Chapter 1 (The Wicked Commit Murder)

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"Ah, Yo Nanchao, blow that blow, blow out the peace of the people, the country," a rough voice came out of a carriage wrapped in coarse cloth.... The mountains are full of yellow leaves, shining with light, the mountain road is rugged and winding, and the road side is littered with stones.

A long-haired man drove the carriage, and from time to time he opened the curtain and looked into the carriage, only to see a middle-aged woman sitting inside, she was wearing a coarse shirt and green clothes, her demeanor was friendly, her face was loving, and she was holding a child about one year old in her arms, smiling at the child, and the child blinked her eyes, and looked very smart.

The man looked at the woman and then at the child, smiling and fierce, but looking at the ladies in the carriage with tenderness, which was extremely incommensurate with his appearance.

This year is the year of Hongwu (1380) of the Ming Dynasty, and it has been 18 years since the decisive battle between Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang in Poyang Lake, Jiangxi, and it has been counted as Guotai Min'an.

I only heard the man sing again, "The plow in the Northern Dynasty, plow out a happy year" The woman's coquettish voice came from the car and said: "Baby's father, don't sing, wake up the baby", the strong man replied with a smile: "Baby, the baby is asleep, it's okay, this year is just in the autumn wind, you wrap yourself tightly, don't freeze yourself with the baby..."

Before the words were finished, he only heard the horse pulling the cart "grunting" a few times, the horse's hooves stopped and did not go, the strong man picked up the whip and whipped the horse's back, and scolded with a smile in his mouth: "Hey, you beast is also too cold, are you? If you are tired, let's rest and rest in front."

After walking less than half a mile, the strong man vaguely saw many figures standing on the hillside in front of him, and he couldn't help but get nervous, but he heard that there were often mountain bandits in this place.

But this place is the only way to lead the village, and it is not possible to detour, but I hope that the figure on the mountain is not a villain. The heart rose to his throat, and he drove the carriage forward, but the one who should have come came after all, and just as he was approaching, a man with a steel knife suddenly jumped down from the hillside, and he came to the front without saying a word, and suddenly grabbed the reins of the big man's horse, and the horse neighed and stopped.

Before the strong man who was driving the car had time to react, he fell off the carriage, and screamed in pain, and the woman's concerned voice came out of the car and asked: "What's wrong with the baby?" The strong man replied casually: "It's okay" As he spoke, he saw a long knife on his neck.

The strong man squinted at the man, only to see that this person was very lean, and his face was fierce. When he was secretly complaining in his heart, a few more people jumped down from the hillside, and the thin man with the knife on the strong man's neck laughed a few times and shouted: "All the valuable things are handed over, spare your dog's life, if not... Hmph" said with a pout, and the horizontal knife pulled the strong man's neck, and suddenly a bloody mark was drawn.

The strong man was really panicked when he saw that he had met the bandits, and forced himself to calm down: "Oh, you lords are really sorry, Xiaomin is just a farmer who usually farms nearby, and it is easy to buy a horse and want to go to the neighboring village to visit relatives, but there is really no money for you."

The woman in the car had already heard that something was not quite right outside the car, and when she looked out through the crack in the curtain, she only saw a few fierce criminals with steel knives, with unkind faces, and suddenly hugged the child a little tighter in fright, and her body couldn't help but tremble.

A short man holding a long knife next to him saw the carriage trembling slightly, raised his eyebrows and shouted: "Someone in the car hurry up and get out of the master" This loud shout made the woman, who was already frightened and overwhelmed, almost fainted in shock.

I heard the strong man hurriedly shouting: "Don't come out, baby" The dwarf jumped into the carriage and saw a woman sitting inside, although she was wearing patches and patches that looked a little tattered, but her appearance was also a little delicate.

Seeing this, the bandit who hadn't been close to a woman for a long time suddenly released a lewd light in his eyes and shouted with a strange smile: "Oh, this girl is good."

Seeing the wicked man stretching out his hand, he was only anxious to cry and kick with his foot, and inadvertently kicked the dwarf in the arm, and the dwarf screamed in pain and exclaimed, "Oops", but got up harder, and the woman held the child in one hand after all, and was dragged out of the carriage.

Seeing this, the surrounding bandits burst into laughter and said: "Oh, it's not bad, you haven't tried it for a long time, and this one is not very new today, and a few buddies will use it, it's okay" said and laughed unscrupulously.

When the strong man heard that the words were wrong, he even kowtowed and took out a few copper coins on his body and said: "Everyone, the small ones are just planting crops, and they really don't have much money, these few dollars of silver and the people in this carriage are gone, and I hope that the uncles will let go of the little wives and children."

One of the bandits saw that it was only a few copper coins, and immediately lowered his face and scolded: "Send it to Huazi, look at you, this girl, you are not bad, you are comfortable to serve us, maybe let you go" After speaking, he laughed a few times, and swept up and down the woman's body with an evil gaze, without any evasion.

When the robbers were stunned, he stood up and pulled the woman to run back and forth, and suddenly his chest was cold when he didn't run two steps, and saw a blood-red long knife passing through his chest, and the woman turned around to see her husband die tragically under the knife of the wicked.

She suddenly felt a sense of grief in her heart, and when she saw that the bandits were chasing after her, she didn't have time to be sentimental, she glanced at the young son in her arms, and ran while crying through gritted teeth.

This group of bandits has only recently come here, several people do not do their business, deceive the good and fear the evil gathered together, for several days did not see a lonely crowd, today it is easy to catch a household, although there is no money, but the woman's appearance is quite attractive.

Several people were already hungry and thirsty, at this time, where could they take care of other hair and chase, the woman ran a few strong men, and after a short time, she was surrounded by bandits, she hit people on the left, and people on the right, so she had to compromise in desperation.

The woman's face was full of tears, and she knelt on the ground with a "plop", kowtowing and begging: "Good men, spare the woman."

Where did the wicked people pay attention, one of them could not bear it anymore and pounced, and the child who had snatched the woman's hand threw it to the ground without looking at it, and then the sound of the child crying "Wow Wow" was heard.

The woman's eyes were red when she heard the pain in her ears, her hands fluttered, she got up and ran to the child, shouting, "My baby, my baby," and before she could run two steps, she was pushed to the ground by a bandit.

Although the woman has not lived a good life in her life, she has lived a peaceful and stable life since she married her husband, and in recent years she has given birth to a fat boy, and it is easy to sell some firewood and praise enough money, and she wants to go back to her mother's house to see, but she does not want to meet the evil bandits.

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