Chapter XVIII Participation in the Robbery

A sturdy man greeted him, and Li Nan shouted from afar: "Brother Wanye, I miss the little brother!" The two rushed up, clasped their hands, and said goodbye to each other, both excited. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Li Nan pointed to Li Yihang and said: "This is the little brother I met on the road, and it is also our brother of the Li family, called Li Yihang, Brother Yihang, this is Li Wanye Li eldest brother." Li Yihang respectfully shouted: "Brother Li is good!" Li Wanye took his hand and said with a smile: "It's all my Li family brothers, okay, okay! You have worked hard, go to the hall to rest." ”

At the banquet, Li Wanye introduced the two of them to Zhu Yuncai, the owner of the second village, Guo Hao, and Jin Sanshi, who sat in the fourth chair, Li Wanye himself is the master of the three villages, Li Nan and Li Yihang visited them one by one, and they also said the names of many people, and Li Yihang couldn't remember much of the master for a while.

The atmosphere at the banquet was warm, everyone guessed the boxing and fighting, and had a lot of fun, he usually drank less, but he was infected by the atmosphere, and some people came to toast to him, but he did not refuse, and soon he fell to the ground drunk. Li Nan said with a smile: "My brother is young and shallow, I will help him into the wing room to rest first, and then come out to drink." ”

The two of them slept until the next afternoon to wake up, Li Wanye took the two of them to visit the mountain, introducing the beautiful scenery and humanities everywhere, he pointed to the two Wuqi big stones and said: "This is the gate stone of Baiya Village, located in the Panlongmen Tower, along the mountain and the stone steps up the steps to enter the Panlong Gate can be seen, just like the gate of the White Cliff Village, so it is called the "Gate Stone." Turning to the West Mountain, he pointed to a cliff and said: "This is the Bird Cliff, like a hundred birds spreading their wings." "This is a frog stone, do you think it is just like a frog stretching out its legs and opening its mouth, showing a northward leap trend?" Er Li was in the middle of it, and he was all overwhelmed by the magic of nature.

Li Nan said with a smile: "Brother Wanye originally lived in this fairy realm, no wonder he was happy and didn't return to his hometown all year round. Li Wanye also smiled and said: "In Leping, I was so oppressed by the powerful and evil gentry that I couldn't even eat, and I almost lost my life, so if I was free and comfortable in this Baiya Village? My parents have passed away a long time ago, and although Leping is my hometown, I have nothing to love about! Big brother, I asked you to come here a long time ago, why did you figure it out today?" Li Yihang heard this, and was deeply touched, and secretly thought: "If your parents are not there, your home will not be a family!" Li Nan said: " Well, there is a reason for this, before I wanted to be alone, Yihang, didn't you ask me why I hid in the dilapidated hut in the bamboo forest a few days ago?" Li Yihang said: "Yes, but I don't know why?"

The three of them sat down in a small pavilion, Li Nan looked at the lush hillside, and said: "I was also like you at that time, I was hunted down, but I was arrested by the official army, and fled from Leping to Jingdezhen, where I have been hiding in the hut for six or seven days, and every day I put on makeup to the town to inquire about information, and when I see nothing abnormal, I dare to take you to Fuliang County for treatment." ”

Li Wanye said: "Oh, I don't know what you did to attract the officers and soldiers to arrest you?" Li Nan said: "When I was acting in a family in Leping, I accidentally woke up the master, he opened his mouth and shouted, in order to stop him from calling, he had to wipe his neck, there happened to be an officer and army night patrol, they stopped him, even the face towel was picked off, it was really dangerous to shave his head, fortunately, I was agile, and finally was not captured, after leaving Leping, I went all the way north to Jingdezhen, but I was afraid that the town had posted a notice, so I was in a nobody's place. ”

Li Yihang was taken aback and said, "You killed someone?" Li Nan said: "Exactly, he deserved to die, woke up, and shouted loudly, can I allow him to alarm others?" Li Yihang was silent, Li Wanye said: "Little brother, come out and wander the rivers and lakes, that person doesn't have a few lives on his hands? Who doesn't have blood on his hands? You are young and timid, and you can't accept it for a while, that's normal, and after a year and a half, you have to practice your courage." Li Nan said: "Brother Yihang is kind-hearted, and he was shocked to hear that I killed for no reason. Li Wanye said: "At the beginning of people, nature is good, everyone is born with a kind heart, but the status quo of the times forces you to change, to adapt, you can't be kind, your own hands are not ruthless enough, your heart is not poisonous enough, it will be difficult to survive, Brother Yihang, you will soon understand this truth." ”

Li Yihang said: "Big brother is right, sometimes you don't want to fight, but you have to fight, you want to start lightly, but people don't do it lightly, and they force you not to play hard." He thought again: "My father, my uncle, and sister-in-law Xu have done good deeds and accumulated virtue all their lives, and they didn't cause trouble, but they didn't also get into trouble and all of them died?" Li Nan said: "If you want to survive in the rivers and lakes, you don't necessarily have to do evil, but your own skills must be strong, and others can't just bully you and take your life." Li Wanye and Li Yihang said in unison: "Well said! This sentence could not be more correct!"

Li Yihang's leg wounds did not heal well, and he wanted to come to the left to be fine, so he stayed in Baiya Village and recuperated with peace of mind. Within a few days, Li Nan followed the owners of the village down the mountain, and every time he came back, he brought a lot of items, and asked him what he was doing, Li Nan said mysteriously: "Go down the mountain to purchase items." Li Yihang said: "How can you buy some old things and buy some useless things?" Li Nan smiled and didn't answer. Later, Li Yihang came to his senses that they were going to be strongmen and robbers, robbing homes and houses! Although they knew that their behavior was wrong and was extremely wrong, they were powerless to change the status quo, they were bandits, and they made a living by robbing and stealing, and it was really difficult for them to go to the sky if they did not do this.

They chose to start the target and Baiyazhai is far away, the scope is also large, and they do not rob locally, so as not to expose the hiding place, each time it takes several days, looting more and sometimes less, what to rob, rice, oil, salt, grain, clothing, quilts, livestock, horses and all kinds of items, he has also seen a girl robbed, crying and making a fuss for several days, and finally I don't know what to do.

Li Yihang asked Li Nan not to do this hurtful thing, Li Nan smiled: "I'd rather die in a blink of an eye than live in peace, I was a thief before I went up the mountain, but now it's just a different place, from one person to many people, it's no different." You're still young, so let's practice martial arts with everyone here. When all the thieves don't go down the mountain, they have to practice with a martial artist surnamed Fang, and the beautiful name says: "Sharpen the knife and don't cut the wood!" and said: "If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools." "The village has set a rule, a small competition every month, a big competition every quarter, the top few people have a job or reward, so everyone is vying for the first, all of them are afraid, and the mood of learning and training is high and enthusiastic. Li Yihang also practiced a few sets of fist and foot kung fu with Master Fang, and no longer cared about Li Nan and them. Sometimes I thought to myself, I used to hate Hong Renhai and others very much, and regarded them as worthless, but now I actually mixed with a group of burners, kills, and robbers, and their actions were more cruel, more vicious, and committed heinous crimes, although I did not join them, but I still feel very ashamed and shameless when I think about it. Hong Renhai is really small compared to this group of thieves, and now that I think about it, I no longer think how bad Hong Renhai and his gang are, but feel that they have a kind of ridiculous and cute child bullying people, the world is really unpredictable, and I actually miss the days of being bullied.

Li Yihang was bent on avenging his parents' revenge, so he practiced hard and didn't care about things outside the window. Unknowingly, after more than a year in the mountains, I have grown much taller. One day, Guo Hao, the owner of the second village, said to him: "Brother Yihang, you have been here in our Baiya Village for more than a year, the second brother saw that you have never been down the village, wandering around the mountain all day long, you must be bored, tomorrow you and Li Nan and a few other brothers, follow me to the bottom of the mountain to have fun, okay?" Li Yihang also felt depressed, so he happily replied: "That's great, I have long wanted to go to the town, but I have never had the opportunity." ”

Early the next morning, the second village owner Guo Hao and his party of more than 10 people went down the mountain, walked 20 miles, went to a market to change horses, all the way to the west, Li Yihang learned to ride a horse in the mountains, but the terrain on the road is narrow and steep, can not run, at this time have to gallop all the way on the wide avenue, the wind is whistling in the ears, the trees next to the road quickly retreat, the heart is suddenly open-minded, wave the horsewhip, drive the mount, only feel the indescribable joy. This way traveled until sunset and dusk, and then set up camp on the side of the road. After supper, he rested until the fifth watch, and then turned southwest and walked again, and at dawn came to a small forest, where a few men were waiting. Guo Hao said: "Let's go to the hill to drink tea first, Chen Er, you go to the front to guard, Wu Wu, you go to the back to guard, as soon as someone comes, send carrier pigeons." The two agreed, and left. The people left the avenue and ran to the side hill.

Li Yihang said in his heart: "The head of the second village is really big, come out to tour the mountains and rivers, climb the Range Rover, no outsiders are allowed to pass by, and someone passing by the forest must report to him, so as not to disturb his Yaxing." When I went up the hill, I saw a grass hut with a few tables, and everyone sat down to drink tea and chat. One person asked Li Yihang: "The first time you went down the mountain, were you nervous or excited?" Li Yihang smiled: "If you go down the mountain and you won't lose your life, what's so nervous? I'm really excited now, and I don't know what to do with it later." Another said: "Follow Second Brother Guo, what is the danger there, Brother Yihang is practicing the hardest in the mountains, and he has long wanted to come up with a try, this time he has the opportunity to perform, then there is only excitement, why is he nervous, haha." And they all laughed. Li Nan patted him on the shoulder and said, "Wait for you to follow me, I will take care of you if there is anything, don't panic, with the first time, it will be easy to do in the future." Li Yihang nodded, and wondered in his heart: "Is the place where we are going to be particularly dangerous? Or are there any tigers, dogs, bears and other fierce beasts there, why is everyone so concerned about me?" Everyone didn't chat, just closed their eyes and rested under the shed, recuperating, he waited for a long time, and he didn't see them have the idea of leaving, but he thought that the second brother Guo of the second village had his own arrangements, and he didn't ask, and looked at the scenery on the side.

In the quiet, suddenly heard a few sounds, a white pigeon flew straight into the grass shed, everyone shouted: "Someone is coming!" More than ten people took out black cloth from their bodies to cover their faces, Li Nan handed a black cloth to Li Yihang, signaling him to do so. Li Yihang became more and more surprised, why did someone come and tie a black cloth to cover his face? Are you afraid of being seen? A man took out a box from the secret place of the grass hut, opened the lid, and it was full of swords and axes, and everyone took one in their hands, and Li Yihang also went to get a short knife. The moment he held the hilt of the knife, Li Yihang's heart suddenly brightened, and all the reasons were understood!

Guo Hao said: "Li Nan, Li Yihang, Wu Wu, Bai San, Zhang Tieniu, Liang Fugui, you follow me, and the others intercept their retreat." Everyone shouted in unison: "Yes!" After the order to leave, everyone rushed down the mountain and ambushed beside the road. Li Yihang already understood that this was to rob passers-by, no wonder he always felt that the atmosphere was wrong. But the matter has come to this point, and he can't be allowed to think about it, and he will never be allowed to escape and quit in battle. I had to rush down with my head.

After a while, a group of men and horses came from the forest, some in chariots, some on horseback, and some on foot, about sixteen or seventeen people. Walking to the side, two groups of people from Bai Yazhai jumped out from the front and back of the team, Bai San shouted: "I planted this tree, and I opened this road!" Wu Wu continued: "If you want to live from here, leave and buy road money!" The travelers saw a group of masked robbers holding iron and steel swords blocking the center of the road, and they were all frightened and wanted to turn around and escape, but who turned around and saw that there were also a group of thieves behind them. A few people were so frightened that they almost collapsed to the ground.

Zhang Tieniu said: "Fellow villagers, uncles and brothers, ladies and sisters, I and other brothers more than ten people are forced by dog officials and corrupt officials, and have to occupy the mountain as the king, open the mountain and farm, but they have encountered natural disasters again and again, and there is no harvest of grains, and there is no rice for many days, and finally there is no way to go, so I have to make this decision, please be merciful, reward some gold and silver property, and after the brothers tide over the difficulties, they will be doubled." Liang Fugui said: "You only need to lend us all the money on your body, my king will not embarrass you, if you are not willing to give up the things outside your body, or to resist, then you can only ......" said that he lifted the big knife and made a head cutting action, and said: "The head is on the ground!" The travelers were already frightened, although they were extremely reluctant but did not dare to slack off, and trembling handed over the belongings on their bodies.