Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 88
After that Qingpi yelled, he lost his temper, and no matter how many people surrounded them, he raised his wooden stick and threw it at Li Shuchun in front of him, shouting, "You're going to die! Kill him!" You bastard!" Several other Qingpis also believed that the stone was thrown by Li Shuchun and the others, shouted, and charged forward with sticks in hand.

Li Shuchun watched the wooden stick go straight to his head, unable to dodge the next side of his body, the wooden stick hit his shoulder heavily, and there was a piercing pain, and the anger accumulated for a long time was stimulated by this stick. He let out a low growl, and before the opponent's next blow came, he kicked out sideways, right on Qingpi's lower abdomen, the kid was kicked back a few steps, and the wooden stick in his hand dropped to the ground. Then he bumped into an accomplice rushing behind him, and the two fell to the ground together.

Li Ergou's words that made Li Shuchun shed tears suddenly sounded in his mind: "When will this hard life end!" Throwing at Qingpi who was climbing up, and then leaping in front of him in a few steps, shouting loudly, raised the knife and dropped it, the dagger was inserted into the left eye socket of Qingpi who was climbing up, the sharp blade came out through the brain, the dull Qingpi With a snort, already dead, Li Shuchun quickly pulled out the dagger, and Qingpi's body hit the ground heavily, stirring up a cloud of dust.

Li Shuchun's chest heaved violently, panting heavily, feeling the blood rolling in his body, wishing to stab a hole in the sky with the dagger that was still dripping blood in his hand, the bitter days will never end, so let's end today!

This scene that happened in an instant stunned everyone, and no one thought that someone would kill someone on the spot.

A shout from the crowd broke the short silence: "Kill these bastards!" Li Shuchun could distinguish the voice of Zhang Laosan.

The depression accumulated by generations of people who were impoverished and lacked food and clothing was evoked with this shout, and more than a hundred soldiers of the guard shouted loudly and rushed towards these green skins from all sides, hitting them with their fists and kicking them with their feet. Kicking, biting, headbutting, in the blink of an eye, the few living people who were still shouting and provoking just now left only a few puddles of rotten flesh on the ground.

Surrounded by the crowd, Li Shuchun looked at the excited faces mixed with fear, longing, excitement, etc., with eyes full of hope, and felt the blood that was already burning in his body completely boiled up. .

His face was flushed, and he wanted to shout loudly, but his voice became hoarse and unpleasant: "Shangguan oppressed and cheated! The thieves insulted and beat! The family is short of food and clothing! There is no way for the poor to survive in the world! Those who have the guts to follow me and kill that dog eunuch!" Kill them together!"

"Kill that eunuch dog!"

"I'm going to fight today! At worst, I'm going to die!"

"Brother Li, I will follow you!"

"Kill Chen Hongzu together!"

"Yes, kill that dog thief who drank the blood of soldiers!"

"Let's go! Let's go!"

"I know where that puppy is! I will lead the way!"

Holding a dagger in his hand, Li Shuchun strode forward, and the crowd parted. When he got to the front, everyone cheered and followed closely behind. The young soldier who volunteered to lead the way walked side by side with Li Shuchun, indicating the direction as he walked. .Those who are interested, pick up shovels, wood, stones and other objects on the side of the road as weapons and hold them in their hands.

Hundreds of people surrounded Li Shuchun and strode forward. The soldiers of the guards who were working on the various construction sites they passed stepped forward to inquire. When Hou Dingguo arrived, no matter if they were Zhongwei or Huanglingwei, some bold people also joined the queue. The original team of more than 400 people quickly expanded to as many as [-] people.

The folk men on the construction site also stopped their work, pointing and talking to this group of people. They didn't know why, and they just took advantage of the chaos to take a breather and rest for a while.

Because Longxing Temple was the most important part of this renovation, Hou Dingguo spent most of his time here. Strictly speaking, he was diligent and conscientious, so he was praised by his godfather many times.

Only he knows the truth. The reason why he often patrols the construction site is that he likes the feeling of being in control of everything.

With more than a dozen men with swords and sticks, wherever they go, whether they are civilians or those thieves and military households, they will fear and avoid them when they see them. The entourage stepped forward to show off their prestige.

Hou Dingguo likes to see the untouchables howling and begging for mercy under the sticks the most. This feeling of holding the power of life and death in his hands makes him intoxicated. Sometimes if he doesn't beat a few untouchables a day, he feels that something is missing in his heart.

The matter of instructing his subordinates to beat shopkeeper Xu to death last time has long been forgotten by him. In his eyes, there is only one godfather. The godfather was sent by the palace to represent the emperor and the supreme existence. As a godson, he Naturally, he has to appear in front of the ants with a posture of looking down on all living beings. At the age of 16, he has long forgotten that he is also from a poor family. It was not until he entered the palace as a servant at the age of ten that everything changed slowly. During the difficult years, he subconsciously chose to forget them.

Hou Dingguo was extremely annoyed that the owner of Li's firm abandoned his home and fled, which meant that he would lose a lot of income.

Originally, he thought that the lion would open his mouth to scare the other party first, and then the firm would ask everywhere, and finally present a sum of money to him. Just find some wood and put it on top.

I didn't expect that the owner was very violent. He would rather close the store and go out of business than spend money to buy peace.When the [-]-day deadline was up, he sent someone to the firm to collect the money, but he got the most unexpected news. After asking around, he learned that the owner of the firm might have fled back to his home in Nanjing, which made him both angry and helpless. .The guarding eunuch in Nanjing is much higher grade than his own godfather, and his small body can't make waves in Nanjing.

Mrs. Li left and Mrs. Zhang, I don't believe that other people can leave their families and flee to other places!

Next, Hou Dingguo did the same thing, found several large and small shops dealing in wood, stone, raw lacquer, etc., and blackmailed them one by one, and the result made him very satisfied.

After all, not everyone is as well-connected, bloody, and self-respecting as Li Shiqun. Most of the merchants are ordinary people who keep their own place.

Eunuch Xiaohou has gained a lot during this period. In addition to donating a share to Yang Ze, he has also accumulated nearly a thousand taels of foreign money. Although it is far from what he expected, it is still a lot of money. wealth.

When Hou Dingguo was thinking about how to increase his income, he never expected that a murderous disaster was quietly approaching, and the ill-gotten gains he had exhausted through all his efforts would eventually turn into numbers on the merits of others.Hate the yearly deposit line bitterly, and make wedding clothes for others!

Hou Dingguo, who was sitting and drinking tea in a Dharma hall, was chatting with some of his subordinates and thinking about which other firm could squeeze out some oil and water, when he suddenly heard a loud noise coming from a distance, and the sound was getting louder and louder. Big, it seems to be coming to my side.

He put down his teacup, and was about to order someone to check it out, when the door suddenly opened from the outside, and an attendant rushed in in panic, Hou Dingguo reprimanded with a serious face: "Zhao Si, you bastard! Are there any rules anymore!"

Zhao Si couldn't care about anything else, he gasped and shouted, "Master, hurry up! There's a mutiny!"

When Hou Dingguo heard this, his face turned pale and his whole body became limp, let alone walking, he couldn't even stand up.

Seeing this situation, Zhao Si hurriedly stepped forward and called for help. A few people hurriedly set up Hou Dingguo and wanted to escape through the door.

These people are usually bullying others, and are used to bullying more than others. When they saw hundreds of shouting soldiers surrounding them, their usual prestige and courage disappeared, and they didn't care about their masters. Hou Dingguo, who was already paralyzed from fright, threw it on the ground, and then wanted to flee in all directions.

Before they could take a few steps, stones and bricks flew over like raindrops, and these people, including Hou Dingguo, were knocked down to the ground. The stone fist instantly turned them into puddles of muddy flesh.

Li Shuchun saw that the matter was getting worse, and he couldn't help it anymore, so he simply kept on doing nothing, and shouted: "Go to the Imperial Mausoleum Office, that bastard Chen Hongzu must be at Eunuch Yang's place! Everyone go together! We want to get back the one who embezzled us." Salary money! If not, we will send a letter to the thieves to lure them to attack again!"

(End of this chapter)