Traveler Major League

Chapter 40 Attack and Expansion
There are red flowers blooming on the willows, Dujiazhuang, Dujiahe Bay.

Early in the morning, a man was walking staggeringly in the village, his right hand was still wrapped in a bloody cloth strip, he walked in a hurry, so when he passed a corner, he bumped into a woman wearing a red cloth scarf, The woman was knocked on all fours, and several eggs in the basket were also broken. The egg liquid was stuck on the bluestone board, and was sliding down, and she herself was in so much pain that she said "ouch, ouch". call out.

Seeing that the egg liquid was about to slide from the bluestone slab into the sand below, the woman had quick eyes and quick hands, and quickly blocked its path with her palm.

"Which kid who doesn't have eyes! My old lady can't eat eggs a few times a year, and she hit me like this?"

"Second Aunt?" the scolded man asked in an inquiring tone.

The woman raised her head, "Cun Baoer, it's you!" Her eyes were full of joy, but when her eyes moved to the bloody cloth strip in the man's hand, she couldn't help showing a worried look.

In the blink of an eye in her daze, the egg liquid slipped away from the edge of her palm, and fell into the sand with a "poof".

"Oh! My egg!" The woman sat on the ground beating her chest and stamping her feet, but she quickly remembered the man standing by, so she stood up and asked the man with concern, "Cunbao, why are you here?" Is it? The arm is still like this, but what happened?"

"Second Aunt, I'm here to join you! You don't know, yesterday a man who claimed to be the king's second-hand man, Mr. Liu, came to our village, and it didn't take long for the village to collapse."

"What? Lijiaao was broken by bandits? What about your mother?" The woman no longer cared about the injured egg liquid, her voice became hoarse, and tears rolled in her eyes, about to gush out.

When the neighbors heard the sound, they all exclaimed and asked, "What? Erniang? Li Jiaao was broken by bandits?"

"Oh, what a bandit you killed today!"

Seeing the misunderstanding, Li Cunbao quickly explained: "It's not a bandit, but a hero surnamed Liu led people to do it. He neither robbed food or livestock, nor killed innocent people indiscriminately. Instead, he distributed food, land and land to the poor. He said that his team was fighting to avenge us poor people! What a strange thing! When I left, I saw him burning the old man’s IOU!"

"What? Give you food, land, and wealth, and revenge for us poor people?"

"That's right! Master Liu said that he wants to fight the world for the poor! Second aunt, you don't have to pick up eggs. When Master Liu comes, he will give you enough to eat! There are not only eggs, but also big eggs." Pot-cooked pieces of meat! The head of Liu said that he will come to our Zhuangzi in the past two days to share the land, the wealth and the food!"

"Is there such a good thing? It's really blessed by the Bodhisattva!" The woman grinned, said this, and shouted to another woman passing by in the distance, "Oh, his second aunt, don't hurry, I Let me tell you, it’s terrible, Li Jiaao was ruined by a good man surnamed Liu, where the floating wealth was distributed and the poor people’s IOUs were burned. !"

"What? When did it happen?"

"Just yesterday, you see that the nephews of the second natal family all came to report the news, it's terrible, hey, his fourth aunt, listen to me, it's terrible, Li Jia'ao..."

Du's Mansion.

"Second brother, where is he? Where is he?" Du Delin, the owner of Du's Manor and the head of the village, asked as soon as he entered the door.

Du Dehai saw his eldest brother coming back, he hurriedly went forward and said, "Brother, I have asked Zhuang Ding to bring him here, it seems that Liu is really eyeing us!"

Du Delin handed the cloak he was wearing to the young servant who was waiting beside him, his eyes widened and he said: "The man surnamed Liu took advantage of the prestige of that boy Wang Er to destroy Zhaojiazhuang and occupy Majiazhai these few days, and now Went to Lijiaao and killed the whole family of Mrs. Li. This area is only occupied by our three villages, Dujiazhuang, Qiaoerkan, and Dongzhuangzi. It is no surprise that he is following us , but even if you come, give him some money and food."

While speaking, Du Delin picked up a hard bow hanging on the wall, pulled out the bowstring from the box, buckled the lower bow tip on the left ankle, crossed the bow belly with his right leg, and bent the bow upwards while holding the upper bow tip with his right hand. Then hang the string with the left hand, and use this method of looking back at the moon to wind the bowstring in one go.

Holding the bowstring with his right hand, he pulled it up with a full moon, put it back lightly and tried it twice before continuing: "If you are shameless, don't blame me for letting him taste the power of this hard bow."

"Elder Master, Second Master, people are coming."

With a report, the curtain was opened from the side, and a man with a bloody rag tied to his right hand came in.

"You are from Li Jia'ao? Why did you come to our Zhuangzi?" Du Delin Raba sat on an octagonal stool with his legs crossed, holding the hard bow that had just been stringed with both hands, and asked squinting.

"I'm Zhuang Ding from Lijia'ao, yesterday the man surnamed Liu led someone to occupy our Zhuangzi, and I couldn't stop him from the front, so I thought about coming here to my second aunt's house to recuperate." The man said. He untied the cloth belt on his right hand, and it turned out to be a knife wound, an inch and a half deep, which hadn't healed yet, and was as red as a child's red mouth.

Du Dehai quickly explained: "Brother, that's right, he has a second aunt who lives in our village. I asked about it, and it's true."

Du Delin was still unmoved and continued to ask: "How do you know that Liu is going to bring people to our three Zhuangzi to find trouble?"

"When I hurt my right hand, I hid at home and didn't dare to show my face. I also heard from my uncle that the man surnamed Liu wiped out the whole family of the old man, and even distributed the land in the village and the old man's property to those poor ghosts. He didn’t take any money himself, he said that he was a team fighting for the poor, and he was dedicated to fighting landlords and dividing the land!”

As soon as the man finished speaking, Du Delin stood up slowly, took two steps forward and grabbed his collar tightly and asked, "What are you talking about? Divide the fields and property?"

"Hey, yes, and burn the IOUs of the poor! The surname Liu said that in the future, he will only collect [-]% of the tax, and the land rent from the landlord to the tenant cannot exceed [-]%."

"What's your name? Did you tell anyone else what you said just now?" Du Delin clenched his right hand more and more tightly and asked repeatedly.

The man stammered and replied: "I, my name is Li Cunbao. I told the people in the village when I arrived in the village in the morning. What's the matter?"

"Bah, you scourge!" Du Delin kicked Li Cunbao's lower abdomen, and the pain caused Li Cunbao to collapse on the ground without even speaking a word.

Du Dehai waved his hand and told the boy to carry Li Cunbao out, turned his head and picked up the bow that fell on the ground, looked at Du Delin who was still furious and asked strangely: "Brother, why are you so idle?"

"Can I not be angry? That Li Cunbao came to our Zhuangzi in the morning and spread the news about the division of the land. Then how can we fight with Liu? Can those poor ghosts help us?"

"Then, big brother, what should we do now? That Liu man will come here at some point!"

Du Delin frowned and walked around the room twice, then suddenly raised his head and said: "Yes, you immediately send a message to Qiaoer Kan's second brother Qiao Erkan and Zheng Chengdong of Dongzhuangzi, and we will immediately gather the young men of each Zhuangzi, and then, then You go to appease that Li Cunbao, reward him with a penny, let him go back to Lijiaao, let us find out when the surname Liu will come, and we will kill them on the way."

"Brother, why don't we wait in the Zhuangzi to bring someone surnamed Liu. When the time comes, we stay in the Zhuangzi and the people from the other two villages charge from both sides. Wouldn't it be safer? We fight on the road, and I'm afraid they will all herd sheep at that time." gone."

"It's been rumored in this village that Liu came to us to divide the land and burn the IOUs, and he has gunpowder to blow up the door. When those poor ghosts see someone backing them, it won't turn the world upside down? This mess can't be solved. Well, our village has to be destroyed too. So we have to drag the strong men from the other two villages to fight on the road!"

"Okay, big brother, I'll make the arrangements now. It will be up to you to show off your magic!" Du Dehai didn't think too much, handed the bow to Du Delin and turned around to make arrangements.

(End of this chapter)