The Republic of Heroes

"Xiaoliang, why did you come here in the middle of the night? What happened? Go, go, talk inside the room, it's cold outside." While talking, he dragged Wu Xiaoliang into the house.

My cousin's family is obviously not rich.On the south side of the house is a big kang, which is so dark and bright.In the middle of the floor was a simple table nailed with wooden boards, on which were placed some miscellaneous things.There is a yellow clay stove built against the wall, and the fire inside has been exhausted long ago.

"Uncle——" just as the words came out, Wu Xiaoliang couldn't help but choked up, and Wu Xiaoliang was secretly surprised that he was easily emotional and angry after time travel.The edges and corners that were smoothed in the previous life seemed to return to their original shape overnight.He briefly talked about his experiences these days.

After listening to Wu Xiaoliang's narration, my uncle rubbed his forehead.

"Why is this big tiger still tied up with Sifangding?"

Speaking of Wu Xiaoliang's cousin, there is quite a bit of history.My cousin's name is Liu Yuzhu. When he was young, he traveled to the west of Liaoxi and worked as a flower tongue under Wu Sansheng.Later, Wu Sansheng voted for Du Lisan, a tycoon, and his cousin followed suit, and lived a good life for a while.In the last years of Guangxu, Du Lisan was trapped and killed by Zhang Zuolin, and the remaining trees fell and the monkeys scattered, and his uncle returned to his hometown.Because of his beard, he was not good at farming skills, so he had to rely on his parents for food. In addition, he made friends with mostly rascals. Over time, he got a reputation of being idle and idle, and he was still a bachelor in his thirties.But because of the great popularity, the brothers on the road still remember the character "Old Zhuzi".

"Xiaoliang, Li Zhenqing is a hero, and he is famous for being cruel and ruthless in Taoism. You are proud to befriend him, but luck and disaster are unpredictable. How do you want my cousin to help you?"

"Cousin, the reason I came to pick up the official office is to help Brother Li get rid of Zhang Dahu, the villain."

Liu Yuzhu stroked his beard under his jaw.

"There is one way, that is too dangerous. I wonder if you have the guts?"

"My cousin just talks, since Xiaoliang is here, there is no reason to back down."

Liu Yuzhu saw that Wu Xiaoliang was so determined.It's strange in my heart, my cousin has always been reckless and impulsive, but today he behaved like a different person, he couldn't help but secretly happy.

"It's also a coincidence. A few days ago, Zhang Dahu asked me to find some reliable and knowledgeable people for him to use as his servants in the courtyard. I think you will take this opportunity to sneak in, and then cooperate with your brother inside and out. How about it?"

Wu Xiaoliang was overjoyed when he heard this.

"Cousin, this is the best. How about going tomorrow?"

Liu Yuzhu nodded and said: "No hurry, no hurry. It's serious to bring some of your friends home first. Otherwise, those who stay outside in the cold winter without freezing to death will have to pay half their lives go out."

As he said, Liu Yuzhu shook out a big cotton jacket from the corner like a magic trick, put on a cotton Ula and put on a dog fur hat.

"Xiaoliang, lead the way. Let's go back quickly."

Wu Xiaoliang took Liu Yuzhu back to the east of the village, and connected with Li Zhenqing according to the agreed signal.Liu Yuzhu's eyes lit up when he saw a few people with murderous looks and Russian-made foreign guns on their backs, as if a cat that had been hungry for a long time smelled salted fish.

"Old Zhuzi, I've heard about all the big names in Sifangding for a long time. It's a great honor to meet you today." Halfway through the speech, I glanced at Li Zhenqing: "This is Li Zhenqing, the big boss? It's a great honor to meet you!" Li Zhenqing saw that Liu Yuzhu hurriedly returned the salute: "Don't dare to do it, don't dare to do it..." Before Li Zhenqing finished speaking, Liu Yuzhu grabbed Li Zhenqing's arm and put on a household routine, babbling endlessly.

Wu Xiaoliang couldn't laugh or cry at Liu Yuzhu's behavior.My cousin is about to become a fan of beards, and I have to choose a time to chase stars.So he urged Liu Yuzhu to bring everyone into the village as soon as possible.It's not good to be discovered by Zhang Dahu's cub after a while.

Only then did Liu Yuzhu say yes again and again, and looked at the people with long guns and short guns.

"It's better for the elders to bury their guns outside the village for the time being, and tuck up the short guns, so as not to encounter night watchmen."

Li Zhenqing thought it made sense, so he asked everyone to bury the spears deep in the snow, wipe off the traces, and tuck the cannon box into the skirt of their clothes.

Liu Yuzhu led everyone to the house, and as soon as he entered the village, he saw a bright light at the intersection in front of him.Everyone felt bad, and it was too late to escape.

"Stop! What are you doing in front?" Then the bolt of the opposite gun was heard rattling.

Liu Yuzhu didn't panic, stepped forward and shouted: "It's me, your Uncle Zhu. Second boy, put away your bag, don't scare the distinguished guests."

Hearing that the person from the opposite side was Liu Yuzhu, he immediately took away the old foreign gun and ran over in a few steps

"Uncle Zhu, it's you who is old." He took out a foreign cigarette in his arms and handed it to Liu Yuzhu.

"Honor your old man." He took out a match and lit the foreign cigarette.Liu Yuzhu squinted his eyes and took a breath, then laughed and cursed:

"Little bastard, you are promising, and you still have this foreign product."

The two children had a good time, and said flatteringly:

"Ye Ta Zhang Da is the head of the family. You always think it's good. You can take all this bag for the second son."

Liu Yuzhu waved his hand

"No need, your Uncle Zhu is not used to this kind of foreign cigarettes. This black light is blind, and it's almost enough to go around twice. Come back home and have a drink." After speaking, he led a group of people back home.The second child didn't stop him with his old cannon, and walked out of the way with a smile.Seeing everyone walking away, he started to patrol the night in three steps and two steps, without asking the group's names at all.

After this, Wu Xiaoliang put away his contempt for his cousin.

At noon the next day, according to the plan they discussed the night before, Liu Yuzhu called the second child who met last night.Ask him to take Wu Xiaoliang to Zhang's house, saying that Zhang Dahu asked him to find someone to find him.As soon as they entered the house, the second child came forward, Uncle Zhu was long and Uncle Zhu was short.

"Second child, the person whom the master entrusted your Uncle Zhu to find, has been found."

Turning around, he said to Wu Xiaoliang, "San'er, I met your second brother."

Wu Xiaoliang also saw the opportunity quickly, and stepped forward to bow again and again.

"Little brother Liu San'er, I met my second brother."

The second child flashed quickly and came up to support Wu Xiaoliang.

"What about the second brother and the second brother, we will be brothers from now on, just call me the second child." After a few gossips, he got up and left.

Wu Xiaoliang followed behind the second child. These two children are in their early twenties, but they seem to be well-rounded masters. I don't know if he has seen their identities?

"Second brother, I don't understand anything when I first came here, and I will have to rely on my second brother to take care of me in the future."

The second child didn't look at Wu Xiaoliang, and walked forward on his own, "Don't worry, follow Zhang Dazhang to ensure that you will eat well and drink spicy food."

The words were neither soft nor hard, Wu Xiaoliang felt the interest and kept silent.When they arrived at Zhang's compound, the second child put Wu Xiaoliang in the gatehouse and entered the house.Wu Xiaoliang, who was left on the sidelines, felt uneasy, on the surface he was still like a fool, he was fresh about everything.

After a while, someone finally called Wu Xiaoliang in.The visitor led him to the third courtyard and the main room, where a short and thick man was sitting in the hall, holding a chicken leg in his hand, his mouth dripping with oil.Wu Xiaoliang saw that no one was introducing him, so he hurried forward a few steps and bowed again and again.

"Liu San'er has met Zhang Dachang."

"How old is this year? What have you done?"

Zhang Dahu licked the chicken fat on his hand and asked casually.

"Back to the head of the big family, the young one is seventeen this year, and has been farming at home with his parents, but he can read a few words."

Zhang Dahu tore off a piece of meat from the chicken leg, and was choked when he heard that Wu Xiaoliang could read. He swallowed for a long time before getting over it, and quickly picked up the big porcelain bowl and gulped a few mouthfuls of cold water.

This big tiger loves to listen to books on weekdays. The storyteller said that heroes in ancient times respected scholars the most, so he often compared himself with those heroes from ancient times to the present.Today, I can't help being very happy to hear that the man in front of me is literate.

"Mother Bazi, you can read and write, stay, stay." After saying that, another man who led Wu Xiaoliang in

"Go, clean up the east chamber of the second courtyard, and let San'er live in it." Pointing to Wu Xiaoliang again

"Go with him, pack up the house and rest, and come to see Lao Tzu tomorrow."

Wu Xiaoliang pretended to be grateful, and thanked the head of the family again and again before turning and leaving.Everyone in the house was stunned by Zhang Dahu. A country boy was actually assigned to the East Wing of the Secondary Courtyard, which only his confidantes could live in.

Wu Xiaoliang thought to himself, this big tiger really lives up to its name, it looks like a tiger.

The man led Wu Xiaoliang to the East Wing. The so-called East Wing actually merged the original East Wing to create four independent houses, each of which was occupied by people. Afterwards, he explained a lot of things, and called a few sons, and ordered They picked a room to clean.Jiang Hei Tian finally finished his busy work, Wu Xiaoliang thanked him, sent him away, lying on the kang weary, just as he closed his eyes, he heard the sound of horseshoes outside, followed by the sound of hurried footsteps.

"Second Master, quickly take me to see Master Zhang. Master Wolf told me that he must meet the old man tonight."

After a while of searching, a voice said cheerfully:

"The people of Lord Wolf on Jinchuan Street are naturally distinguished guests. I'm going to report to the master right now. You wait here for a while."

Wu Xiaoliang felt that this person's voice was familiar, but couldn't remember who it was, so he lay on the crack of the door and looked out. The person who came was Du Biao, the elder brother of the neighbor Du's family, Du Juan's elder brother.

Du Biao rubbed his hands in the yard while turning around, and looked at the third courtyard from time to time.After a quarter of an hour, the second child came out and led Du Biao into the courtyard.

Seeing Du Biao who shouldn't be here, Wu Xiaoliang became more and more confused, and vaguely realized something, but still couldn't grasp the clue.It was already dark, he saw that there was no one outside the door, so he quietly pushed open the door and entered the courtyard, then went around the back of the house, touched under the courtyard wall of the third entrance, put on his feet, and turned over lightly with all his strength, seeing There was no one around, and the cat sneaked to the window of the main room, and vaguely heard Zhang Dahu's giggling laughter from inside.

Du Biao whispered: "Master, this is just a deposit. The second master said that there will be a big thank you after the matter is completed."

A burst of laughter quickly covered up Du Biao's voice: "Damn it, what a fool, if you kill the second child of the Wu family, the second wolf will give me a hundred dollars."