Pirate Song

After the shopkeeper of the gambling shop settled Xing Tutou's money, he didn't let a fart go. He packed his bags and took people back to the city. He didn't even participate in the rest of the fist fight. Huaiyuan couldn't stop laughing, and finally let the guy who runs the casino bleed a lot. Let's see if this guy dares to take this opportunity to make money in the future.

Dong Qiang was obviously very displeased with this failure. Gaojiazhuang took away the top names of the two groups, which made him very unacceptable, so he went to the Gaojiazhuang Bow and Arrow Club, found Zhou Jun and said, "This strong man , would you like to compete with Dong on the stage?"

Zhou Jun smiled slightly, cupped his fists and said, "Sorry, I'm not good at punching and kicking, so I won't be with Brother Dong! I won't participate in the next game!"

Originally!Winning two group titles in a row is enough glory. Zhou Jun knew that Gao Huaiyuan valued group competitions, not individual competitions, and he didn't want to show his sharpness too much. According to Gao Huaiyuan's instructions, he took the initiative to Abandoned the contest of boxing and kicking.

Dong Qiang stared blankly, originally he wanted to get Zhou Jun to save face with fists and kicks, but he didn't know that he stopped playing, so he didn't do anything this time, he couldn't hold Zhou Jun to fight on the spot!

"Since that's the case, Dong will come to ask for advice another day!" Dong Qiang turned around and left angrily.

"Zhou is waiting for Big Brother Dong!" Zhou Jun really has the fiery temper of some young people. Seeing Dong Qiang's dissatisfied face, he said to his back.

After the competition has reached this level, the rest is the competition of fists and kicks. Those martial arts practitioners among the people are all gearing up to show their face on stage, and go to the registration office to sign up and wait for the lottery.

Just as Gao Huaiyuan was busy arranging the next lottery draw, a man suddenly came running from a distance, his expression seemed to be very flustered, and he was out of breath. He separated from the crowd and squeezed towards the stands. Soon they squeezed under the stage and wanted to go up to the stands.

But he was immediately stopped by the yamen servants in the audience. Everyone didn't notice him at first, and continued to stretch their heads and waited excitedly to look down at the more intense fighting ring. The county magistrate, Gao Huaiyuan and others reported: "My lords, something serious has happened! Jinjia Village in Zhashan Township was attacked by lake robbers last night. More than [-] people in one village were killed. The villagers came to report to the authorities!"

Everyone who was still interested in it was shocked when they heard about it. Zhaoshan Township is also the boundary of Daye County. Rarely, how could they ignore such a major event, so the preparation for the lottery just now was also put down.

Liu Zhixian immediately approached the head of the household who came to report to the police, and after a detailed questioning, he found out that a daughter-in-law of a family in Jinjia Village was washing clothes by the lake two days ago, and two lunatics wanted to molested her. In the end, people in the village realized that they chased and beat one of them, and seriously injured one of them. Unexpectedly, these two lunatics turned out to be lake robbers, and the lake robbers retaliated and killed dozens of people in Jinjia Village. , and abducted several young women from the village.

"What should I do! Captain Gao, look at what happened this time..." Liu Zhixian stomped his feet anxiously, lost his mind for a while, and asked Gao Huaiyuan.

"Your official understands, it seems that this competition can only be stopped, I will immediately make arrangements for everyone to disperse first! The Lake Pirates are really hateful, this time I must let them see what is called a king. No way!" Gao Huaiyuan immediately replied, for such a group of villains who harmed the people, he had long wanted to find trouble with them, but some time ago these guys didn't commit any crimes, and he didn't have the ability to find them. Naturally, he would not stand by and watch such a major event, so he immediately decided to stop this contest and concentrate on dealing with this matter first.

Everyone was a little dissatisfied with the sudden termination of the martial arts competition by the county government. They felt that they hadn't enjoyed themselves enough. Give up, the onlookers dispersed with regret.

And those brave folks who are going to fight can only do so, and their personal qualities have improved a lot.

And the township braves from all townships also knew how to line up. When they ran to Jinjia Village, although they were exhausted, their respective teams hadn't run away. This is a huge improvement!

When Liu Zhixian came down from the sedan chair rubbing his sore waist, Gao Huaiyuan also turned over and jumped off the yellow puma. From far outside the village, someone knelt on the roadside and cried for injustice, and there was even more wailing in the village.

Gao Huaiyuan ordered Xiangyong and the archers to rest on the spot outside the village. He only brought Wu Zuo and Xing Butou to protect Liu Zhixian and entered the village. As soon as everyone entered the village, they were immediately shocked by the sight before them. Jinjia Village is a small fishing village, with only about [-] households in total, but when they entered the village, they found dead bodies everywhere. Some survivors immediately caressed the corpses and cried bitterly when they saw the people from the government coming over. , crying and begging the government to make decisions for them and avenge their dead relatives, and some people rushed to stop Liu Zhixian's feet, crying and begging Liu Zhixian to save their daughter back.

Where has Liu Zhixian seen this scene before? He smelled the bloody smell still permeating in the air, and felt a little nauseous, but he didn't make a fool of himself on the spot. He barely suppressed the disgusting feeling, and raised his hand and said, "This officer has already arrived. Everyone, stay calm and don't be impatient, and after the investigation with the official, I will definitely give you justice! This time, the county captain Gao Xian has brought troops here, don't worry, everyone, he will avenge you!"

After a long period of reassurance, they began to inspect the scene of the massacre. Gao Huaiyuan walked slowly in the village, lowered his head to inspect the corpses lying on the ground, and became more and more angry as he looked. Among them, it can be said that there are men and women, old and young. Among them, only a few young people threw hatchets, harpoons and other things around them. It was obvious that they were trying to protect themselves when the lake robbers attacked, but it was a pity. Suddenly, with insufficient manpower and no one to lead them, they were killed by the Lake Pirates, and the rest of the men, women, and children were basically injured in their backs. Obviously after the night incident, they tried to escape, but they were killed by the Lake Pirates from behind. killed.

This kind of situation can be said to be an inhuman massacre, just to vent their anger. The fishermen have a very hard life, their families are relatively poor, and they have nothing to make money. Gao Huaiyuan was so angry that the veins on his forehead twitched at the miserable end, and he wished he could find those lake robbers immediately and slaughter them all before he could relieve his anger.

Gao Huaiyuan almost couldn't bear to look at the next survey site. Two of the families were killed by the lake robbers. The mistress of one family was lying naked on the bed, and the lower abdomen was cut open by the lake robbers with a knife. , her head was also chopped off and rolled under the bed, apparently killed by the lake robbers before she died. In front of the house, the appearance is appalling, which shows how cruel the lake pirates are, and also shows how inhuman they are!

Such a scene filled the accompanying people with righteous indignation. Although they would sometimes do things like make things difficult for the people and extort money from time to time, they couldn't see such a scene. He wanted to settle accounts with the Lake Pirates.

Liu Zhixian's face was pale, and the head of the household in the village invited him to a clean place to sit down and rest, and served him tea. Lao Lei told about what happened the night before. Even the head of the household was ransacked by the lake robbers this time. The son of the family was also killed by the lake robbers.

Gao Huaiyuan came over and listened carefully to the head of the household's account of the situation again, and after inquiring in detail, he finally understood the matter completely.

It turns out that the lake pirates in Niangzi Lake have a long history. In the early years, these lake pirates were not too cruel. Most of them were just some fishermen along the lake. Occasionally, they would do some illegal work and rob money in the name of ferrying in the lake. However, the harm to these fishermen along the lake was not serious, but gradually as they gradually developed, these lake pirates became more and more arrogant, and gradually became more harmful to the common people around Niangzi Lake, especially Two years ago, it was rumored that there was a person surnamed Jiang among the lake pirates, and the lake pirates became more and more rampant. Taking advantage of the geographical advantages of Niangzi Lake, they did evil on the lake, causing harm to one side, and constantly harassing the surrounding villages and towns. They also often blackmailed the people along the lake, saying that Niangzi Lake was their territory and required fishermen to pay them fish tax, which made the fishermen in Niangzi Lake miserable.

But this time, the incident was caused by the righteous indignation of the young people in the village. As a result, they inadvertently hurt the people among the lake pirates, which caused bloody revenge from the lake pirates. When the lake pirates attacked at night, the people in the village were not prepared. After hearing the news, the bloody young fisherman got up and tried to resist, but the result was that there were too many lake pirates, and they were quickly killed by the lake pirates. The bandits retaliated crazily, killed everyone they saw in the village, hacked everyone they met, and killed forty or fifty people in the small village overnight, which led to this tragedy.

"Old man! Let me mourn for a moment, it's not too late to cry when I come to ask you something!" Gao Huaiyuan heard the elderly head of the household crying and talking, and it took him a long time to get a general understanding, so he asked him to stay away for a while. Stop crying and ask in detail.

The head of the household finally stopped crying and nodded. Gao Huaiyuan then asked: "As far as you know, how many people are there in the Lake Pirates? Do you know where their lair is?" concern.

The old man shook his head and said: "The lake bandits have been rampant in the past two years. I don't know exactly how many people there are, but it is said that there are about 200 of them. As for the lair, these lake bandits live in no fixed place. They are everywhere around Liangzi Lake, and Niangzi Lake is at the junction of our Daye County and Jiangxia County, so they took a fancy to this advantage, but it is said that they should be in the area of ​​Yujiazui, which is about 30 miles away from here. It is a place to stay, but this is just hearsay by the little old man, few people dare to go fishing in that area, for fear of provoking them!"

What the old man said is right. Niangzi Lake is indeed the junction of Daye County, Jiangxia County and Ezhou. Safety, although Ezhou is the place where the garrison army is located, and there is also the garrison army and water army. There was not much trouble here before, but after the war between the Song and Jin Dynasties in the past few years, the government and the garrison army have focused on the Jiangbei battlefield In fact, the navy is also deploying defenses along the river, so they have no time to take care of these lake pirates. Even if they cause trouble, the government has no power to chase them down and can only let them make trouble, so that they are now rampant to this point.

Gao Huaiyuan frowned after hearing this, so he waved his hand to let the head of the household go out first, then turned his head and said to Liu Zhixian: "Master Liu, it seems that this time things are not easy to handle! There are a lot of lake robbers, and this The next official brought less than 200 people, and none of the lake bandits are familiar with this place, so if they want to wipe out this banditry in one fell swoop, they may be powerless!

But we can't let the lake pirates continue to be so rampant. After all, the common people here are also the people of the imperial court, so we can't let those lake pirates wantonly kill and harm the scourge. Otherwise, it will cause civil uprisings. If it is listed, there will be no peace in Daye County in the future!

And after the incident became serious, the adults and the subordinate officials could hardly absolve themselves of the blame, and they would not be punished for oversight and bandit suppression!Xiaguan thought that since we mobilized people to come here this time, we can't let this matter go anticlimactic!Otherwise, the local people will be disappointed!

Fortunately, the lake pirates are so rampant and ruthless that the surrounding fishermen hate them to the bone, but the hearts of the people are useless!The lower official thought, this time we might as well act a little more aggressively, and recruit some local braves from the bow and arrow club to search for the lake pirates along the lake. It is the best strategy to capture these lake pirates in one fell swoop. I don't know what Liu Zhixian thinks? "

Gao Huaiyuan analyzed the situation. Although he is not afraid of the lake pirates, he is not reckless either. With only his small staff, it is basically impossible to wipe out the lake pirates in such a big Niangzi Lake. If the lake bandits were so rampant that they came to fight him head-on, they might not be able to capture him in one fell swoop, so he wanted to call in more people to strengthen his strength, but Liu Zhixian had to do this kind of thing. Nod in agreement.

Sure enough, Liu Zhixian hesitated after hearing this, and said after a while, "I'm afraid this will be difficult! Although the lake pirates are indeed rampant and hateful, but the county is collecting grain taxes now, and people are needed to do these things. At this juncture, we must call A large number of township warriors came here. In addition to the difficulty of recruiting manpower, there are also consumption aspects. The food and salaries for the township warriors are problems. How can I raise so much money and food for you to suppress the bandits? The official also has difficulties!"

Gao Huaiyuan cursed inwardly, you dog official just keeps talking about money and food, and now the common people are being killed by bandits, you don't say much, but keep thinking about this matter, what a bastard!But thinking about it the other way around, Liu Zhixian does have difficulties. As a small county magistrate, he wants to launch a large-scale bandit suppression operation. It is really difficult for him to ask him to provide money and food to support such an operation. !

So Gao Huaiyuan thought about it for a while, and said to Liu Zhixian: "My lord is right, but from the point of view of this matter, I can't let it go. If we let it go on, it will be harmful and not beneficial to us. Long-term pain is worse than short-term pain, this time we must be ruthless and pull out these lake pirates!

As for the matter of money and food, Xiaguan has an idea, I don't know if the adults are willing to adopt it? "