(1) Robbery and poverty alleviation

The light breeze of July swept through this barren hill, caressing each name engraved on the stone tablet, bringing a hint of coldness, and the leaves rustled and swayed, attracting the gray shadow under the waning sun, which was terrifying.

"Grandpa, why do you always come here on this day of the year?"

In the afterglow of the setting sun, a little boy pointed to the lonely mountain with a slightly immature finger and asked.

"Because there are countless heroes who live here"

Next to the little boy, a rickety figure on crutches said slowly:

"Kid, it's cold, let's go back"

The little boy nodded obediently, and walked back step by step with the old man, at this time, a gust of wind whistled, the little boy was blinded by the wind and sand, and then turned his back and rubbed it vigorously with both hands, and the moment he opened his eyes, a black illusory figure appeared on the top of the mountain, as if a ghostly figure swept through every name like the wind, and then disappeared into the wind......

"Hah!

In the early summer of July, there was a burst of vigorous shouting in the dense forest full of cicadas, and then a figure passed through the trees like a meteor, leaving a long scratch on the ground, and at the end of the trace was a young man dressed in coarse linen, with short hair scattered and not lazy, but giving people a sense of vitality.

The young man was holding a silver-white spear in his hand, the body of the gun exuded bursts of silver light, even in this hot summer, he could still feel the chill from the gun, and the weapon that was very inconsistent with the young man's clothes was held by the young man in his hand, but it had a natural taste.

In front of the young man stood three strong men with big shoulders and fat waists, all of whom were carrying half-human machetes, but these three knife masters were terrified, standing in a cold sweat, as if they would be pierced by the young man's silver spear if they moved.

Perhaps it was fear that fueled his courage, and the strong men on the left and right respectively raised their machetes, yelling and screaming, and rushed towards the boy quickly.

As if he was tired of seeing, the young man pursed the corners of his mouth disdainfully, turned the silver spear in his hand horizontally, easily blocked the machetes of the two strong men, stepped back with his right foot, and plunged his burlap shoes into the ground more than half, exerting force with both hands, with the strength of the hind legs, he was stunned to resist the machetes of the two strong men.

The corner of the young man's mouth grinned slightly:

"Big man, his strength is so small, let's go back and practice!"

The two strong men were easily suppressed by the young man, and their faces were already flushed, although they were ashamed, but they really couldn't suppress the young man with their strength.

"Hey, it's almost, hey!"

With the young man's soft shout, the two strong men were shocked back by the young man in one fell swoop, and rolled backwards a few times before they crawled to the other strong man's side, looked at the young man with a little fear and said:

"Why are you kid again!"

"Boss, we've been robbed by this kid three times this month!"

"Shut up, do you think I don't know?!"

Facing the young man with a warm smile on his face, the strong man known as the boss of the three came to the young man tremblingly, wrinkling the big fat face full of confusion, and trying to squeeze out a kind smile:

"That, Shaoxia, look at us, we also have to eat at home, right, you ...... it three times and twice"

"Huh?!"

Before the strong man said the word "robbery", the young man countered the strong man's words with a deterrent look, and the strong man took a step back very aggrievedly, and hurriedly said:

"Righteousness and courage!

Seeing that the young man's face gradually softened and changed back to that "warm" smile, the strong man breathed a sigh of relief and was about to open his mouth to get out, but the young man took the first step and said:

"Don't give this set to the master, don't think I don't know that you just got a ticket from the mountain road today! Honestly hand over the things, otherwise, hum~"

The young man sneered and forced the three of them back a few steps, and the silver gun in his hand lightly touched the ground, making a crisp sound of "ding~", and the bodies of the three strong men trembled a little like a cold wind.

Under the incomparably penetrating threat of the young man, the strong man led by him had no choice but to unwillingly hand over the package in his hand, and then led his two subordinates away in a gloomy manner.

Seeing that the three of them had already walked away, the young man weighed the package in his hand, raised his eyebrows and said:

"It's a lot, it seems that these three guys are robbing a big guy this time, but, hehe, since there is such a large weight, this old guy shouldn't mind me using it, haha." ”

The boy hung the package on the silver spear casually, carried the silver spear, and slowly walked into the dense forest step by step, and from time to time you could hear the boy's out-of-tune humming from the forest.

The boy's name is Xie Xingchen, and he is an orphan, to be precise, he became an orphan three years ago.

Xie Xingchen has only one relative since he can remember, that is his mother, and his understanding of his mother is limited to his mother who used to be the maid of a big family, and later left the big family after marrying his father and lived with his father, his mother never mentioned his father, but from his eyes Xie Xingchen can see that his mother loves his father very much, but because of this, he hates his father more and more, in Xie Xingchen's memory, his father is the one who abandoned him and his mother, so even when his mother left, he never knew his father's name。

Xie Xingchen hated his father, so he always took his mother's surname for the rest of his life, and his mother never said anything about it.

Three years ago, Xie Xingchen lived with his mother in a small village outside this dense forest, his mother did laundry for people to support him, and he often went to the mountains to collect firewood to maintain the family, Xie Xingchen had no complaints in this life, and even felt that he was very happy to live with his mother like this.

But the good times didn't last long, Xie Xingchen's mother missed his father day and night, causing his health to deteriorate day by day, and finally left three years ago.

Since three years ago, Xie Xingchen has been living alone, and at the age of seventeen, he is already a young man who can be self-reliant, although his self-reliant way is somewhat unique.

When Xie Xingchen's mother was still alive, he once let him learn some specialties, such as archery and marksmanship, it is hard to imagine that his mother, who looks weak, actually has a different kind of knowledge in dancing knives and guns, especially marksmanship, Xie Xingchen's marksmanship was learned from his mother.

The silver spear in his hand was also inherited from his mother, and according to his mother, it seemed that it was given to his mother by his father, which was also the first time that Xie Xingchen felt that this father was not bad.

Xie Xingchen is actually a rebellious child, but when his mother was alive, he couldn't bear to let his mother worry, so he always looked well-behaved, and since his mother left, he has not restrained his nature.

Nosy is his greatest characteristic, and in the past three years, he has made a name for himself in the vicinity of this small village, and ordinary thieves and bandits will have a chill feeling even at noon on this sunny day.

Xie Xingchen likes to rob the rich and help the poor, to be precise, robbing and helping the poor, he always likes to snatch the things in the hands of the robbers, and return them to the original owner, if the original owner is not benevolent, then take it for himself.

In Xie Xingchen's code of conduct, there is only what can be robbed and what cannot be robbed, whether there is no robbery and whether he dares to rob, and daring to rob is his second major characteristic.

Hundreds of steps deep into the dense forest, an inconspicuous cabin slowly peeked out of the bushes, the hut was not big, but it was just suitable for Xie Xingchen to live, in addition to the stove and bed, there was only a small box in the house.

Xie Xingchen casually leaned the silver gun in his hand against the wall, then opened the package in his hand, looked at the glittering gold and silver jewelry inside, laughed twice, and then threw the package into the small box like garbage, leaned sideways against the door, looked at the blue sky through a gap between the dense leaves, and was silent for a long time......

In the blink of an eye, the sun had set in the western mountains, and the silver plate had been hung high in the air, Xie Xingchen was stunned for half a day.

Xie Xingchen was not in a hurry to eat dinner, but took a leaf from his side at random and gently put it to his mouth, different from his out-of-tune humming, the sound he made with the leaves was as beautiful as a lark, like a nightingale, like a light breeze coming slowly, causing faint ripples on the surface of the lake of the soul.

The next day, when the wheel of the sun just shone brightly, Xie Xingchen had already packed up his things, carrying a silver gun and walking towards the mountain road, every day there will be different people walking this mountain road, Xie Xingchen is very principled, if it is the old and weak women and children who have walked, he will not only let them pass, but also help deal with the bandits and rogues who want to make a move, if it is a businessman who is full of oil, he will stand by, even if someone makes a move to rob, he will not make a move, but wait until these people get their hands on it and grab their things.

Sitting on the branch of a big tree by the mountain road early, Xie Xingchen waited for his "prey" while pretending to sleep

After a while, the sound of the wheels turning came into Xie Xingchen's ears from a distance, and the eyes that were sleeping opened a slit, revealing a trace of brilliance.

The sound of the carriage approached, Xie Xingchen skimmed slightly, then turned his head sideways, and no longer paid attention to it, the carriage passing by was extremely luxurious, even the servants who drove the carriage were wearing gold and silver, and there were even more than a dozen or twenty guards around, it seemed that it was the convoy of a big family, but the people on this road would never let go of such a big fish.

Sure enough, as Xie Xingchen expected, the carriage had already been stopped before the big tree at Xie Xingchen's feet.

"Stop! This road is my territory, uncle, if you think about it, you must first honor and honor uncle!"

It was a one-eyed man in a short animal skin shirt who spoke, with a cold double-edged axe in his hand, and dozens of bandits with weapons stood behind him, sneering while slowly surrounding the convoy.

The convoy's guards were also quite vegetarians, and immediately protected the people and things of the convoy, and one of the leaders stepped forward to talk to the one-eyed man:

"This friend, we have something urgent to go, how about we make it convenient?"

As he spoke, he arched his hand to the big man, then took it into his arms, weighed a small bag embroidered with gold a few times, and threw it to the one-eyed man.

It seems to be quite upright, the one-eyed man smiled and caught the bag, checked it slightly, his brows immediately raised, and he didn't greet the leader, but started talking about something with a few thieves behind him.

Xie Xingchen, who was watching all this from the tree, showed a mocking smile on the corner of his mouth, and muttered in his mouth: "Cut meat and feed the hungry tiger, this is to put yourself in." ”

The one-eyed man seemed to have finished his discussion, turned to the leader, and showed a greedy smile and said:

"Brothers, keep an eye on them all, don't let one go!"

"Oh!"

The leader suddenly broke out in a cold sweat when he heard the big man's words, but he still mustered up the courage to drink:

"You don't speak of faith! I have already given you enough tolls!"

Who knew that after the big man heard his words, he glanced at the thieves around him, and then laughed:

"Brothers, listen up! This stupid big man actually talks about faith and righteousness with the robbery, hahaha! It's really laughing at me. ”

The leader blushed with shame when he heard this, as if to hide his gaffe, and shouted with great fanfare:

"Don't let them bully us! Pull out the guys for me! Teach these punks a good lesson!"

"Hmph! Who teaches who doesn't know!"

The big man sneered, and as soon as his big thick hand was raised, another wave of bandits emerged from the bushes behind him, and the blades that flashed cold reflected the greedy and bloodthirsty smiles of the bandits.

Just as the leader of the convoy kept praying in his heart, and the men under the big man were shrinking the encirclement step by step, a crisp voice broke the tense atmosphere:

"Stop!"