Jiangbei female bandits

Chapter 30 Who is the Traitor
Chen Nian and Lu Xiao had gone far away, so they couldn't hear the commotion behind them.Seeing that Chen Nian was just walking with a dull head, Lu Xiao guessed that she must be feeling uncomfortable when she heard about Qingfeng Village, so she hesitated for a moment, walked two steps forward and stopped in front of her, and asked, "What are your plans?"

Chen Nian looked calm, raised his head to look at him, and replied: "I'm going to find the men and horses in Qingfeng Village, and I also want to see how Ye Xiaoqi and Xiao Liu are doing. If I don't take a look, I won't feel at ease."

"Where to find it? South Taihang?" Lu Xiao asked, "Hasn't all the stockades been destroyed by the Jizhou Army?"

Chen Nian said: "Although the Jizhou army has broken the stockade, they may not stay there. Since Zhang Kuisu returned to the South Taihang with his people, and thought of dying with the officers and soldiers, he might return there."

Lu Xiao pursed his lips and thought for a while, then said, "Since you want to go back, I will accompany you."

"Thank you." Chen Nian said lightly, without any expression of gratitude on his face.Lu Xiao looked her up and down for a moment, then said, "Xie Chennian, your appearance has changed a lot."

Chen Nian smiled slightly when he heard the words, and said: "Every day goes by, who remains the same? I see that you have become much more pleasing to the eye. Your Chinese is getting better and better. If you dress up a little bit on your appearance, maybe No one recognizes that you are from the Xian family."

Lu Xiao frowned when he heard this, and said, "I'm fine, why did you pretend to be your Xia people?"

But Chen Nian said seriously: "You have to dress up, for the sake of convenience. Not only you have to dress up as a Xia, but I also have to dress up as a man."

That day in Feilongxing, she abandoned Qingfengzhai and Feng Junyang in public, how can she go back like this now?It's better to pretend to be someone else and go to investigate the situation of Qingfeng Village, and look for Ye Xiaoqi and the others.

Because he wanted to change clothes, Chen Nian went out of Taihang Mountain on purpose, found a bustling town in Jizhou, bought two new men's clothes, dressed himself as a young man, and dressed Lu Xiao as a middle-aged man. Chinese.Even so, Chen Nian still felt very dissatisfied, looked at Lu Xiao's face left and right, and sighed: "Unfortunately, I don't know how to disguise, so I can't change your face. Alas, the faces of the Xian family It would be nice if it was flatter, the eyebrows and eyes like this look good, but it's really hard to hide."

Lu Xiao silently grabbed the mirror and held it in front of Chen Nian, and asked her, "Do you think that if you dress like this, others won't recognize you as a woman?"

Chen Nian's appearance at this moment is different from half a year ago. At that time, as long as she didn't speak, she could still pretend to be a boy in men's clothes.But now, although she is a little taller than before, her figure is getting slimmer and slimmer, so that people can tell her gender at a glance.Not to mention that her face and facial features have also undergone subtle changes. She lost the roundness and cuteness of a young man before, but added a little bit of a woman's delicate charm.

Chen Nian stared blankly at the unfamiliar self in the mirror, but Lu Xiao seemed to have suddenly discovered something strange, he let out a soft "Huh", looked closely at her eyes, and asked strangely: "Xie Chennian, I can tell that your pupils are not pure black, but seem to have a faint blue color."

Chen Nian only took him as a joke, stretched out his hand and slapped his face away, and said angrily: "Your pupils are blue, one of your pupils is blue and the other pupil is green."

Lu Xiao shook his head when he heard the words, and said solemnly: "The pupils of our Buliugu clan hide gold, not blue or green, but pale gold. Look at it, it is pale gold."

Chen Nian leaned over to take a closer look, and sure enough, she saw a faint golden color in the depths of his pupils, she raised her eyebrows in surprise, and asked strangely: "It's really pale golden, is it like this for all of you Bu Liugu clan? "

Lu Xiao nodded: "Yes."

Chen Nian smiled with great interest, looked into his eyes carefully, and asked inadvertently: "The surnames of your Xian family are really weird, and there is even a Bu Liugu, so what's your name?" ? Bu Liugu Lu Xiao?"

"Bu Liugu Xiao," Lu Xiao corrected, "There is no Lu character, Lu is the Chinese surname chosen by my Bu Liugu clan, and Xiao is my name.

"Oh, that's it. It's really interesting that Bu Liugu is Lu instead." Chen Nian nodded slowly, pretending to have suddenly realized, and suddenly asked, "Which race of yours is Mu? surname?"

Lu Xiao didn't realize that he was tricked, so he replied without thinking, "Qiu Muling."

"Qiu Muling Zhanyue?" Chen Nian asked quickly without giving him time to think, "Then Mu Zhanyue's real name should be Qiu Muling Zhanyue, isn't it?"

"Qiu Mulingyue, his real name is Qiu Mulingyue." Lu Xiao said, he realized that he had been tricked as soon as he spoke, and was stunned for a moment, staring at Chen Nian without saying a word.Chen Nian smiled coldly, and said: "I can't see that my adoptive father is still from the Xian family. I wonder how he would know you from the Xian family. So he himself is. However, he is not very tall. Like you Xian people."

Seeing that she had seen through Mu Zhanyue's identity, Lu Xiao felt that there was no need to hide it anymore. After thinking for a while, he said, "He is not a pure Xian family. I heard that he has half of your Xia people's blood, so he looks younger. Somewhat like you Xia people."

"So that's how it is." Chen Nian looked up at Lu Xiao silently for a moment, and asked him, "Did my adoptive father go to Mobei?"

Lu Xiao didn't answer, but said, "I can't tell you this."

Chen Nian laughed when he heard the words, and said: "Don't tell if you don't tell, anyway, I don't want to find him, I just want to go back to Qingfengzhai." She said, got up and went back to the room to rest, before going out But he didn't forget to tell him, "Hey, by the way, don't shave these days. I think if you grow a beard, it might be able to block your face shape."

Although she still had a smile on her face, Lu Xiao could see that she was in a very bad mood and didn't want to provoke her, so he just nodded and said: "Okay."

The Xian family's hair was already thicker than the Xia people's, and even a fairly handsome young man like Lu Xiao grew a full beard in just a few days.Chen Nian took out the scissors and trimmed it for him again, covering most of his sharp-edged face, making him look like a big man with a square face.

Chen Nian was very satisfied with his craft, and said rather complacently: "I really have a talent for disguise, I should find a master to learn it."

Lu Xiao didn't care about what he looked like, he just casually glanced at himself in the glasses, and then threw the mirror back to Chen Nian.Chen Nian smiled and put the mirror in his bag.

At this time, the two of them had passed through Feilongxing and entered the South Taihang. Although they did not find anyone from Qingfengzhai along the way, they did hear some news.The officers and soldiers did not continue to pursue Zhang Kuisu and others, and the army returned directly to Qingzhou after withdrawing from the North Taihang.Chen Nian guessed that there might be something wrong with Jingyang in the northwest, so Xue Shengying hurriedly withdrew the army.She felt a little more at ease, and became more and more convinced that Zhang Kuisu and the others had returned to Qingfengzhai.

After walking for another two days, the two arrived at the foot of Qingfengzhai Mountain. After inquiring about Zhang Kuisu and the others, they really returned to the mountain.Chen Nian grew up here since he was a child, and he is very familiar with all the trails, so he easily led Lu Xiao around several secret posts in Qingfeng Village, and sneaked up from the trail behind the mountain.

This Qingfeng Village is originally divided into the front village and the back village. The front village is the Qingfeng village in the true sense, while the back village is the place where the family members of the village live together.However, in just a few months, the place has changed drastically. Everywhere you look is full of ruins and luxuriant grass, without any trace of the excitement and vitality of the past.Chen Nian traveled all the way as if he had arrived at a completely strange place. It took him a long time to find his small courtyard, but looking at the collapsed house and dilapidated courtyard, he was afraid to go in for a while.

Lu Xiao looked around and asked strangely: "This is Qingfeng Village? Why can't I see anyone?"

The smile on Chen Nian's mouth was a bit bitter, and he answered him: "This is the place where the family members in the village lived. If everyone is dead, the family will be gone too. Who would come here?"

As she spoke, she leaped into the yard, rummaged through the ruins for a while, only found a wooden hairpin that she had used before, wiped it carefully with a handkerchief, and put it carefully in her bosom.Lu Xiao has been silently following her. Seeing how much she valued an unremarkable wooden hairpin, he couldn't help but ask, "Have you used it?"

Chen Nian nodded, this hairpin was given to her by Ye Xiaoqi.At the beginning, Ye Xiaoqi fell in love with Xiao Liu, and secretly saved money for many days before buying a silver hairpin for Xiao Liu, but he was afraid that her "good brother" would pick up on gifts, so he also bought her a wooden hairpin by the way, and used it again. A sentence learned from the master fooled her, and it was euphemistically called: The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water.For this matter, she chased and chased Ye Xiaoqi halfway across the village, and in the end she ran errands for him and handed the silver hairpin to Xiao Liu.

Right now the wooden hairpin is still here, but I don't know if Ye Xiaoqi and Xiao Liu are still there.Chen Nian stood silently for a while, then turned his head and said to Lu Xiao, "Let's find a place here to rest for a while, and then go to the main village in front when it gets dark. It will be easier for us to do things."

Lu Xiao naturally had no objection, Chen Nian took him to find a house that was in good condition, the two of them didn't light a fire after they went in, they just took out the dry food and shared it, and they sat silently waiting for the dark.I don't know how long it took, seeing that the light in the house was completely dark, Chen Nian stood up from the low stool and said, "Let's go, let's go to the front village."

The two took off their outer robes to reveal the night clothes inside, and covered their faces with black scarves before they could come out of the house.A bright moon above his head leaped into the sky at some point. The two of them have been walking in the mountains these days, and they have completely forgotten the days. Chen Nian raised his head and glanced at the shining silver plate, and he couldn't help but pause. , whispered to Lu Xiao beside him, "What day is it today?"

Lu Xiao thought for a while, then hesitantly replied: "Like August [-]th?"

"August [-]th?" Chen Nian opened his eyes a little, and asked subconsciously, "It's Mid-Autumn Festival?"

Lu Xiao nodded and said, "Well, it should be the Mid-Autumn Festival for you Xia people."

Chen Nian couldn't help thinking of this time last year, when the village was bustling with activity, Zhang Kuisu held a banquet in front, and everyone, regardless of gender, age or age, gathered there, but Mu Zhanyue always disliked these things, not only did he not go , and restrained her from going.She sat in the yard angrily and refused to go back to the house. When she was so wronged that she wanted to cry, Ye Xiaoqi leaned against the wall and called her secretly: "Chen Nian, Chen Nian, come out and drink."

Before she could respond, something flew out of the room and hit Ye Xiaoqi on the head.Ye Xiaoqi let out a scream and fell down from the wall, so while she was busy running out of the courtyard, she turned her head and called Mu Zhanyue: "Father, father, Xiaoqi fell!"

Mu Zhanyue in the house still didn't move, but she was grabbed by Ye Xiaoqi just after she got out of the hospital, and ran to the back hill without looking back.The two ran up the mountain road in one breath, and they couldn't help laughing.Ye Xiaoqi faced the big swollen bump on her forehead, and shouted to her happily: "Hurry up, hurry up, Xiao Liu stole her father's wine and is waiting for us on the big bluestone behind!"

Those words seemed to ring in her ears, and she couldn't help but look back to the back mountain to see if Ye Xiaoqi and Xiao Liu were really there.While in a daze, someone pushed her beside her. She turned her head subconsciously, and saw Lu Xiao frowning at herself, asking, "Xie Chennian, what's wrong with you today? Why are you so dazed? Do you still want to go to the front village? ?”

Only then did Chen Nian come back to his senses, rubbed his sore nose, and said in a low voice, "Go, let's go."

Lu Xiao stood there without moving, looked at her silently for a while, and said, "Xie Chennian, if you feel really uncomfortable, you can cry."

"I'm fine." Chen Nian said, as if afraid that Lu Xiao would not believe it, he added, "Really, I'm fine."

After she finished speaking, she took the lead in striding towards the main village in front, and after a short distance, Lu Xiao caught up with her from behind, grabbed her hand without saying a word, and led her forward.His palm was dry and warm, and Chen Nian suddenly felt warm in his heart, and was about to thank him, but Lu Xiao said angrily: "Shut up, be careful of being caught."

Chen Nian couldn't help but smiled, and said in a low voice: "I know this place the most, you will definitely not be found if you follow me."

She led Lu Xiao around the guard post and entered the village without anyone noticing, and saw that although the houses in this village were dilapidated, they had obviously been repaired, which was much better than the ruined walls of the Houzhai.Lights were lit everywhere in the village, but apart from the occasional patrol team passing by, there were no other people in sight.The more Lu Xiao looked at it, the more strange he became, and he couldn't help asking Chen Nian in a low voice: "Where are people? Where have they all gone?"

Chen Nian was also secretly amazed, the surviving troops in Qingfeng Village, plus those who came to support from various rudders, there should be hundreds of people in the village at this moment, although it is not as lively as before, it shouldn't be so empty now of.Chen Nian thought for a while, and whispered to Lu Xiao, "Go further inside and see what's going on at the Loyalty Hall."

As soon as the words fell, another patrol team came here not far away.Chen Nian pulled Lu Xiao quickly into the side alley, whispered: "Follow me." She dragged him into the depths of the village quietly.The cottage was quite big, and the two of them walked around the house for a long time before they began to hear some chaotic human voices.

"In Loyalty Hall, the voice is coming from that side." Chen Nian whispered, pulled Lu Xiao to change the direction, and rushed towards Loyalty Hall along the secluded path behind the house.The closer you got, the louder the noise became, and when you got closer, you realized that there were more than a thousand people gathered in the open space in front of Loyalty Hall.

No wonder there are no people anywhere in the village, but they are all here!

Chen Nian and Lu Xiaoyue went up to a roof opposite the empty arena, leaned down and took a closer look at the situation on the arena, and saw that the empty arena was brightly lit, and a row of grand master chairs was placed on the high platform in the middle, Zhang Kuisu sat in the middle, the two On the side are the leaders of the village and the rudder masters of the sub-rudders. Everyone has a serious expression on their faces, and they sit there silently.

Compared to the silence on the stage, the audience was a bit noisy. Many people were whispering, not knowing what they were talking about.When Chen Nian was wondering, he saw someone running up from the stage and whispering something in Zhang Kuisu's ear. Zhang Kuisu nodded slightly, stood up, walked to the stage, and said in a loud voice: "Everyone! Brother, please be quiet for a moment, I, Zhang, gathered everyone here today because I wanted to find out the traitor who sold the cottage and show everyone, so as to avenge our relatives who died tragically in Feilongxing!"

He was full of internal energy, and his voice was so loud that it immediately suppressed all the chaotic voices in the arena.Zhang Kuisu paused again, and shouted in a deep voice: "Bring that traitor up!" After a while, two strong men dragged a heavily tied man up to the high platform, threw him on the ground, and reported to Zhang Kuisu : "Villager, the traitor is here!"

The crowd in the audience was silent for a while, and then there were bursts of exclamations, and someone exclaimed in surprise: "It's the second master, but it's the second master!" Some people couldn't believe it for a while, and couldn't help He yelled loudly: "How could the second master become a traitor? Did he make a mistake? How could he harm us?"

Chen Nian also saw clearly the appearance of the person on the stage at this moment, it was indeed Wen Fengming, the second head of Qingfeng Village.Although Lu Xiao met Wen Fengming in Feilongxing, he didn't know his identity, so he leaned into Chen Nian's ear and asked in a low voice, "Who is this person?"

"It's the second head of Qingfeng Village, Wen Fengming." Chen Nian answered him in a low voice.Although she had long been suspicious of Wen Fengming, she couldn't help being a little surprised when she first saw him in such a mess, and then she thought about Xiao Liu, thinking that since Wen Fengming has fallen to such a point, then Xiao Liu's situation is probably not optimistic .

Chen Nian hurriedly moved his gaze from the high platform to the crowd, trying to find Xiao Liu's figure.Unexpectedly, after searching around, they only saw a few young girls such as Ling Que, not only Xiao Liu, but also Ye Xiaoqi.

On the high stage, Zhang Kuisu stretched out his hands and pressed down slightly, and after everyone quieted down, he pointed to Wen Fengming and said loudly to the audience: "Everyone is right, it is Wen Fengming, the traitor, it is him Yang Gui, the general manager of Yangcheng in Qingzhou, leaked the route of our family members in the village, and Yang Gui secretly sent the news to Xue Shengxian in Jizhou, asking him to send officers and soldiers to rob and kill our family members in the village."

As soon as this remark came out, the crowd on and off the stage suddenly became angry.Thinking that the family members of Qingfengzhai were ambushed by Jizhou officers and soldiers in Feilongxing that day, from the old people down to the infants in March, except for dozens of young girls, all the rest were killed, the situation was really horrible.Many people's relatives died in the massacre in the audience. Hearing such news now, how could he endure it? Immediately, someone shouted to kill Wen Fengming.

Among the people sitting on that stage, there were three or four people who had good friends with Wen Fengming in the past, and they were all a little bit surprised when they heard this.The few people looked at each other, and one of the sub-rudder masters surnamed Shan stood up to stand up for Wen Fengming, and said to Zhang Kuisu: "Master, this matter is of great importance, don't blame the good man. How can you conclude that the Second Master is this traitor?"

When he asked this question, he also asked the hearts of many people in the audience. The court fell silent for a while, and everyone looked at Zhang Kuisu, waiting for his explanation.

Zhang Kuisu replied: "Although everyone knew that my family members in the village were going to move to the north, only a few people knew which way to go. If there were no spies among our own people, how could Yang Gui in Qingzhou get into trouble?" The news? This is one. Second, Jizhou officers and soldiers slaughtered all the family members in my village, regardless of age, but only the dozens of young women remained."

Having said that, Zhang Kuisu paused for a while for everyone to think about, and then continued: "It can be seen from this that the traitor must meet two conditions. One is that he needs to know the route of the family members in the village. It is he who has no other family members except a daughter, so he is not afraid of accidental injury by officers and soldiers."

The words have been said so clearly, most people in the audience have already understood, even those who are stupid and can't figure it out for a while, when the people around him explain a few words to him, they all come to their senses and said in surprise: "So that's how it is! "

Zhang Kuisu said again: "It is this Wen Fengming who meets these two points! He knew the route, and only one woman was saved by Jizhou officers and soldiers."

Everyone in the audience suddenly realized and nodded slowly.At this moment, I suddenly heard a woman shouting loudly from the audience: "The big master's words are wrong!"

The voice was so crisp and sweet that people could not help but follow the prestige, only to see a young man in green clothes and green hat coming out of the crowd.The young man pushed aside the crowd and walked up to the high platform, and someone in the audience recognized his identity, and couldn't help shouting loudly: "It's Wen Fengming's daughter!"

The person who came was Xiao Liu dressed as a man. As soon as she came on stage, Wen Fengming, who had been silent until now, suddenly became excited and struggled to stand up from the ground, as if he wanted to say something to his daughter, but his mouth was stuffed. He stopped, but couldn't make a sound.

Xiao Liu glanced at her father, although there was anxiety and concern in her eyes, but she didn't come forward to rescue him for a while, she just turned around and bowed to Zhang Kuisu, and said loudly: "Master Zhang, the two points you just said are reasonable, but my niece is here. There are still some objections, I wonder if the head of the family can allow my niece to talk?"

At this time, Zhang Kuisu couldn't say the word "no", so he just said in a cold voice, "What do you have to say?"

Xiaoliu said: "The boss said that the spies must be the ones who know the route of the family members. This niece has nothing to say. But the second point is not to agree. If the spy has no family members, wouldn't he act without any scruples?" ?”

Zhang Kuisu asked, "Then why did the Jizhou army keep those young women?"

Xiaoliu replied: "The officers and soldiers plundered property, and the young women left behind are of course sold as goods to earn taels of silver!"

Zhang Kuisu sneered, and asked again: "If it's just to earn silver taels, why did Yang Gui rush there overnight? As the head of Qingzhou City Guard, what kind of beauty can't be bought? Why did he rush to buy it at this time?" People? And I specially ordered you to report your names, clearly for the purpose of rescuing the spy's daughter!"

A lot of people in the audience immediately echoed, Xiao Liu panicked and didn't know how to refute. In a panic, he caught sight of Lu Rongfeng sitting on the stage, and suddenly remembered that he also only had one daughter, and he couldn't do it right now. After thinking about it, he hurriedly said: "Even if the big master is right, but it's not just my father who meets these two points!"

Lu Rongfeng, who was originally sitting on the far side, stood up when he heard the words, walked a few steps towards the middle of the high platform, and admitted frankly: "Yes, Lu does meet the two requirements mentioned by the head, but Lu has never If you don't believe me if you don't believe me if you have done something that is not ashamed of the stockade at all, you can just let him be tortured."

Since he said so, his only daughter, Lingque, also jumped onto the high platform and stood beside her father quietly.

Originally, Xiao Liu only wanted to get rid of his father's crimes, but he didn't want to involve his best friend, and felt uneasy in his heart, but when he turned around to see his father who was tied up next to him, he had no choice but to temporarily suppress this guilt in his heart. Walking over to help his father up, he took out the cloth roll stuffed in his mouth, and shouted: "Father!"

Wen Fengming seemed extremely annoyed, and scolded his daughter in a low voice: "You girl, since I told you to go, why are you coming back?"

With tears in her eyes, Xiao Liu said stubbornly: "If my daughter leaves like this, they will definitely think that I have escaped, and they will wrongly accuse you of being that traitor. Father, there are always judgments about right and wrong, and we can't let them talk about it with empty words." Such a false accusation!"

Wen Fengming couldn't help but heaved a long sigh, but his back straightened a lot.Suddenly two pairs of suspected father and daughter appeared on the stage, and everyone was wondering, but suddenly they heard Zhang Kuisu ask Wen Fengming: "Wen Fengming, do you know why I guessed that you are the traitor? Did it take you until now?"

Wen Fengming only smiled coldly when he heard the words, and refused to answer.

Zhang Kuisu said in a painful voice: "Since I came back from Feilongxing that day, I knew that the traitor was by my side, but you and I have been brothers for more than ten years. I dare not and don't want to believe that you are the traitor. You will kill all the people in the village." Hundreds of mouths were sent to the tiger’s mouth! I’m afraid I’ve wronged you, even if I found out that Yang Gui’s arrival in Qingzhou was similar to the time you entered our Qingfengzhai, even if I found out that you and Qingzhou have been secretly in touch with each other, I still don’t want to Believe that you are the traitor! I didn't have to believe it until you met someone again yesterday!"

When he said this, he waved his hand and told his relatives: "Bring him up and show Wen Fengming, so that he won't be taught that we have wronged him!"

As soon as the words fell to the ground, within a short time, Zhang Kuisu's cronies came up with a sack.The sack was so bulging that it was still shaking faintly.Lu Xiao on the roof in the distance only glanced at it, then leaned into Chen Nian's ear and whispered, "There are living people inside."

Chen Nian had already seen it, and nodded lightly when he heard the words, but for a moment he didn't know who Zhang Kuisu had caught, so he could be so sure that Wen Fengming was the traitor in that village.

The mouth of the sack was untied, revealing the man in black who was tied like a rice dumpling inside. Wen Fengming's expression changed immediately upon seeing it.This subtle change did not escape Zhang Kuisu's eyes, so Zhang Kuisu pointed to the man in black and asked Wen Fengming, "Do you recognize this man?"

Wen Fengming's face was slightly pale, but he said in a cold voice: "I don't know where the big boss found someone, so he asked me to identify him. Could it be that the big boss is going to frame me as a person because of such a person he doesn't know? Rape?"

Zhang Kuisu asked angrily, "You just met him last night. Brothers Liu and Zhao and I saw it with our own eyes. Do you still want to argue?"

After finishing speaking, two people stood up from their chairs in response, and said in unison: "Yes, we have all seen it, Wen Fengming has indeed talked secretly with this person for a long time."

Wen Fengming's expression was still calm, he only glanced at the two of them, and said with a sneer, "You two have always been at odds with me, so it's normal for you to bite me." He then turned his head to look at Zhang Kuisu, and said, " Well, so what if I know this person? Because of this, the boss is going to label me a traitor?"

Zhang Kuisu questioned: "Who is this person? Why did you meet this person secretly? What did you say to him?"

Wen Fengming already had calculations in his mind, so he wasn't afraid of him asking at this moment, so he replied: "Master, since you've reached this point, I'll tell you everything!" He said loudly, "Brothers, I do know the man in the sack, and I met him secretly last night. However, I didn't want him to deliver any news, I just entrusted him to take care of my little girl Ruoliu! That's right, I Wen Fengming is selfish, I only have this one daughter, I don't want her to follow me to die tragically in Qingfeng Village!"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone in the audience was very surprised.

Wen Fengming showed a tragic expression, and suddenly raised his voice again, and said loudly: "The family members in my village were killed and injured that day, who is not in pain? But everyone, turn around and look at us now. Zhaizi, look at the remaining brothers around us, those family members died in our Qingfengzhai! I don’t know if you have ever thought about why the Jizhou army slaughtered the family members in my village? Why did they want to kill all of my Qingfengzhai? My Qingfengzhai is here After staying in the Taihang Mountains for hundreds of years, we have always lived in peace with Qingzhou and Jizhou, how did we end up in such an incompatible situation?"

The audience was silent for a while, and suddenly someone shouted: "Xue Zhi! It's because you killed Xue Zhi!"

When he shouted like this, someone in the audience immediately responded, and when there was a clamor, someone shouted: "It was the master who killed Xue Zhi first, and the Jizhou army came to avenge Xue Zhi!"

The situation suddenly changed. The two leaders, Liu and Zhao, saw that Wen Fengming intended to incite the crowd in the audience. After looking at each other, they all rushed towards Wen Fengming. When they arrived halfway, they were caught by someone who had spoken for Wen Fengming before. Shan Ruozhu stopped him, and asked: "Why, under the watchful eyes of everyone, do you two want to kill someone?"

Leader Liu said angrily: "Wen Fengming is bewitching the crowd, how can he be allowed to talk nonsense!"

The single rudder master sneered, and said: "Whether it is to deceive the public with evil words, everyone can judge for themselves, the two brothers just listen to it for a while, what's the harm?"

The head leader Zhao was in a hurry, and wanted to attack the single rudder without saying anything, but Zhang Kuisu stopped him when he didn't want to.Zhang Kuisu's face was livid, and the veins on his head were throbbing, but he gritted his teeth and said, "Let him speak!"

With the protection of the single helmsman, Wen Fengming was not afraid, so he said: "I, Wen Fengming, was wrong before. I only wanted to be loyal to his brother Zhang Kuisu, so I covered up the crime for him. I don't want him You want to kill me to silence me, if that's the case, then don't blame me for telling the truth."

Immediately someone from the audience asked: "Second leader, tell me quickly! What's going on here?"

As soon as these words came out, Lu Xiao, who was hiding on the roof, couldn't help but sneered, and said in a low voice with Chen Nian: "Hey, it's time to answer these words, Wen Fengming clearly came prepared! Seeing that this master is too confused, it is likely to be tricked by others!"

Chen Nian has also seen that something is wrong. She has lived in Qingfeng Village for many years, and she has some understanding of the tempers of the several leaders in the village. Zhang Kuisu is a bold and righteous person, but when it comes to scheming and eloquence, he is by no means Wenfeng. Naruto's opponent.It's just that I don't know which of the two is the traitor and which is the loyal!Thinking of this, Chen Nian couldn't help but frown, paying more attention to the situation on the field.

Since someone came out first, many people in the audience urged Wen Fengming to speak quickly.Wen Fengming was not in a hurry to speak, instead he asked the crowd loudly: "Do you know why Zhang Kuisu wanted to kill Xue Zhi?"

Leader Liu stood up and answered for Zhang Kuisu: "This is a business that our village has taken over! Taking money from people to eliminate disasters, this kind of business has always been done in our village, and it's not the first time we have done it!"

Wen Fengming sneered coldly, and said: "We Qingfengzhai do a lot of business like this, but the only ones we kill are some people from the world, and we have never dared to assassinate people like Xue Zhi! I want to ask Mr. Zhang , how much benefit did Yang Cheng promise you, to teach you to disregard my interests in Qingfeng Village and the lives and deaths of all the brothers, and take the risk to kill Xue Zhi?"

Zhang Kuisu's body trembled slightly. He had been blaming himself for the destruction of Qingfengzhai's century-old foundation, but now Wen Fengming grasped the pain point and forced him to question him, and he couldn't answer for a while.On the other hand, Leader Liu, who was standing by the side, reacted faster, and hurriedly defended him, saying: "When I accepted the deal, no one would have thought that there would be such troubles later, and the boss was also careless for a moment, so he accepted the deal!"

"The boss was careless for a while? I don't think so!" Wen Fengming snorted coldly, and continued, "The brothers from the various branches may still know something, but we all know it. That day Mu Zhan The more we brought back Xue Zhi's head, none of us except Da Dangjia would have thought about it. When we returned to the village, how did Da Dangjia explain it to us?" He glanced back at the leaders and helmsmen on the stage, Ask one of the neutral leaders surnamed Jiang, "Brother Jiang, do you still remember?"

That day Mu Zhanyue handed Xue Zhi's head to Zhang Kuisu and left with Chen Nian.Because everyone didn't know about this before, they were shocked when they saw Xue Zhi's head. Zhang Kuisu explained to everyone that an enemy had paid a high price for Xue Zhi's head, so he asked Mu Zhanyue to assassinate Xue Zhi. .

Hearing Wen Fengming's question now, the head leader Jiang nodded and said: "That day the head said that someone in Jizhou had a grudge against Xue Zhi and offered a high price to buy his head."

At that time, Zhang Kuisu had indeed explained it to everyone in this way, and several leaders on the stage who knew the truth couldn't help but nodded.Wen Fengming turned his head to look at Zhang Kuisu, and asked in a cold voice, "Brother Jiang, is Brother Jiang right?"

Forced by the situation, Zhang Kuisu couldn't say anything else, so he nodded and said, "That's right."

Seeing that Zhang Kuisu had already entered the set, Wen Fengming was secretly delighted, and immediately asked again: "The person who paid for Xue Zhi's head is from Jizhou, and has nothing to do with Qingzhou Yang Cheng, and the big master has nothing to do with Yang Cheng." Contact, yes or no?"

Zhang Kuisu's chin was extremely tense, and he reluctantly replied, "Yes."

Wen Fengming laughed, pointed to Zhang Kuisu and said to everyone: "Everyone is here, but can you hear clearly? The boss said that he has no relationship with Yang Cheng!"

Chen Nian secretly said, "Wen Fengming led Zhang Kuisu to say this step by step, so he must have a plan!"Sure enough, Wen Fengming suddenly shouted loudly: "Ye Xiaoqi!"

Hearing this name, Zhang Kuisu's complexion changed drastically, and even his figure trembled slightly.Chen Nian was both surprised and happy, seeing Ye Xiaoqi, who had been missing before, suddenly walk out of the crowd, safe and sound, she couldn't help stretching out her hand to pull Lu Xiao's sleeve, and exclaimed in a low voice with some excitement : "Xiaoqi, it's really Xiaoqi, he has grown taller!"

Lu Xiao glanced at her lightly, and said, "I'm not blind, I saw it."

Ye Xiaoqi walked to the front of the stage, borrowed some strength from her feet, jumped onto the stage, ignored Zhang Kuisu, walked straight to Wen Fengming and the others, saluted and called, "Second Master."

Chen Nian suddenly guessed Wen Fengming's intention.Thinking back when her adoptive father took her out of Qingfengzhai, Zhang Kuisu secretly sent Ye Xiaoqi to give them the military badge with "Zhang Shiqiang" engraved on it, hoping that Yang Cheng would let them go out.Now that Fengming pointed out Ye Xiaoqi, he must use this matter to make a fuss!

Zhang Kuisu hadn't spoken yet, but the head leader Liu beside him said unfairly: "Well, you Ye Xiaoqi, it's a pity that the master treats you like a nephew, but you are so wolf-hearted and want to frame the master together with the thieves?"

Ye Xiaoqi's figure was much taller than before, and her voice was a little hoarse because of the change of voice. Hearing the words, he just said coldly: "I, Ye Xiaoqi, don't frame anyone, I just tell the truth!"

"Okay!" Wen Fengming praised, "What a good one who only tells the truth! Ye Xiaoqi, let me ask you, that day Mu Zhanyue left with his adoptive daughter Xie Chennian, and Zhang Kuisu secretly found you that night , What did I ask you to do?"

Ye Xiaoqi replied: "The master asked me to find Mu Zhanyue."

"What's the matter looking for Mu Zhanyue?" Wen Fengming asked again.

"The master gave me a military badge, which read: Zhang Shiqiang on the front, and Qing [-] on the back. The master ordered me to give this military badge to Mu Zhanyue, and told him that as long as he took the military badge, he would go to the Look for Yang Cheng and ask, 'Do you still remember the fellowship of our ancestors', Yang Cheng will let him pass."

As soon as Ye Xiaoqi said this, there was an uproar on and off the stage.Ye Xiaoqi spoke so clearly that he even said the words on the military plate, presumably there is such a thing.

Wen Fengming motioned for everyone to be quiet, and then said: "Everyone probably doesn't know who this Shiqiang is, and it took me a long time to find out that this person is the ancestor of the head of the family. The head of Qingfengzhai was originally The surname Xi was passed down to the fifth generation, because the old village owner had no sons, so Qingfengzhai was passed on to the only daughter. Zhang Shiqiang later married the only daughter, and Qingfengzhai took the surname Zhang from then on!"

Wen Fengming yelled at Zhang Kuisu and said, "Zhang Kuisu, you have been in touch with that Yang Chenggen. You were ordered by him to kill Xue Zhi to disrupt Jizhou, so that he could take advantage of it! It's a pity that although Xue Zhi died, Jizhou But there was no chaos. Not only did Yang Cheng not get any benefits, but instead he suffered retribution and died Fei Longxing, who also handed over Qingzhou City to the Xue family. The only poor thing is our Qingfeng Village. Poor pond fish!"

When everyone heard the words, they all looked at Zhang Kuisu in astonishment, as if they couldn't believe that Zhang Kuisu would do such a thing.

Wen Fengming asked sharply again: "Master Zhang, am I wrong?"

Although Zhang Kuisu's face was ashen ashes, he was silent for a moment, but he gritted his teeth and nodded, "That's right, Zhang Shiqiang is my ancestor. He was originally a member of the Jiangbei army. Later, he was unwilling to accept the imperial court's reward, so he settled in Qingfeng Village."

His response was beyond everyone's expectation, even Lu Xiao was very surprised, couldn't help but asked Chen Nian in a low voice, "Why did he admit it so easily?"

Zhang Kuisu's collusion with Yang Cheng can no longer be concealed, so it is better to admit it frankly than all kinds of sophistry, and perhaps there will be some turning points.Chen Nian was still staring at the high platform, and said in a low voice: "I see that he wants to die and reborn, but... I'm afraid it will be very difficult."

Sure enough, Zhang Kuisu said again: "However, I didn't kill Xue Zhi because of my own self-interest!"

Wen Fengming did everything possible to lead Zhang Kuisu into a desperate situation, how could he allow him to say the following words.As soon as Zhang Kuisu opened his mouth, Wen Fengming cut off his words loudly: "Zhang Kuisu! No matter what your reason is, everyone has seen it. Qingfengzhai was destroyed because of you, and everyone's parents and relatives were also killed." It's all because of your tragic death under the sword of officers and soldiers, not to mention anything else, just these two do you recognize or not?"

If it were a person with a more flexible mind, in this situation, even if what he said was true, he would definitely not admit it, but Zhang Kuisu was honest and upright, and he felt guilty and blamed himself because of these two things. When questioned, he answered with difficulty: "Yes, it is my responsibility."

Wen Fengming didn't give him time to think about it, and yelled again: "It's not just a responsibility, it's your sin! With these two things alone, Zhang Kuisu's death is not a pity! Just think about the men, women, old and young who died tragically in Feilongxing , Think about the brothers in the village who were hacked and killed by the officers and soldiers when the village was broken! Zhang Kuisu! If you still have the slightest conscience, you should apologize to all the brothers with death on this stage!"

Every word of these words was like a sledgehammer hitting Zhang Kuisu's heart, shaking his three souls and seven souls out of his body, and only the horrific pictures were shaking in front of his eyes: the man who was thrown at the bottom of the ditch The corpses of men, women, old and children, the stumped limbs cut off by officers and soldiers...

Yes, it's all him!It was he who caused Qingfeng Village to fall to such a state, it was him who caused countless people to die, it was him who caused his mother, wife and children to die tragically in Feilongxing together!Zhang Kuisu felt so regretful in his heart that he raised his hand and took a picture of Tianling Gai without thinking.

Leader Liu on the side hurriedly reached out to stop Zhang Kuisu's falling palm, and shouted anxiously: "The master!"

Seeing this situation, all the people in the village under the stage believed Wen Fengming's words. It was like a frying pan for a while, and many people shouted angrily: "Apology with death, apology with death!" What's more, , has begun to shout angrily: "Kill Zhang Kuisu, kill Zhang Kuisu!"

Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Wen Fengming secretly winked at the single helmsman.Shan Ruozhu nodded slightly, and took the lead to slowly push towards Zhang Kuisu who was still immersed in self-blame.Fortunately, the two leaders, Liu and Zhao, were extremely loyal to Zhang Kuisu, seeing that the situation was not right, they hurriedly protected Zhang Kuisu behind him, and asked everyone, "What are you going to do?"

The Shan Ruozhu sneered: "What are you going to do? Naturally, you want to eradicate the traitors for Qingfengzhai!"

Before he could finish speaking, others had already rushed forward, and the leader Zhao stepped forward to receive his palm.Leader Liu was very anxious, and saw that Zhang Kuisu was still wide open, so he shouted loudly: "The boss! We fell into the trap of the thief!"

Only then did Zhang Kuisu come to his senses. He wanted to expose Wen Fengming's mask in public, but he fell into his trap.At this moment, except for some prudent and prudent people who remained neutral, the rest of the people were vaguely divided into two factions, and there were more people on Wen Fengming's side.It is also fortunate that Zhang Kuisu has also handed over a few brothers who are devoted to each other over the years, and he is still willing to protect him until now.

The two factions were fighting on the stage, but Lu Xiao, who was in the distance, was enjoying the show, and he didn't forget to ask Chen Nian, "Who do you think will win between the two?"

Right now it is clear that Wen Fengming has the upper hand, even if he can kill Zhang Kuisu now, he can completely replace him.Chen Nian said: "If I had been Zhang Kuisu, I wouldn't have argued with Wen Fengming before. Kill Wen Fengming first!"

As Feng Junyang once said to her, since you are an enemy, you must be ruthless. If you can't do this, then simply don't fight with them.Wen Fengming's martial arts are low, far inferior to Zhang Kuisu's. Zhang Kuisu didn't kill him first, but wanted to reason with him instead, so don't blame him for being led into the ditch by Wen Fengming.

Hearing Chen Nian's murderous look, Lu Xiao couldn't help but glance sideways at her, and asked, "What about now? If you were Zhang Kuisu, what would you do now?"

Chen Nian replied: "Naturally, we should first capture Wen Fengming to frighten the audience with force, and then slowly defend himself. Otherwise, who will let him speak now?"

Lu Xiao was silent for a while, but couldn't help asking: "Is Xiao Liu your friend?"

Chen Nian nodded and said, "Yes."

Lu Xiao asked again: "Wen Fengming is Xiaoliu's biological father?"

Chen Nian didn't know why he suddenly asked here, and gave him a strange look: "Yes, why do you ask like that?"

Lu Xiao frowned involuntarily: "I'm just wondering, since Wen Fengming is your friend's father, why does it sound like you have a grudge against him?"

Chen Nian was stunned for a moment, and replied: "Xiao Liu is Xiao Liu, Wen Fengming is Wen Fengming, and Xiao Liu is a good person, so it doesn't mean that her father must be a good person." She paused, and then explained, " You don't know what happened in the village, although it is true that Zhang Kuisu and Yang Cheng conspired to kill Xue Zhi, but I always feel that Wen Fengming is not a good person."

While she was talking, she suddenly cried out in a low voice: "It's broken! Zhang Kuisu wants to run away."

(End of this chapter)