Chapter 77 0077

"It's better to go to a cottage and get a pot of firewood for roasting. It would be great if we could touch the little Lujiagou." Big Bear said: "If you touch it like this, even King Kong won't be able to stand it." Guan Baye's voice floated in the darkness: "Why don't I miss a blazing fire, a hot meal, and a warm straw bed?! But we are now at the gate of hell, If you want to return to Yanshi alive earlier, you have to stay at night and day. Judgment Zhu is like a centipede now, dead but not stiff. Although he suffered a little setback at Wu's Ferry, he still has at least seven or eight people under his command. Hundreds of guns, coupled with the defense rangers, every step on this land is a matter of life and death. When we came, we still had 17 guns, but now we stop three times and stop twice. If they are stepped on by them, it will be very difficult to live Got it..."

"Eighth Master is right," Xiang Lao San's voice trembled from the cold, "we will definitely have to hold on to the road all night, we will not be able to push the salt cart when we come here, and we will return empty-handed, and we will be eager for salt in a few nights." City!" They walked on silently without stopping.When people are in danger, they often have a hot meal, a pot of fire, and a straw shop, which are far away from themselves... In Yanshi, where the Jiangfang army was in trouble, it still stands peacefully, and nothing can trap the greenery of spring; in front of the empty square of Dawang Temple, the tall ginkgo trees burst their buds in the spring rain and spit out their buds. Clusters of transparent and bright new leaves, weeping poplars near the lotus pond also droop new light yellow and green strips, various bushes, early weeds, decorate the spring scenery of the field, and the thawed The Yanyan River is full of spring water, rippling and rushing... The streets of Yanshi are still as noisy as before, and the transactions are as usual, without any sign of panic; It's just a sentry net across the river; in fact, most of the rice, grain, and miscellaneous goods in the entire county are transported from the North, and the Yanshi is the throat through which the goods from the Beidi flow into the county. If the Yanshi also comes It turned into a trap, and it should be the county town that was frightened.

"As long as the Jiangfang Army doesn't win over the bandits and put us on our backs, Yanshi will be able to survive.—Judge Zhu Si is a rotten plaster." People were talking like this, and they were all worried. However, after the fight at Wujia Ferry, Judge Zhu Si seemed to have disappeared; some said he had retreated to the forty miles north of Wanjialou, and some said there were still some scattered stocks entrenched in Zhengzhou. In Dawa, no one knew for sure where Judge Zhu Si was hiding.This is exactly what Guan Baye exhausted his mind to find out.That night, he quietly took the four brothers back to Yanshi, and he never showed his face on the street; Fang Sheng came to visit him and mentioned the matter of killing Liu Mao.

"I said Ba Ye, I hope this move doesn't go astray," Fang Sheng said, "Except for the few people who were present that night, no outsiders will know that I have handed over the villain to Xiao Wonton to be chopped up alive. I Letting the word out to the outside world, it is just that the surname cheated Liuqian Dayang to Yanshi, you know, the money was originally due to Judge Zhu Si, this is called a live hook fish, and the Liuqian Dayang is the bait." "You've done a good job," Guan Baye said, "Although the Fourth Judge Zhu won't be too angry, I'm afraid he won't have the magnanimity to ask him to give the six thousand oceans to Yanshi for nothing."

"I'm trying to lure him into fishing," Fang Sheng said, "I've seen through the mind of Judge Zhu Si—he only has eyes for you, Baye Guan, and doesn't care about the salt market. Maybe he will Wrong that you haven’t come back yet, and sneaked into the salt market with a small group of people to seize the money, that’s why I beg you not to show up, as soon as you show up, he will…” Guan Baye smiled wryly, and said with emotion: "Master Fang, you take me so seriously, if Judge Zhu Fourth is afraid of me, he will pester me and hurt the eight brothers of the Liuhe Gang?... If you If I can lure him into Yanshi, I would like to meet him alone for a while, and I will try my best to save this villain."

"You said 'duhua'?! My eighth master!" Fang Sheng was surprised. Guan Baye closed his eyes, nodded, and slowly replied "um". But Fang Sheng shook his head. "This is too kind and too much, Master Ba." He said, "Master Ba, I am also a straight-hearted person, I can't hold back the words from the bottom of my heart, and I blurt them out when I get anxious. … I don't deserve to criticize you, Ba Ye. You should know that our masters and apprentices all respect you. We, Fang Sheng, distinguish between right and wrong. We have always been merciless towards these treacherous guys, especially Zhu Si. A villain like a judge should be caught and killed, and he must not be kept; I don't know why you think of 'duhua'?"

"What do you think of Qian Jiu?" Guan Baye asked back: "If we had killed Qian Jiu, wouldn't we have killed him?!" "This... this... this..." Thinking of Guan Baye's release of the bandit leader Qian Jiu, Fang Sheng was so moved that his eyes filled with tears. Seeing Guan Baye's face through the thin, crystal-clear tears, Fang Sheng felt that he had been separated for several months. The heroic Guan Baye seems to have undergone a lot of changes. His red and angular face, after long-distance wind and snow and life-and-death fights one after another, looks even more old and haggard. The tragic death of most of the brothers in the Liuhe gang made him look up and down, revealing a shadow of mourning and unspeakable sadness. Those expressions mixed together gave a deep impact. He couldn't understand the other party's heart. How deep, what does he want?How To?But his reckless release of Qian Jiu is indeed a feat that ordinary people cannot do. Now Qian Jiu is no longer the original Qian Jiu. Guan Baye's action made him reborn as a new man...

"Although judge Zhu Si is fierce and evil, his temperament is straightforward but not treacherous, rough but not deceitful," Guan Baye said in a deep voice, "I have thought about it again and again, and it is not natural for a person to be a bandit; He killed the eight brothers of the Liuhe gang, but if he can be saved, so that he will not collude with the Beiyang army and keep Yanshi, I think I would rather persuade the third brother and the others to forget... personal... hatred... " "Ba Ye, I really admire Fang Sheng for your painstaking efforts. I'm afraid it will be very difficult to convince the fourth judge Zhu." Fang Sheng said, "I have to tell you how to lure the fourth judge." Listen, of course you don’t need to come forward in person, as long as you make up your mind in secret... You know that the people in Yanshi are like the customs in the Northland, there are several temple fairs every year..."

"Oh," Guan Baye said, "do you want to use the temple fair to lure Judge Zhu into the salt market?" Fang Sheng nodded and said, "That's exactly what it means." "Hey, hey, I'm talking about Lord Fang," said Shier Shorty, who was outside, laughing all the way in, "Your idea is right,—then Judge Zhu Si likes to play this kind of trick. Last time he was in Wanjialou, he didn't like it." Did you also break into the den during the time of the Wanjia race meeting?... You only need to go to the temple fair, and the four judges will arrive."

"Short ghost, don't take pleasure in other people's misfortune," Big Bear came over and scolded, "Four Judges really took advantage of the temple fair to break into people's dens, but there is nothing exciting for you to see! Eighth Master knows that last time In Wanjialou, if we hadn't fought desperately and almost smashed the pot, I said Master Fang, this idea is not feasible, if he brings a group of bandits in and makes another secret attack, it will be enough of." "Don't interrupt, let us hear Master Fang's plan?" Xiang Laosan said solemnly: "We were fooled last time, and behaved once, of course we have to get the abacus right this time, and we won't eat it again." That kind of loss."

"According to my plan, we will never suffer a loss," Fang Sheng said: "It is almost the nineteenth of March, and there will be a sun festival in Yanshi. Tianqi Fair. This is a very grand temple fair. Before we start the fair, we have to put a group of guns on the river pile to stop the Jiang defense army, and put another group of people in the crowd of the temple fair. Wear a secret code on all the pretenders everywhere, Judge Zhu's group of people will also sneak in pretending to be a hall. He's alone, don't let him have a chance to show his guns and put them down...Baye, do you think this idea is feasible?" "Well,...well..." Guan Baye thought about it and said, "That's right, Master Fang, if we can carefully calculate the earliner, eyeliner, and way of going out of the meeting in advance, and pull down a net, then I'm afraid It’s all right if Judge Zhu doesn’t come! However, in front of the brothers, I have to say something up front——If Judge Zhu enters the Yanshi, this person must be handed over to Guan Ba ​​to deal with him alone. You must not avenge your personal revenge first! After I finish this matter, I have to go to Wanjialou alone to persuade them to pull up a gun team to support Yanbu. If Yanshi can get their help, Jiang Fang The army is nothing to be afraid of!" "Who dares to disobey your orders, Eighth Master." Shorty Shi Er, with red eyes, spread his hands helplessly and said, "But you have to think about our thoughts, Lei Yipao and their bones are not cold, we You are all about blood cakes, you have to let us kill a few more bandits to relieve our anger, and you can't let us have two hands." "Hi," Guan Baye sighed and said, "Brother Xiang, just take the three of them to help Master Fang, and let Master Fang arrange it!" After going, Guan Baye's eyes couldn't help being wet for no reason at the moment, and he poured his pride and righteousness on the heads of the people in the endless wilderness, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of sadness.The golden pendulum of the self-ringing clock is shaking tick-tock, and the time is flowing, and every minute and inch of it dripping is stained with blood. The past days are always unbearable,.... , how many injustices and grievances I have seen, how many desperate struggles and pains I have seen, Shier Shorty, a straightforward person, said it well--I can't just stand still!It was also because of this that he was also trapped in a sea of ​​blood, with endless grievances and enmities.The grievances that cannot be removed and cannot be shaken off are like locks, which bind people and people into a series of chains. Even if you don't engage in emotional conflicts, you still have to use blood to smear the years, so that people's eyes and backs are bright red.The chief officer himself can't understand these things, he just thinks that we should do more and kill less; if we meet Judge Zhu Si this time, I would rather sacrifice myself to get back his original benevolence in human nature.And this day is about to come... In case I, Guan Ba, die at the hands of Judge Zhu Si, Boss Luo, Father Qin, Lei Yipao, and Qu Si's brothers, don't blame me, Guan Ba, for not being able to do something for you. You avenge your grievances, comfort the orphans and the widows, the fate of nearly ten thousand people in the salt market is more serious than your foregone misery, so I can only pray silently like this for now. Posts about the temple fair were not only posted all over Yanshi, but also all over the countryside to the north of Yanshi and across the Yanyan River. Without being surprised, worried, concerned, or frightened, they talked about it one after another; yes, in previous years, when the large-scale Taiyanghui and Tianqihui held in Yanshi, the villages tens of miles north of Yanshi All the towns will pull out the party team, and rush to welcome the god with loud gongs and drums. On the day of the meeting, dozens of club teams gather in the open field of the eastern suburbs, pass through the several miles long street, and arrive at the land behind the Fuchang Zhan. Gang's ghost altar to burn incense and worship gods.But this year the situation is different. Everyone expected that the Jiang Fang Army was about to attack on a large scale, and they all mistakenly thought that Yanshi, which was in a state of turmoil, must not have the kindness of the meeting. Unexpectedly, the posts of the meeting were posted one by one. No wonder people were amazed and there was a lot of discussion.