Immediately afterwards, the direction of Huili Temple was full of people, and the leaders of the meeting also heard the gunshots, and ran out of the hall one after another to visit the military situation.

Originally, the congregation that was on guard condescended to occupy a pass into the mountain, which can be said to be a pass that could not be opened, but the weapons in their hands were too poor, and they were all bird guns that had to be loaded with one shot, and only a few rounds down, the gendarmes had broken through the guards of the brothers, and immediately their morale was greatly boosted, and they shouted to kill Liantian and moved to the mountain.

The captain of the gendarmerie led by him kept shouting: "The traitors and the party are in chaos, dare to gather here, brothers, go on, the opportunity to make meritorious service has come, seize a chaotic party, and reward ten taels of silver!" Someone in Huili Temple answered: "Damn it, these doglegs, let them up, I will slaughter them." "Huili Temple and the gendarmerie are only two miles away from the top and bottom of the Tushi Palace, and the shouts on both sides can be heard clearly.

Miao Zhu changed his usual appearance of kindness and kindness, his eyes were full of light, and he stood at the intersection majestically and said: "The old man has not opened the killing ring for a long time, and he can't care about the Buddha's anger today!"

Hongyi kept reciting the Dharma name, although he was also a powerful character in the rivers and lakes back then, but he had escaped into the empty door for a long time, and at this time he was really unwilling to kill and destroy his practice for decades, and when he saw that today's things were difficult, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Wang Xinghui is in deep danger, but he is afraid that he will not be alone today, he was hesitant to speak, only to see Lao Zhang stand up, pull a piece of red cloth in front of the Buddha statue in his hand, jump on a tree stump, and shout majestically: "Brothers, the enemy is fierce, everyone rush, guard the pavilion, do not let them come up." With a move of the red cloth in his hand, like a flag, everyone suddenly woke up, shouted, and swarmed down. The group of gendarmes saw that the other party did not flee but came up to meet them, which was also unexpected, and when they were stunned, they saw the place where Lao Zhang and the others were, condescendingly, it was a wonderful place to defend, and they immediately knew the other party's intentions, and they were also competing to be the first to seize this pass.

Wang Xing saw Huili Temple rushing down from this group, one of them rushed to be the first! His eyes widened in anger! He shouted to kill the sky! He rushed forward like a tiger descending from the mountain! It was He Laojiao. Lao Zhang stood on the stump, the bullets of the gendarmes hit the mountain wall behind him, he was not afraid, the red flag left a move, the right move, the mouth of the command constantly, each team arrived in front of the temple, Lao Zhang's order has been issued, everyone according to the order to ambush, and finally seize the gendarme to reach a hundred meters before occupying the favorable terrain, the two sides fought fiercely.

Lao Zhang also said: "Baiyuan detachment, occupy the right side! Banzhu detachment, occupy the left side, rely on favorable terrain to launch a blockade! Pay attention to precautions! Qingshan mine, prepare the big stone, prepare, release!" The miners of the Qingshan mine are good at digging, at this time to the edge of the cliff, they have already lifted a few big stones and put them on their chests, Lao Zhang gave an order, the big stone was thrown upward, rolled down the stone steps, and was menacing, the gendarmes hurriedly dodged, two rounds of stones fell down, several military police could not dodge, and were smashed to a strange scream.

Lao Zhang's forehead was bruised, he stripped off his clothes, revealing a knotted black flesh, and roared again and again: "Brothers, the Beiyang warlords have gone against the grain, destroyed the republic, and stole the country for a long time. His voice was loud and full of spirit, like a string of dry thunder in the middle of the day, and the congregation all over the mountain could hear it clearly, and everyone echoed it violently, and the momentum was great.

He Lao Terrier didn't wait for everyone to agree, and with a move of his right arm, he led more than a dozen congregations to roll down with big knives. A group of gendarmes wanted to take the lead, a few congregations here looked kind, a row of muskets pressed over, and when the gendarmes wanted to rise again, He Lao Terrier had a few ups and downs, and had already rushed to the front, with knives in his hands, like a tiger entering a flock. The captain of the gendarmerie saw that it was not his head, so he had to climb down the hill with a roll.

When everyone saw the gendarmes retreating, they thundered with joy and cleaned up the battlefield. The battle lasted only half an hour, like the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, killing more than 20 enemies and capturing more than 30 long and short guns. A few wounded gendarmes on the ground, He Lao Terrier led one of them to kick away in the ass. The wounded soldiers fled for their lives, hugged their heads and ran down the mountain, and everyone laughed.

In the evening, everyone counted the number of people, and seven or eight people were broken, and more than ten people were injured. Everyone bandaged their wounds, and a long-term worker of Baiyuan Mine slammed the wiped blood cloth on the ground and scolded: "Damn, how do these dogs know that we are having a party here, in the end, the news that the bastard leaked was found out by Lao Tzu and Lao Tzu was going to kill him alive!" everyone shouted and scolded in unison.

Wang Xing would peek at the short old man of the shopkeeper of Tianshun Pharmacy to see how he answered. The short old man's face was slightly embarrassed, he got the information brought by Wang Xinghui but did not make any arrangements, and he was responsible for this attack, just because he was full of thoughts about taking this opportunity to become the leader of the Eighteen Zhai Alliance, and he was negligent in taking precautions for a while, allowing the gendarmes to break through the first line of defense. At this time, he didn't know how to answer, only to see more than ten people rushing down the mountain, each with a Hanyang-made in his hand, full of ammunition, and one of them shouted: "Brother Zhang, I'm late for rescue, everyone is okay!" Wang Xing was overjoyed to see him, rushed forward, and shouted, "Big brother!"

Lu Deming was also overjoyed when he saw Wang Xinghui. Lao Zhang greeted Lu Deming a few words, led him to meet the short old man of Banzhu Mountain, the old man of Baiyuan Mine, Gong Duanchang of Qingshan Mine and several other leaders of the cottage, and took him to the temple monk and Master Hongyi, Wang Xinghui stood beside Lu Deming.

Lao Zhang introduced a few people, and Lu Deming said: "In my opinion, although the officers and soldiers have gone, it is not appropriate to stay here for a long time, so it is better to let everyone disperse first." ”

Lao Zhang said: "The opportunity is rare, this time we hate the same enemy, give the enemy a head-on blow, everyone's morale is strong, it is better to make an oath on this, and the eighteen village brothers will take care of each other in the future, advance and retreat together, and then teach everyone to disperse." Everyone nodded in appreciation.

Miao Zhu said: "Lao Zhang, you raised your arms this time, commanded everyone to fight against the strong enemy, and planned well, it is better for you to order everyone." ”

Lao Zhang nodded happily in agreement, and immediately walked to the Tushi Palace, pondering. Miao Zhu, Hongyi, Wang Xinghui, and Lu Deming knew that he was thinking about the next deployment, so they stood outside the door and waited. After a while, Lao Zhang quickly pushed the door and walked out, and everyone saw that his face was happy, knowing that he had made a decision.

Several people surrounded him and walked to the square in front of the door, Lao Zhang jumped on the stump again, and said loudly: "Brothers, please listen to me." He was in high spirits at this time, and as soon as his voice came out, the roof tiles and leaves shook and buzzed, and everyone immediately quieted down and looked at him together.

I only heard him say in a loud voice: "Generosity and hatred of the day, when there are a hundred battles! Brothers, today we will kill the enemy side by side, Banzhu Mountain will surely become famous all over the world from now on, and we will also start a sect and establish a sect for eternity! Husband established the world, just like this, today has this time, wouldn't it be strong! Even if he dies, what hatred will there be! It's just that the hatred of the country and the family have not been avenged, the artifact is easier, the warlords have misled the country, and they have seen the achievements of the Republic of China for more than ten years to create a republic, and they have fallen into the hands of the ambition of the wolf! Above the temple, jackals, tigers and leopards are rampant! The dawn of the people is precarious! How can we stand idly by and watch the great man! In today's battle, we will never turn back! We will never turn back! We will never turn back! We will fight to the end with the enemy!"

The Eighteen Zhai Society is a group of green forest people, most of whom have joined the small knife society, the elder association, the Hongjiang society and other gangs, these gangs were originally set up to resist the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and later after the establishment of the Republic of China, the warlords were rampant, and the congregations were disappointed, and they were unwilling to obey the government control for a long time, but they suffered from the lack of leaders. Seeing that the matter has come to this point today, everyone is thinking that since they have taken this first step, it is impossible to turn back, so it is better to gather in the mountains and forests to raise righteousness, and everyone is passionate and shouts loudly.

Lao Zhang also said: "With the strength of my brothers in Luoxiao Mountain, it will be difficult to accomplish things, but I dare to be the first, set as an example for heroes from all walks of life, the current situation is turbulent, and the heroes of all parties have the heart to resist, although we have defeated the officers and soldiers today, it is difficult to ensure that they will not gather people to fight back tomorrow." Instead of being trapped here, it is better for us to do a big job, today the brothers of each family are dispersed, after which everyone contacts and invites like-minded people, with a deadline of one year, next year today, we will gather a large group of people and horses to fight back to Banzhu Mountain, and from then on with the Beiyang Imperial Court to fight against each other!

Everyone was enthusiastically discussing, slowly shouting the slogan "Incident, uprising!" For a while, there was a thunderous roar of joy, shaking the valley and roaring.

Wang Xinghui and Lu Deming couldn't help but be moved by the feelings of the group and shouted slogans. The monk of the temple wished tears in his eyes and shouted the loudest. Although Master Hongyi has been away from the world for a long time, he has a deep sense of the situation of disputes in the world in the past 20 years, and he is also excited when he sees the situation in front of him.

Lao Zhang sighed and said: "In the coming year, we have a long way to go! I don't know how many hardships and hardships there are, I don't know how many brothers may not see next year's gathering, everyone must remember that in this year, we must not be rash, we must lie dormant and wait for our strength to grow; still less should we fight for power and profit and kill each other, we must rescue each other and prepare for ...... When he thought of this, he couldn't help but sigh, tears in his eyes.

Everyone was very excited in their hearts, that night, the temple monk and the short old man of Banzhu Mountain moved out of the mountain to drink and eat, killed a pig, lit a bonfire on the square, set up a few cauldrons, and everyone had a full meal.

Although Miao Zhu is a Buddhist monk, but he has been in the rivers and lakes for a long time, in the troubled times, the escaping Shamen is nothing more than just a refuge, not really want to be close to the Buddha, he picked up a piece of fat, said: "In the past, the eighteen stick monks of Shaolin Temple saved the Tang King, and once killed dogs for food on the way to escape, leaving a beautiful legend through the ages; As he spoke, he put the fat in his mouth and swallowed it, and everyone burst into laughter.

Lao Zhang, Lu Deming, and Wang Xinghui gathered the leaders of the cottages in turn, carefully studied and arranged the strategy for the next year, and the moon was as bright as day that night, and when it was close to the hour, everyone slowly left.

As soon as Hong saw that the big thing here was over, he immediately got up to say goodbye, and Wang Xinghui also said goodbye to Lao Zhang, Miaozhu and others, and went down the mountain with Lu Deming.

Lu Deming said happily: "Xinghui, last time I said goodbye, I didn't expect that we would meet immediately, this time you have to go to Ougong Temple with me to live for a while." ”

Wang Xinghui gladly agreed. The two walked all the way together, on this day the two walked to a mountain, and then went west to enter the Hunan boundary, Lu Deming asked Wang Xinghui if he had found Wei Yihu's enemy Liu Nanpu, Wang Xinghui shook his head and said nothing.

Lu Deming pondered for a while and said, "That's it, you don't know each other very well here, brother, I've been here for a while, so I'll accompany you to the Coal Mining Bureau." The two of them turned around and walked eastward, and had just walked less than a mile, when they heard children crying on the road ahead, and some people babbling and singing something in the language.

When the two heard Xiao'er crying fiercely, they immediately walked forward quickly to check what was going on. Turning a mountain col, I saw that both sides of the road were tightened, and only two people could pass side by side, and the vegetation on both sides of the mountain wall was completely empty, all of them were more than ten meters high loess, and ten people wearing demon masks stood on the ground, holding hoes in their hands. Two others, wearing cow's head and horse faces, one holding a boy and one holding a girl. When this group of people saw Wang Xinghui and Lu Deming coming, they didn't care, and they dug the mountain wall with hoes.

Wang Xing met with this group of people who were extremely weird, and the masks were all in the shape of ghosts with teeth and tongues, and the two little two cried so much, and these people didn't say a word to comfort them, as if they didn't care at all.

The two of them were furious, Wang Xinghui really couldn't stand it, and scolded in a low voice: "How can this be reasonable!" Lu Deming hurriedly grabbed him and whispered, "Wait, let's see." After a pause, Lu Deming saw the clue and said softly: "It's the Ten Halls Hades King!"

Wang Xing would carefully distinguish it, and sure enough, the ten people with hoes in their hands were wearing the masks of the Ten Halls of Hades. I saw that the "Ten Halls of Yama" dug the mountain wall for a while, and when he saw that the road had been dug straight, he threw away his hoe, and stood five people on both sides with their faces facing outward, dancing with their hands, babbling and reciting incantations in their mouths.

At this time, another merchant approached with a burden, and when he saw this, he put his burden beside Wang and Lu, and stopped to watch.

The "bull's head" and "horse face" picked up the child and pasted them on the mountain walls on both sides of the road, and read them in his mouth, while casually taking out some lime from his pocket and smearing it on the mountain wall behind the child, and in a short time, two figures were drawn on the mountain wall.

Although Lu Deming never believed that this group of people would be unfavorable to the two young children, he couldn't understand the scene in front of him, so he quietly opened the pistol safe, and as long as the situation was wrong, he would immediately save people. When the bearer saw the anger in Lu Deming's eyes, he immediately cried and laughed, and hurriedly raised his hand to signal him not to be nervous, but he refused to make a sound.

The two children cried at first, but when they saw the masks, they thought it was funny, and they were no longer afraid. The little boy even reached out to touch the long horse's tongue on the mask of the man in front of him.

Suddenly, the hands of the "bull head" and "horse face" flashed, and I don't know when there was an extra sharp knife in their hands. If it weren't for the merchant who kept signaling Lu Deming not to be nervous, Lu Deming would have almost shot to save people. It was too late, it was too fast, and at a moment's pause, the two people shook their sharp knives and immediately threw the child to the "Ten Halls of Hades", and then stabbed the knife into the child's humanoid heart on the mountain wall.

All this was only in an instant, after the two children were caught by the "Ten Palaces of Yama", then they cried, a wound on the wrist, obviously just scratched by the "bull head" and "horse face", "Qin Guang Wang" and "Wheel King" immediately bandaged the child's wound, the action was skillful and quick, obviously often for this way.

The remaining eight Hades all looked at the human figure on the mountain wall, and saw that the sharp knife was inserted, and after a while, blood flowed out, and then the eight people looked at each other and smiled, took off their masks, and said, "It's successful, it's successful!" After a while, more than a dozen people walked cleanly.

This stunned Wang Xinghui and Lu Deming, and the merchant laughed when he saw the two of them.

The two of them were puzzled, and the merchant stopped laughing and said, "You two are not locals, are they? ”

Wang Xinghui asked for details, and the merchant led the two of them up to the top of the mountain and said, "Please look, what does this place look like?" Wang Xinghui and Lu Deming looked at his hand, and saw that thousands of mountains were stretching, all from north to south, and the position where the three of them were standing was actually on the back of this mountain range.

Lu Deming replied: "The mountains here gather, a mountain range like a swimming dragon. ”

The merchant smiled again and said, "Yes, this mountain range is the main vein of Luo Xiao Mountain. After that, the three of them walked towards the intersection where they were standing just now, and the merchant looked at the loess on the mountain wall on both sides of the intersection, and the two young children had a sharp knife stuck in their chests, and the blood no longer flowed out, but where the knife was inserted, the soil was particularly vermilion. The merchant shook his head and sighed: "Ridiculous, ridiculous, how can the providence of heaven be prayed for by man?"

Wang Xinghui and Lu Deming asked about the details again, and the merchant motioned for the two to sit on a big rock on the side of the road, and sat down himself, and then said: " As the two of you have just seen, this is where the main vein of Luoxiao Mountain passes, many years ago, there was no road to pass here, and then the villagers on both sides of the village for the convenience of walking, they chose the low-lying part of the ridge by themselves to dig this road out, but it is also strange to say, no matter how wide the road is excavated, less than the number of seven seven and forty-nine, this path must be long by itself, long and dug and dug and long, year after year, year after year. ”

Wang Xinghui said: "There is such a miracle?"

The merchant said: "Yes, later the farmer in Shanxi invited a feng shui gentleman to come here to check, the feng shui gentleman saw it, and said in amazement, this is the place where the dragon veins of Luoxiao Mountain pass through, and the terrain is the place where the waist collapses, and the main kidney water can be regenerated." The gentleman looked at the celestial phenomena again and said: "The sleepy dragon has good luck in the water, and he can't help but be happy, and all his hopes are as good as he wants, and his luck is gradually getting higher in the future." It is rainy in the south of this Jiazi, Wang Qi is in the central south, and the dragon veins of Luoxiao Mountain are thriving, so no matter how you dig it, it can grow by itself!"

The farmer in Shanxi because he has a cousin who lives in Shandong, he asked if there is a way to restrain this dragon vein for the convenience of visiting the door, and the feng shui gentleman smiled: "The way is not nothing, as long as the excavation time, choose to start at noon on the zodiac day, and end it from time to time, and after digging a boy and girl nailed to the mountain wall on both sides, the mountain will naturally not grow." However, the disadvantage of this method is that the dragon vein is dug up, and the king's qi is greatly reduced, and according to the direction of the mountain, the king's qi will pour into Shandong after being dug up, which is not good for your family. ”

"That cousin is also a slightly general person, and as soon as he heard that digging the road would cut off the dragon veins, he didn't dare to dig again. Unexpectedly, his cousin was also on the side that day, listening to all the words of Mr. Feng Shui, and he firmly remembered the last words of Mr. Feng Shui: After digging up, the king's qi poured into Shandong. ”

This cousin was living on the eastern side of Shandong, and he had been comparing himself with his cousin for many years, but he was always inferior to his cousin in every way, so he made up his mind at that time to cut this dragon vein, so that Wang Qi could fall into Shandong, so that he could surpass his cousin. ”

In this way, the cousin dug this road again and again, but at last he did not dare to nailed the boy and girl to the mountain wall, so he invited the common art of the place, and used the method of prayer instead of the real person, to block this dragon vein. ”

Wang Xinghui and Lu Deming listened to him slowly and did not answer. The merchant said, "It's strange to say, after praying in this way, this road is really no longer limited to seven hundred and forty-nine days, but it can't last a year." ”

The cousin was not too troublesome, after he dug it up, he felt that the days were much smoother, so every year after the end of the year, the road was long, and he picked the auspicious day of the zodiac at the turn of the valley rain and summer to dig again. Later, after a long time, they gradually heard the news by the smart people on the Shandong side, and they guessed that the reason why this cousin was tired of doing this must be that there was a master behind him, so for more than ten years, this custom has been passed down. In this way, the scene you two saw just now is the annual excavation and prayer ceremony. ”

After the merchant said this, the three of them felt incredible, looked at each other, and laughed.

Wang Xinghui couldn't help but say again: "There are many fools and vulgar people in the world, and some people believe such a grotesque statement." ”

The merchant shook his head and said, "This thing is not so simple, strange is strange, after praying like this, this road can indeed be guaranteed for a year." I used to pass through this place with my cargo all year round, from west to east in the morning, and from east to west in the evening, twice a day, rain or shine, so that nothing escaped my eyes. If this road doesn't need to be prayed for, it really won't be able to grow together in forty-nine days. I've counted my days, and that's true. ”

Wang Xing was also surprised when he saw him say this. Lu Deming stood up suddenly, walked to the intersection of the road to dig the mountain, looked at it carefully on both sides, suddenly laughed, and said: "What's so strange about this, the mountains here are mostly loess, there are no rocks, and it is the place where the mountain collapses, it is naturally easy to accumulate rainwater, and when there is a lot of rain, the mountain will naturally slide and block the intersection! ”

When the merchant saw this, he also approached and asked, "Then you can guarantee it for one year after praying, and if you don't pray for it, it will only be four or nine, what is the reason?"

Lu Deming said: "When praying, there is a toss, and the drawing of human figures and dancing with hands and feet, the mountains on both sides are rammed and compacted, and they do not collapse until the rain increases every spring; Hahahaha," he suddenly felt that this thing was so absurd, and he laughed out loud, "Xinghui, let's go now, such a ridiculous joke, and let you and I listen to it for so long in vain, hahahaha......" Lu Deming laughed and led Wang Xinghui across the mountain, and the merchant was still in the local area, scratching his ears and cheeks, I don't understand why he suddenly felt so ridiculous.