Records of the Lost Cases of Helaitang in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 242 Sesame Green Bean Official

"Hahahaha." A fine horse galloped past on the official road. The rider was a middle-aged nobleman dressed in black. He was dressed in fine clothes, with a crown and belt inlaid with gold and jade, and a seven-star sword hanging from his waist. He heard the howling of wolves and ghosts in the woods beside the road, so he threw off the stirrup and went into the woods to take a quick look. He must have seen this scene often, so he laughed wildly and said, "Soldiers catching robbers?"

Yang Xiaolian of Dongcun saw the man dressed like a warrior with a face full of arrogance, so he shouted, "Soldier, save me. My family are all good people, and this dog official wants to kill good people for credit."

The middle-aged man in black saw that General Liu was dressed in an impressive manner, and when he saw the officers and soldiers behaving like this, he immediately started laughing wildly, with a hint of ridicule in his laughter.

"You lunatic, why are you laughing at me?" General Liu scolded the man as he looked at him as if he was alone.

"You are just a small official, but you are just an official of the lower level. How can you be so powerful?" The man in black said sarcastically.

Liu Bazong was a military man, so he couldn't become a captain without being ruthless. He immediately signaled to his brothers, suddenly drew his sword, and in an instant, dozens of weapons were slashing at the man.

The rest of us couldn't bear to watch it, thinking that the man would be killed on the spot.

But then a white shadow flashed, and the man in black drew his sword diagonally, and flew into the air like a ghost. The sword flashed, and in an instant a team of soldiers had their throats cut. Some of them didn't even have time to make a sound, and fell to the ground and died.

The rest of us had never seen such a bloody massacre before, and we were immediately panicked, but then we secretly felt lucky that our lives were saved.

The black-clad man killed people without hesitation with a wave of his hand. When the matter was done, he flicked his sleeves and turned back to see the families of Yu and Yang Xiaolian standing in the forest trembling. The black-clad man's eyes lit up and he laughed wildly, "What a pretty young lady."

The man stepped on his right foot and jumped to Yu's side. He grabbed Fu Niang with his left hand and a young girl from Yang's family with his right hand. He leaped up and jumped out of the woods. His moves were so quick and agile that in the blink of an eye he dragged the two girls onto the horse and galloped away.

I only saw that when Fu Niang was captured, her lips moved slightly, and she said something to me, and then she was driven away by the man in black.

I was in a state of confusion. When I came to my senses, I rushed out of the woods. There was no trace of the man and the rider, only a trail of dust.

I fell to the ground in shock, unable to move. I don’t know how long it was before I woke up from my daze.

It was already past noon and there was no one around. Yang Xiaolian's entire family had left at some point without him noticing.

Yu was stunned and didn't know what to do. He looked up to the sky and sighed, then ran towards the direction where Fu Niang disappeared. After running for a while, he fell to the ground exhausted, his heart was agitated, and he spit out a mouthful of blood.

"Ta-da-da-da." Two horses galloped past on the official road. The riders let out a cry of surprise, then turned around and galloped back, dismounting beside me.

"Brother Li, why are you here?" There were about twenty knights who dismounted from their horses. They were wearing maroon hero cloaks, looking dusty and having a sense of the underworld. They were actually Qian Xiucai, my classmate in the county school. Qian Xiucai's appearance had changed so much that I almost didn't recognize him.

"Shigu, where have you been?" Shigu is Qian Xiucai's courtesy name. Yu's eyes were filled with tears, and he and Shigu held hands tightly. Qian Shigu looked Yu up and down, and couldn't help but wonder: "Brother Li, don't rush to talk about me, tell me why you vomited blood first?"

Yu briefly described how the couple fled out of Cuihua Village overnight, encountered soldiers on the way, and the soldiers were tempted by the money and almost killed them as spies. The soldiers were also wiped out by a black-clad man who suddenly appeared. This black-clad man was not a good person either. He eventually abducted his wife Fu Niang and another refugee girl Yang and took them east along the official road. Yu's beloved wife was captured, and she was so angry that she spurted blood from her mouth and thought she was about to die.

The other knight walking with Qian Shigu was a young man in a light blue silk gown. He was full of vigor and vigor, but this was a stranger. He frowned and asked, "Is the man in black about forty years old, well-dressed, and wearing a seven-star sword on his waist?"

Yu nodded repeatedly.

"Xiao Chen, do you know where he came from? Feel free to tell us." Qian Shigu said.

"This man is probably the second in command under King Feishan, He Taisui from the Heavenly Sword Star." The young man said, "I once saw He Taisui fighting with someone. His sword skills were so amazing that no one could beat him."

Qian Shigu introduced that the young man who was traveling with him was named Chen and was a comrade in his militia.

It turned out that on that day, Scholar Qian gathered all the county students to write a joint letter, advising County Magistrate Pu to give up the idea of ​​blowing up Feishan. However, County Magistrate Pu stripped him of his title and beat him with more than ten boards on the charge of inciting the students. After that, he recuperated at home.

Not long after, the county town was in chaos, the bandits were pressing forward step by step, the officers and soldiers were defeated step by step, and soon the officers and soldiers could not hold the county town, and County Magistrate Pu handed over the people of the city to the rebels for nothing.

Jiangning was originally a large county with many local tyrants. Since they could not rely on the soldiers, they spontaneously formed a militia to protect themselves. Fortunately, Qian Shigu's injury had healed by then. He had learned a few martial arts and swords since he was a child, and his family had a lot of property, so he joined the militia.

When the bandits entered the county town, the military advisor issued a notice to reassure the people, saying that they were not roving bandits but the vanguard of the new emperor, Prince Yuzhang, who had already established a reign title in Anqing and was about to ascend the throne. They were also subordinates of General Pingnan Zuo Jiezi, who was personally appointed by the new emperor, and their military discipline was also good.

Unexpectedly, Prince Yuzhang was not a good fighter and was defeated before he even reached Nanjing. The people were delighted to hear the news, thinking that there would be peace from now on. The left wing of General Pingnan in the county had no external support and would surely surrender to the government soldiers or flee in disarray soon.

Unexpectedly, the situation developed in a bizarre direction. General Zuo Jiezi of Pingnan was so arrogant that he proclaimed himself king and deployed his main forces in the Feishan area. The people then called him the King of Feishan.

The remnants of Prince Yuzhang also came to surrender, and for a time, King Feishan could be said to have a strong army.

Today, Qian Shigu and Xiao Chen are heading to Feishan to pick up their companions in the militia who are undercover under the command of King Feishan.

Shi Gu asked Yu if he could still move. If he could move, why not ride with him? After reaching Feishan and meeting his companions, they would ask Yu's wife Fu Niang whether she had been kidnapped by Tianjianxing He Taisui and taken to the mountain, and then try to rescue her.

I agreed with him deeply, and struggled to mount Shi Gu's saddle, whipped the horse and set off. Fu Niang, even if I have to travel through thousands of mountains and rivers, I will find you.