stubborn thief

Chapter 104 Creditors
On the mountain ridges on the west bank of the Yellow River, there are few serious battle flags among the big flags that are flying in the wind.

Most of them are cut out of plain or floral cloth in large pieces, with names such as "Shangtian Monkey" and "Huntian Monkey" written on them.

Among the banners of the beasts, there is a black flag of good quality, with a leopard-tailed streamer and even a Mongolian leader's banner next to it.

There is only one word on that flag, Chuang.

Several people under the banner are all leaders, they have different appearances, but they all look relaxed, watching the tribes scattered for several miles across the river.

Under the banner of the Heavenly Monkey, the unkempt man lifted his clothes, took off a large piece of dirty skin from his belly, and threw it on the road. He grabbed the scattered locks of hair, picked out a louse and strangled it to death. He turned his head and sighed enviously. Said: "Chief Gao, do you know why King Hengtian told us to go south, monkey, do I want to go with you?"

Not far from him, under the flag of Chuangzi, a tall man with copper-colored skin, but clean clothes, wearing armor, a white robe wrapped around the armor, and a white scarf tied on the brow of the helmet, leaning on his hand The tail of a Guan knife was clenched on the ground.

He seemed to be thinking about something, and was a little unhappy when he was interrupted. He turned around and asked, "Why?"

The Heavenly Monkey said: "Because your name is good, not like ours."

"Liu Jiusi, what's wrong?" Gao Yingxiang disagreed: "I think your name is also very good."

Heavenly Monkey shook his head: "You don't understand."

His rebellion really has nothing to do with drought or corrupt officials.

Long before the drought came, he used gambling to ruin Qingjian's family property, and then joined a group of gamblers to harm others, cheating and abducting, like a ghost.

Later, there was no one to harm, and they wandered to other places with the refugees, caught up with the recruitment, and in order to get more money for gambling, they lied that they could read and write, and did the work of registering people's names.

How can an illiterate person register a name?He just messed up an extra meal, was beaten by the nursing home, fought back and killed people, and embarked on the road of rebellion.

He thought, Gao Yingxiang's name is so good, so fucking good!

Regardless of Yingxiang, Yingxiang or Yingxiang, they are all common words in restaurants, pawnshops and gambling stalls, he can write these six words!
If it was Gao Yingxiang who came to register at that time, maybe he wouldn't have suffered that beating.

On the other hand, his name almost means something: "The last time the storyteller was caught, he just taught me how to write nine characters, and he was beaten to death before he taught me how to write nine characters."

Gao Yingxiang didn't have time to pay attention to him, and concentrated on watching the army crossing the river. The officers and soldiers assembled at Yonghe Pass, with serious faces, and said: "Go back and wash up, I'll find someone to teach you."

Even though he was disgusted, Shangtian Monkey was not at all ashamed. He pointed at the Yellow River with a smile and said, "After the Yonghe Pass is defeated, I'll jump into the Yellow River and take a bath. You can talk about me all day long. Brothers drink too much water." Well, I just don't like taking showers, it's fucking annoying!"

The monkey on the side waved his hands quickly after hearing this: "No, you must not jump into the river, you are dirty like a ghost, if you take a bath in the river, the people on both sides of the Yellow River will get sick."

"Okay, it's okay, it's noisy when you are in Hengtianwang, and it's still noisy when you go outside, and it's still noisy when there is a war. You two will fight together, and the brothers will be quiet after which one dies."

The person who spoke was Zhang Cunmeng, whose name was not in the mud, and was the chief of Suide.

He turned his head to Gao Yingxiang and asked: "King Chuang, King Hengtian asked us to go south to join Luochuan King Tiger and Heisha God, take Yichuan Feishan Tiger and Big Red Wolf, and demolish all the post stations leading to Yaozhou along the way. Why do we want to fight the Yonghe Pass in Shanxi? I ​​don’t think there are any good things in that pass.”

Gao Yingxiang supported the Changguan knife which weighed eight catties, turned his head and took a look at the mud, and said, "You only know about demolishing the post station, but do you know whose idea it is to demolish the post station?"

"Liu Chengzong from Yan'an Mansion? Oh, I see."

Buzhanni smiled, and said: "I heard that he beat Yanshui Pass and entered Shanxi all the way. King Chuang wanted to ask him to go with him. But I heard that he is different from us. He is a student." , the subordinates can fight again, I guess they are all frontier soldiers, can they join forces with us?"

Hearing the words of not sticking to the mud, Gao Yingxiang tightly clenched the knife in his right hand, his copper-colored face remained unmoved, and said, "Try...heh."

He suddenly smiled with a tense face, shook his head and said: "This imperial court, why did people like Fourth Master Liu turn against you? The name of your subordinates who forced you to go on the road should be given to Liu Chengzong."

Buzhemu wondered: "Fourth Master Liu? I heard that Liu Chengzong is the second child in the family, and the eldest brother seems to be a student. It's funny to say that it's not surprising that people like us rebelled. Anyway, they haven't eaten good fruit anyway. They What is the purpose of such a rebellion?"

"I'm talking about him when he was young. He used to be an official in Mizhi, and I was arrested."

The expression on Gao Yingxiang's face was very complicated, he was angry and wanted to laugh: "For a classic history, the court gave him three stones of rice a month, and my brother packed 30 taels of silver in a wooden box. Don't want it. I thought it was too little, so I gave him eight silver coins. Jin, back again."

"I'm a thief... and there is such an official?" Not sticking to the mud, he slapped the dust on the helmet tassel and laughed, "Why do I not believe it?"

"Why don't you tell me." Gao Yingxiang said with a smile, "I remember Fourth Master Liu very deeply, and I never went to Mizhi again."

"Tch, let me just say, then you were released in the end." Buzhanni asked, "How much money did you charge in the end?"

Gao Yingxiang raised three fingers: "It's still 30 taels, give it to the county magistrate, and I'll be released from prison."

Several chiefs laughed and said without getting muddy: "Then the magistrate is not bad, he will release you at 30 taels, and he is also a good person who takes money to do things."

Gao Yingxiang just smiled, turned his head and said to several people: "Okay, get ready to cross the river. The officers and soldiers of Yonghe Pass will not dare to come close to make a move. The most dangerous time is over. The monkey guards the Yanshui Pass, and the others Cross the river with me."

Several people applauded loudly, and the leaders turned around and gave orders. After a while, several teams with better equipment came out of several mountain roads, lined up along the river bank, and there were thousands of people.

They are the backbone of this team.

Just when several leaders were about to separate and join the formation, the sentinel on the mountain issued a warning. People saw a mountain hill to the north of the opposite bank, and a large group of officers and troops was gathering.

This made Gao Yingxiang and others stop, and kept waving flags at the troops crossing the river.

They all thought that the official army would meet at Yonghe Pass in the south, but no one thought that the official army would appear from the mountain peak in the north.

"They don't seem to be the official army."

Gao Yingxiang's subordinates had many officers and soldiers who had surrendered from the army and the Mongolians, and they knew the formation of the officers and soldiers relatively well. He pointed and said, "Without a flag, could it be Liu Chengzong? Send someone to ask."

Not sticking mud and asked: "Even if it is Liu Chengzong, what should I say, if you say that we are the king of Hengtian, let him accept the head and call him brother?"

Gao Yingxiang shook his head slowly: "Tell him, I am Gao Yingxiang."

"I'm a thief, you're quite powerful, why don't you tell him I'm Zhang Cunmeng." Buzhanni sneered, "He'll tell you, I'm Liu Chengzong, what's the use?"

"It's useless to tell him that you are Zhang Cunmeng, and maybe he wants to give you a knife, but it is useful to tell him that I am Gao Yingxiang. If you don't believe me, try it."

Gao Yingxiang looked up at the blade of Guan Dao gleaming in the sun, thinking about how to describe the relationship between the two.

After thinking about it, he found a very suitable word.

"I am a creditor, and he owes me a meal."

(End of this chapter)