nature, and praised: "Miss He asked well! The people of the world are the food and clothing parents of you officials, and you also have your own parents, are you also so arrogant and unreasonable to the parents who provide for you?"

The official at the head lowered his head and said, "A good man spares his life! This time we can't help ourselves! To be honest with all the heroes, in the past, collecting grain was a matter after the autumn, who would want to run such a long mountain road on a hot day and come to such a poor mountain village to collect grain, it is not because of ......", he did not finish speaking, he couldn't help the pain, and screamed a few more times.

Xue Atan grabbed the official by the collar and shouted, "Why did you pay the grain tax so many days earlier this year? You won't hide from the government and go to the countryside to collect grain privately, and then put it in your own pocket, right?"

Another official then said: "Xue Daxia, you just borrowed ten of our courage, and we don't dare! Recently, I don't know why, a beautiful princess came from above, and there was also a general with him, and they wanted to see our Lord Zhizhou of Ruzhou by name. When our Lord Zhizhou saw those two, of course we had to pay some filial piety to them, but Lord Zhizhou didn't want to spend his own money, so he had to order us to apportion the cost of entertaining the princess to the people under his rule, so we let us go to various places to collect grain and taxes in advance!"

Another official said bitterly: "Don't hide it from all the heroes, now we are also difficult to do, if we are not ruthless, we can't collect food, and we will go back to the board of the lord of the state; if we are ruthless, the people will hate us again and call us the dog legs of corrupt officials! I heard that the princess mentioned the name Xu Zhi many times, and asked all our states and counties to go all out to arrest him, and now we will break our legs and toss to death! So please Brother Xue and all the heroes spare us this time!"

Xue Atan glanced back at Xu Zhi and the others, Xu Zhi nodded slightly to him, Xue Atan understood in his heart, kicked the lead officer away, and shouted: "Get out! Get out of here! Next time you treat the people like this, I will see you kill one by one!"

The servants covered their wrists, picked up the knives and sticks on the ground, and ran away without a trace.

Xu Zhi sighed to everyone: "Now not only are the entire rivers and lakes following me, but the local government is also trying their best to arrest me, and I have become the target of everyone!"