Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 579: The Three Tigers of Yueyang
In the south of Hongdong County, there is a tavern next to Gaotao Temple, which sells soup cakes and drinks to passers-by.Luo Cang and four men surrounded a table. On the table were a few pancakes, a big plate of meat, and a jug of wine. They ate and drank a lot.

Suddenly, several gentlemen came in from outside the village, holding ropes in their hands. When they saw young and middle-aged men, they tied them up and led them behind them.

Hearing the commotion, Luo Cang looked up and asked the shopkeeper, "Master, what are those gentlemen doing? Why are they arbitrarily kidnapping people on the street?"

The host said: "I don't know, the guest officer. The army of Taiyuan Mansion has arrived at Lingshi, where they are arresting Li Songchen. In a few days, they will come to Jinzhou. The army needs people to transport food and grass, and do miscellaneous things. It’s hard for the army to do things with people.”

Luo Cang looked at the owner of the store and a few servants in the store, and said with a smile, "Why isn't the owner afraid?"

The owner of the store said: "I am familiar with the inspections here, they will not come to my store to take people. If not, how will the business be done? The guest officials will have nothing to do with me, and we will settle accounts when these officials leave. .”

Luo Cang said: "These birds, how dare you come and take them!"

After finishing speaking, he picked up the bowl and said, "It's unlucky to encounter such a thing today! Come on, let's drink!"

Several people drank and watched the public servant outside the store together.Without much effort, the whole village was thrown into chaos, and the escaped people scattered in all directions.

The gentleman walked around the village and only caught five or six people, leading them with a rope.Walking outside the store, seeing Luo Cang and five people drinking inside, the leader praised: "These five big men must be able to work!"

After speaking, he hesitated for a moment, raised his legs and walked into the shop.

The shopkeeper was taken aback.Hastily stepped forward and said: "Observation, my customers here are all from other places, but there are no locals. Inspector Zhao said, don't take people from my shop. Observe, don't worry about disturbing my business. "

The gentleman looked at Luo Cang and the other five, and said, "Why aren't they from the local area? Those guys look familiar to me. I think they are from a nearby village, and they hid in your shop to avoid us. You don't have to say anything, let me Those five people follow me!"

The owner of the store said: "Look carefully, these five people are here for the first time today, how did you get to know each other?"

The gentleman said: "Could I still be wrong? You step aside, don't stop us from doing things!"

After finishing speaking, he drew out his waist knife and waved it in front of the owner.

Seeing the sword coming out, the owner of the shop didn't dare to stop him, so he had to step aside.He said in his mouth: "Observation, being dazzled for a while, misreading is common. These guests really only came here today, how could they be from the neighboring village? Which one of the nearby villages I don't know? "

The gentleman ignored the owner of the shop.Pointing at Luo Cang, he said, "You guys must have come here from a nearby village to hide from us! How can you escape my discerning eyes? Get up quickly and follow us to work in the yamen!"

Luo Cang took a piece of meat and ate it, looked sideways at the father-in-law and said: "Zhi Niang, grandpa didn't finish a meal of wine and meat when he came here, but you can watch it! Eyes are so useless, what's the use of asking for it! "

The gentleman said: "Oh, how dare this group of birds scold people? Come on, tie me up!"

Luo Cang laughed loudly, got up suddenly, and walked in front of the gentleman in two steps.Stretching out his hand, he grabbed the gentleman's neck with his left hand and caught it like a chicken. A pair of chopsticks in his right hand were drawn into the gentleman's eyes.He said in the mouth: "You are blind, so let's do away with it!"

After finishing speaking, he took the gentleman's waist knife with his right hand, and pushed him with his left hand, pushing him to the ground.

Stretching the steel knife, Luo Cang said: "Grandpa never knew farming from birth, he only knows how to kill people! You guys came to tease me! Today, I took the lives of a few of you and begged for a living for the people." justice!"

As soon as the words fell, a man who was drinking next to him suddenly became violent.He rushed in front of a gentleman, hugged him with his arms around his waist, and slammed him on the ground.He raised his right foot, stepped on the gentleman's neck, and took his life.Pulled out his waist knife, and went straight to kill several males next to him.

Before the gentleman could react, within a few breaths, Luo Cang and this person took their lives.

Throwing the knife on the ground, Luo Cang laughed loudly and said: "Sure enough, they are the three tigers of Yueyang. It's really not in vain! My brother's ups and downs a few times, it's not in vain!"

After speaking, he walked to the table, took a big gulp from the flagon, and ate another piece of meat.Said: "Let's do this, we can't stay here anymore. Master, cut us another five catties of meat, and then fill it with three gourd wine, and drink it on the way!"

After finishing speaking, I threw a piece of silver on the table and said, "This is the wine money!"

Seeing the silver, the owner's eyes lit up.He was terribly frightened by the fierceness of Luo Cang and others just now, and hurriedly ordered the boy to cut meat and drink wine.

The meat was wrapped in two lotus leaves, and a few people carried the wine gourds and strode out of the village.A few civilians who were tied up by the officials dared to untie the ropes and ran away without a trace.The owner of the store hurriedly sent someone to inform the inspector and come to check.

On the road, Luo Cang said: "This was originally the most prosperous place in the world, but now it is sparsely populated. How many evil things have been done by the gold thieves! These inspectors who work for tigers are not good people! The front will definitely catch us on the road. Or go back east!"

Several people said that they followed Luo Cang to the east, left the Fen River, and headed south along the path.

In the evening, a few people saw a melon-watching shed on the side of the road, which was unattended, so they walked over to spend the night.

After laying out the meat and wine on the ground, Luo Cang said: "Let's use some meat and wine, eat and go to bed. Get up early tomorrow, and use Xiaoxing to drive!"

After drinking a few sips of wine, Luo Cang said: "Brother Lu Hui, whom you are familiar with, has to leave the village. There is nothing you can do about it, and you can't wait, so the owner of the village sent me to pick you up the mountain. I have been walking in such a hurry these days, Haven't asked what happened to you?"

The man who murdered in front said: "We are in Yueyang City. We have an ancestral vegetable field. The three brothers make a living by growing vegetables. After the gold thief came, a local Cai Yuanwai became the county magistrate, and there was no law. Because we The vegetable field was adjacent to his house, and we took it away by force, and the three of us had no food. One afternoon, the three of us were drinking, thinking of this, we couldn't hold back our anger. In a fit of anger, the three of us killed Cai Yuanwai’s family took the lives of his family. No one cared about him, and he happily served as a magistrate for a few days. The Jin soldiers from Taiyuan Prefecture came to the south, and they heard that they were going to Yueyang to encircle and suppress us, so they had to cast themselves in the cottage.”

Luo Cang said: "No wonder I went to Yueyang, you live in the county government office. If you have been a county magistrate for a few days in your life, you can be regarded as an official."

In fact, Luo Cang knew that things would not be so simple.It's just that the three brothers said so, and he believed it.Everyone is begging for life on the edge of a knife. There is no tomorrow after today, so why worry too much?

There are three brothers, the eldest is Luo Fu, the second is Luo Lu, and the third is Luo Shou.Although the name is festive, the person is vicious, known as the Five Tigers of Yueyang.Get acquainted with Lu Baowei Village.After doing something in Yueyang, he wrote a letter and went up the mountain, saying that he wanted to defect.Because Lu Hui went to Taiping County for business, Luan Qingshan sent Luo Cang to pick up the three of them.

As soon as Baowei Village was established, Luan Qingshan robbed He Yuanwai's family outside Jinzhou City, and immediately became famous.In nearby prefectures and counties, those who were used to being robbers, or those who had acquaintances on the mountain, defected one after another.In a few months, there are already six or seven hundred minions, and they have become a big force.

Different from the general rebels, the heroes of Baowei Village did not fight against gold, they just robbed houses, drank big bowls on the mountain, and ate large pieces of meat, but they were not regarded as a threat by the government.Even a month ago, the Jinzhou government sent people to recruit Luan Qingshan.He said that as long as he served under the banner of the Jinjun, he would do it for an official.Luan Qingshan didn't want to, so he entertained the envoy well and sent him down the mountain, the governor of Jinzhou felt it was a pity.

Baowei Village is separated from Shenshan County by a mountain, but they have completely two styles.Shenshan County is a regular army with strict military discipline and clear political goals, and will never harm ordinary people.My own food and clothing, except for those sent from the rear, are all earned by my own hands.Baowei village is different, the discipline is rough, or there is no discipline.There are various sources of personnel, and there are all kinds of people.The minions can also farm, but the leaders are lazy.Every day, the cottage is full of wine and meat, and there are casinos, as chaotic as possible.Some people are short of money, so they just grab a few people and go out to rob.

In the eyes of the government, all the people in Shenshan County are rebels, and there is no good person.Although the people in Baowei Village have done all kinds of bad things, they are not against the Jin Dynasty, they are all good people.It's just a pity that their leaders have limited vision and don't know how to go to the government to be an official.Little did they know, both of these places belonged to Wang Xiaolie.

(End of this chapter)