The rise of the prince

Chapter 410 Black Panther

To the west of Taihang Mountain, there are ravines and ravines, and there are loess as far as the eye can see. There are few plants. When the wind blows, the sky is full of dust, and the trails shuttle on the ravines and mounds. If you are not careful, you will fall several feet or even dozens Zhang's deep ditch.

Thirty or so relatively large pack horses passed through, and a group of about a dozen men had their heads wrapped in long cloth strips to protect them from sand and dust. Bells were hung on the leading and trailing horses, and they rattled as they walked.

I can hear it clearly even across a hill. This is because I am afraid of getting lost. In addition to the blue sky, the ground in this place is yellow. Everywhere you go, there are ravines and loess. If you have bad eyesight, you will probably get lost. .

It was not until the people turned over a hill that they could see clearly. The heat wave didn't distort their sight, and the wind and dust couldn't cover their eyes. Then they could see clearly. Those "horses" were bigger, like horses, but they sounded like donkeys. The ears are long, and the mane and tail hair are between horses and donkeys.

Upon closer inspection, the hooves are small, but the tendons of the limbs are strong, isn't it at all?

"Boss, it's time to send out this time. I didn't expect a small county town to produce so much food! It's a pity that there are no women." A big man grinned and patted the grain bag, which was mostly wheat and soybeans.

The one behind who raised his whip also said: "Yes, this time I go back, it will be enough for several villages to eat for a while." These animals are stronger than horses, can eat rough food, endure hard work, are not easy to get sick, and have long-lasting strength. It is used to pull carts and walk on mountain roads.

Each of these beasts can carry more than two stones. These thirty or so horses, nearly a hundred stones, were all robbed from a county town. The hundreds of brothers just stopped outside the city, probably because they were frightened. Yes, because last time they slaughtered a county town.

Immediately, the county magistrate in the city took the lead, and the main merchants from all over the country took the lead one after another, leading the people to collect food one after another.

After the boss let most of the brothers die, they went back with food in person.

A thin old man with dark skin and revealing clothes, his big yellow teeth show out when he smiles, everyone calls him Old Huangtou because of this, he leaned forward while leading the beast: "Boss, why did you let so many brothers die? Those people were so frightened that they paid food without even daring to fight in person, so there is nothing to be afraid of."

When he asked this question, the brothers before and after all looked over, because they also thought so.

The leading boss is called Black Leopard, and he is the one who gathered the villages west of the Taihang Mountains to go out to "grass".

In the past, their ancestors were afraid of being beaten by Zhong Daoyu, so they didn't dare to cross Taihang Mountain to grab the official road to the east, but the fields couldn't grow enough food to feed everyone, so they had to rob each other from village to village, or go further west. Go to the boundary of Taiyuan Prefecture to grab it.

But Taiyuan Mansion is not a joke. General Yang of Taiyuan Mansion was originally from the Northern Han Dynasty. He fought bloody battles with Jing Guo. Later, the Northern Han Dynasty died and he voted for Jing Guo. He fought bloody battles with Liao State. They are all people who are rolling in blood , these mountain people are opponents.

If you go to the east, you will be beaten by Zhong Daoyu, and if you go to the west, you will be beaten by the Yang family. You can't grow anything by yourself, and business travelers will follow the official route. Few survived to forty, almost to the point of cannibalism
Until a few years ago, a black leopard came out of Xingping Village. He took the good guys in the village and took down all the bully in this area with a gun. Road, as well as the past business travel villages and towns in Jiangzhou Prefecture.

Since then, everyone has lived like a human being again, and the people of this generation are all for him, and they are all proud of being able to work for the black panther.

He looked only about forty years old, with dark skin, strong body, a head taller than ordinary men.

Seeing the old Huangtou's question, he bared his teeth and smiled sadly. Everyone didn't understand why he looked unhappy when he was so happy.

The black leopard covered the light with his hands, looked at the sun, estimated the distance in his heart, and then answered the old Huangtou's question: "Why do you think those dog officials and local rich owners are so painful to hand over food? They are really afraid Well, that county town has a wall over two feet high and is next to Taiyuan, if they go to ask for help, the Yang family's army is well trained and they will come within a day or two."

Everyone was a little confused: "Then why do you need to pay the food?"

Hei Baozi frowned: "Because these grains are the grains of the common people, and that's not all. When we thieves and bandits arrive, the dog officials and rich men will bring the common people to donate food to keep them safe. Of course, the common people will do it. They just want to plant the land with peace of mind and wait for the common people's food." Once handed over, half of them will be given to us, and half will be kept by themselves. To the superiors, it can still be said that they were robbed by bandits. If you say they are happy or not, of course they give it happily, and it is not their food!"

The black panther scolded angrily, and everyone fell silent for a while.

"Those days when they go back, they must tell the people that all their food has been robbed by us. The people hate us to death, and maybe they will come out and fight us desperately, so they have to cut off their heirs."

The crowd fell silent.

After a long time, a big man flicked his horse whip and said angrily, "Go back and fight with them!"

"Come back!" the black leopard angrily said, "What's your name? If you could fight hard, labor and management would have brought you into the city to raid the homes of those dog officials, and even used them to rob the people of their food. You can live without eating. !"

"But they want to eat too!" The man's eyes were red.

The black leopard patted him on the head: "If they want to eat it, you don't need to eat it! People don't want to kill the world for themselves. Labor and management told you this today, not to tell you not to steal it in the future, but to tell you that people need to eat if they are alive." Eat, for food, any method can be used! If you have a good motherly heart, then wait to starve to death, and you don't deserve to live in this world!
When you die, what will the women and children at home do? "

The black panther yelled angrily with his eyes wide open. After he finished speaking, the man also became quiet. He opened his mouth and couldn't speak, and finally he could only lower his head.

Only the tinkling of the bell rang in the dust, and the old Huangtou hurriedly smiled and said, "Boss, after walking two miles, we will drop into the camp and wait for the brothers behind."

Black Panther nodded.

In the evening, the temperature began to drop sharply. Everyone put on fur coats and waited slowly by the fire. In the second half of the day, more than 800 people who had died finally caught up with torches.

Just as the black leopard expected, the angry people really went out of the city to pursue them under the instigation of the county magistrate.

But how could the common people be the opponents of these bandits, after dozens of people died, they began to flee in all directions.

And they also lost seven brothers and were injured a lot, and two of them fell off the cliff and died because they couldn't see the road clearly in the dark.

The old Huangtou sighed: "It's really the same as what the boss said."

The black panther didn't speak, but just told everyone to leave quickly, fearing that officers and soldiers would come after them.

"The officers and soldiers are not so fast," the old Huangtou was puzzled.

"Of course there is no Xiang army, maybe the Yang family army." Hei Baozi said while packing up his things. After a while, everyone continued to flee eastward. Although they were tired and some were injured, everyone listened to Hei Baozi's words.

While walking, the old Huangtou whispered: "Boss, when the city was besieged a few days ago, I heard someone say that the dog emperor wanted to transfer his grandson to Jiangzhou to deal with us, and even let him be transferred to Ningjiang Mansion. The senior official of the two soldiers in Taiyuan Prefecture.

And I also heard that the grandson of the dog emperor is a prince, and he won hundreds of thousands of rebels in the south, is it possible?"

"Hahahaha." The black leopard laughed loudly: "Laozi has heard about it for a long time, it is the Pingnan king, he comes as soon as he comes, and now that the situation in Jiangzhou is broken, so what if he comes to be a prince.

(End of this chapter)