Chapter 2 Chapter One Shuangbiyan Anti-Bandits Caused Trouble at Huangqiaopu Killing His Wife and Falling

Zhang Yunqing nodded, looking at his first wife, Yin Shi, a rare smile finally appeared on his face, and he said gently: "My good wife, you are so kind, so kind that I can't bear to hurt you and hurt you! But today I have nothing else to do." The choice is to join the green forest. From now on, if you watch me murder and set fire every day, your life will definitely be worse than going to hell. Therefore, it is better to die than to live and suffer, and a kind person like you has gone to the underworld. The King of Hades will also take special care of you." As he spoke, he raised his gleaming saber, and Zhang Yunqing threw his wife's bloody head over.

Under the torch, Zhu Yunhan praised: "It's midnight now, you didn't miss the appointment, you really are a good man!" It is said that on a certain night in the second year of Chaoyongle (1404), a Yao man surnamed Yi who was exploited by chieftains in Huitong County, Xiangxi suddenly had a dream. He dreamed that there was an unmanaged land in the hinterland of Xuefeng Mountain. The world is isolated, and the mountains and wilds grow corn and wheat... Yao people wake up and tell their families that they are very fascinated by that paradise.The next day, the whole family went through some preparations, took dry food, seeds, and farm tools, and climbed across the mountains to the hinterland of Xuefeng Mountain to find the paradise of their dreams.

Coincidentally, after several days of trekking, the family found a Garden of Eden similar to the dream in the junction of Wugang, Suining, and Qianyang counties. Surrounded by mountains on all sides, it looks like an iron pot with an area of ​​more than 200 miles in length and width. Two rivers flow through the north and south respectively, and flow into Yuanshui in the west.So, a dozen or so members of the family set up a shed by the stream and settled down with thatched sheds to resist the wind and rain."Macao" in Yao language means "" (sound Luo), so this place is named Xixi.

There are several mountain peaks standing around the stream, each of which is above 1,400 meters above sea level. It is so high and dangerous that it is difficult to climb, so it has been forgotten outside the mountain for thousands of years. Since then, the Yao people surnamed Yi have settled down and cultivated slash-and-burn farming, and quickly developed a large area of ​​fertile land. Because of the pleasant climate and favorable weather, the harvest is very considerable, and it has become a real paradise. However, no matter how high the mountain is, it cannot stop the spread of human footprints.Soon, many Yaohan peasants outside the mountain who were oppressed by the government also discovered this precious land, and their families moved here one after another.Especially after the establishment of the Hunan-Guizhou Transportation Post Station, Xixi has become a prosperous post station in the hinterland of Xuefeng Mountain, and the current situation has also begun to be closely related to it, and the population has increased to more than 15,000 people.

In 1851, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Uprising, thousands of people in western Hunan responded.Zeng Guofan, the leader of the Hunan Army, wanted to achieve his goal of loyalty to the imperial court by "putting down the chaos", so he ordered his younger brother Zeng Guoquan to recruit four battalions in Qianyang and Xupu counties to join the Hunan Army, suppressed the uprising army in western Hunan, and then moved to Jinling ( Nanjing). After the Hunan Army captured Nanjing in 1864, soldiers from Xiangxi were discharged and returned home.Because these people were used to plundering and plundering, and could not get proper arrangements from Zeng Guofan, they gathered in the mountains one after another, set up a stronghold to rule the roost, robbed their homes, and became bandits.

Bordering on Qianyang and Suining, the river was beyond the reach of Wugang, so it naturally became the first target of the bandits. Since then, bandits have continued to plague the river, and the people live in dire straits.Since the bandits wanted to rob, the Xi people would naturally resist, and bloodshed was inevitable if they wanted to resist. During the bloody massacres, Xi's population dropped from more than 15,000 before the Opium War to less than 5,000 in the early Republic of China.Even so, the Xiangxi bandits still did not give up on the ravages of the stream. In 1921, there was a severe drought in Wugang, and the water supply dried up. Hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile fields saw no crops, and the people in the four villages were panicked. .

The giant bandit Zhu Yunhan entrenched at the entrance of the cave stared at the stream, and sent people into the mountain every now and then to ask for food and pigs. Xi Baoyao has two brothers surnamed Yi, elder brother Yi Hao, younger brother Yi Fang, their parents died early, and the two brothers rely on each other to live by farming their own land.Now that the bandits have been repeatedly apportioning money, and their desires are hard to fill, seeing that this day can't be passed, his younger brother Yi Fang suggested: "Brother, the land can't be cultivated, should we find another way? Master Zhu has a hundred guns under his command. Even the government in Dongkou gave him three points, why don't we vote under his banner and have a good time for a few days?"

Elder brother Yi Hao had intended this for a long time, and when his younger brother said it, he immediately agreed.So the two hung up the farm tools, sold the cattle, and went to join Zhu Yunhan together. Zhu Yunhan belongs to a family of bandits. His grandfather was Zeng Guofan's messenger and made great contributions to the Hunan Army in the battle against the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.After Zeng Guofan captured Nanjing, he dismissed his soldiers from Hunan and returned to his hometown, and Zhu Yunhan's grandfather also returned to the cave entrance.Due to his extreme dissatisfaction with the imperial court and his reluctance to cultivate the land after being a soldier for several years, he invited a group of comrades-in-arms to gather in the mountains and forests and loot their homes.In the hands of Zhu Yunhan, there are already a hundred guns, forming a force.

Brothers Yi Hao and Yi Fang came to the garden at the entrance of Zhu Yunhan's lair, and explained their intentions to the guards outside the door.The guards informed them, and after a while, two cronies with a pistol in their waists came and took them to the deep courtyard mansion.They were received by Yang Xiangwan, Zhu Yunhan's military advisor. Yang Xiangwan is from a tea shop in Dongkou. His father Yang Shoudi is a dedicated farmer. He has two sons and a daughter. The eldest son Yang Xiangwan and the second son Yang Xiangbin. Due to Yang Shoudi's poor family, his eldest daughter Yang Chunjiao became a child bride-in-law at the age of twelve.After Yang Chunjiao got married, she followed her husband to Hongyan, Suining to make a living.Persuaded by Yang Chunjiao, Yang Shoudi moved to Hongyan with his whole family.

There are two hundred-year-old shops in Hongyan Town. This is the place where bandits often gather. Many people died under the glare of swords and blood.The locals said that these two old shops are often haunted by ghosts, and it is unlucky to live there, so they have been empty.Yang Shoudi's family lived here and opened a shop. At that time, most of the people who came to stay in the shop were merchants who came and went on the ancient post road of Shuangbiyan.There are many bandits blocking the road at Shuangbiyan Ancient Post Road. These bandits also often come to Yang Shoudi's shop to drink, gamble, rape and rob women, and share the robbed money.Under the influence of these people, Yang Xiangwan knew many things in the Jianghu. In addition, he was used to listening to them since he was a child, and he had a special liking for the business of robbing houses.Among the bandits, many were Zhu Yunhan's subordinates. After being introduced, he also joined Zhu Yunhan's gang.

Yang Xiangwan was talented and resourceful, and was appreciated by Zhu Yunhan, and he was soon promoted to a military adviser.His younger brother Yang Xiangbin also fell into the grass under his leadership. On a certain day in the sixth month of the lunar calendar in 1921, brothers Xi Yihao and Yi Fang came to join the group.Yang Xiangwan saw that the two were thick-skinned and had no adulterous appearance, so he decided to take them in. According to the rules of joining bandits in western Hunan, if you pass the interview, the next level is "interrogation".The so-called "interrogation" is to test the guts of defectors, and those who engage in the business of killing and stealing goods are the most taboo for cowards to join the gang. Yang Xiangwan brought two bowls of water and asked the Yi brothers to hold one bowl on their heads. Standing at the south end of the hall, he gave a password, and a burly man appeared at the gate.The big man looked at the two brothers, stood at a distance of about five feet, pulled out the shell that was jammed with bullets from his waist with a "swish", and raised his hand in a shooting gesture... The Yi Hao brothers heard that they have to pass this test to join the group. If they wet their crotch or collapse on the ground in fright, they will be eliminated.If you pass this hurdle, you can officially join the family and worship incense.They also know that the boss will only appear in the main hall when worshiping incense.The entrants plant their own incense sticks. There are 19 sticks of incense sticks, 18 sticks are for the 18 arhats, and the middle stick represents the boss of the bandit gang.The nineteen incense sticks are divided into five piles, with three in the front, four in the back, five in the left, and six in the right, and one more in the middle.After planting incense, the partner knelt down and swore to the boss sitting in the main hall. The ceremony was not over until the boss said: "We are all a family, get up!"The last level is to meet the little bandit leader who directly leads him. Yi Hao and Yi Fang reckon that the big man standing opposite may be their future leader, but at this moment, facing the black hole of the gun, although they know that the other party will not intend to kill, but if they miss... Thinking of this step, the brothers all trembled in unison.But he was afraid of making a joke, so he gritted his teeth and stood firm. The big man snorted contemptuously, "Bang! Bang!" Two gunshots shattered the two bowls, and water poured down from the top of the head, soaking the upper half of the Yi brothers. "Hard top," the big man put away his gun and said to Yang Xiangwan, "you have to 'go through' (test) to join the group." Yang Xiangwan nodded, pointed at the big man and said to the Yi brothers: "This is Yang Xiangbin, and he will take care of him from now on. I hope you can get through smoothly." Yi Hao and Yi Fang looked at each other, then followed Yang Xiangbin out of the hall and came to a side room.Yang Xiangbin sat down and immediately asked, "Have you seen it?" Yi Hao replied, "We don't know how to read, but I've heard of it from scholars." Yang Xiangbin nodded with satisfaction: "Very good. You know the story that when Lin Chong entered Liangshan for the first time, Wang Lun asked him to hand in the 'Certificate of Name'?" Yi Hao and Yi Fang were surprised.Because Wang Lun's "nomination certificate" was to ask Lin Chong to bring a human head to Liangshan, otherwise he would not be taken in.Could it be that Yang Xiangbin wants them to kill? Yang Xiangbin went on to say: "We will not intentionally make things difficult for you like Wang Lun did. What we do is to make a living by licking blood at the edge of a knife. Your courage is too small. You must increase your courage. From tomorrow, the two of you will go to Shuangbiyan Collect money from passers-by for buying roads, and if there are no mistakes within half a month, you can officially join the occupancy and worship incense. Of course, if you find it difficult, we will not force you, and you can see off the guests now!" Yi Hao and Yi Fang bowed their heads and said in unison: "We are willing to 'pass away'!" Early the next morning, Yang Xiangbin asked Yi Hao brothers to pay a deposit of 50 oceans each, received two sabers, wrapped them in cloth, and dressed in short clothes. They walked to Shuangbiyan near Dongkoutang to rob and start their bandit career. Shuangbiyan is the gateway to Xuefeng Mountain and the hub of the hinterland of western Hunan. It leads to Shupu, Mayang, Fenghuang, and Sichuan in the north, and Hongjiang, Huitong, and Guizhou in the west. It is an ideal place for green forest activities. The Yi brothers used to go to Dongkou to sell mountain goods, often passed by here, and encountered bandits many times.Those people often hide in stone forests and brambles before cutting the path. When someone passes by, they yell to scare the passers-by and rob them.After success, bluff and retreat to the mountain—on the mountainside on the south side of the bridge, there is a cave, which extends in all directions, and you can escape freely. Because they are new to the green forest, they have to be careful. As soon as Yi Hao and Yi Fang arrived at Shuangbiyan, they dressed up as passers-by and looked around carefully to get familiar with the terrain. , for quick escape in an emergency. All right, it's already afternoon.The two brothers hid behind the stone wall and agreed that Yi Fang would attack, and Yi Hao climbed up to watch the wind. After waiting for half an hour, a team of more than 20 cloth gangs came from the west, and it was difficult to start because of the large number of people.In the evening, when four salt men passed by, Yi Fang gave his brother a signal, shouted loudly, and blocked the way with a knife.Seeing this, the four saltmen were so frightened that they abandoned their burdens and ran for their lives. One of them accidentally fell down the cliff and screamed, becoming the ghost of Shuangbiyan. Brother Yi Hao won the first battle and obtained four loads of white salt. After waiting for another hour, seeing no one passed by, he hid the salt in the cave, ate dry food, and found a dry place to spend the night. Early the next morning, Yang Xiangbin sent someone to check. The Yi brothers handed over the salt as a spoil of war, and after eating their dry food, they still came out of the cave to ambush. After a while, five or six paper guests passed by. Yi Fang stopped drinking. The paper guest was so frightened that he wanted to abandon his burden and run for his life. This time he gained experience, and bluffed: "Whoever dares to run, I will shoot! Raise your hand!" Come!" Sure enough, the paper guest stopped and obediently raised his hands.When they found that there were only two bandits and no guns, it was too late and had to be searched. This time, the Yi brothers got five loads of blank paper and thirty yuan. With these two experiences, the two brothers became more courageous, and concluded that robbery was nothing more than that, and it was easier than farming.I was secretly happy in my heart, and decided that I had done a good job. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, a strange man appeared on this road, and his deeds have been circulating in western Hunan.No one knows his real name, but everyone calls him "Brother Hatchet". "Brother Hatchet" is said to be from the Xi family. He has no father and no mother. He lives by chopping firewood. He often carries firewood loads to the entrance of the cave to sell in exchange for a few liters of rice.One day, he returned from the entrance of the cave and met "Guan Yang" when he passed Shuangbiyan.That day, he happened to buy four taels of pork, which he tied around his waist with a straw rope.He told the bandits that he didn't have a penny on him, only a little meat, and if he wanted it, he could get it by himself.The bandit didn't know there was any fraud, so he really went to get it.At this moment, "Brother Hatchet" pulled out the hatchet from his waist and chopped the bandit to death.Not only did he not lose anything, but he also found more than a dozen taels of silver from the bandits.This unexpected harvest made "Brother Hatchet" understand that it is easier to live by robbing than chopping firewood.From then on, he sat in Shuangbiyan to rob.Because he has been used to using a hatchet for many years, he feels that chopping people is more labor-saving than chopping firewood. He only needs to sharpen the edge.Over time, he became addicted to killing people. If he couldn't kill anyone for three consecutive days, he would foam at the mouth and tremble with his hands. He would not return to normal until he saw blood after killing someone.If one day the business is booming and he kills several people in a row, he will be excited all over, his face will be rosy, and he will walk fast like flying. At that time, the name of "Brother Hatchet" made many people who went out scared, and the government was forced by the public's anger, and sent a brigade of police officers to capture him after many twists and turns.As soon as the news spread, the whole Wugang was in a state of turmoil. People inquired about the time when "Brother Hatchet" was going to be executed, and rushed to see his face.On the day of the execution, more than 800,000 people gathered around Wugang, which is probably unprecedented in Wugang, which has a history of more than 2,000 years. At that time, brothers Yi Hao and Yi Fang were only in their teens, and they walked more than a hundred miles to Wugang City with the village adults two days in advance to watch the excitement.Because the two brothers were young, they couldn't squeeze into Huangchengping, so they could only see "Brother Hatchet" in the prison car from a distance. After returning home, the two brothers heard from the village elders that the appearance of "Brother Hatchet" was not vicious, just like ordinary people.It's just that his courage is astonishing, and he holds his head high when parading the street without fear.When he was about to be executed, he didn't want the execution officer to order him at all. He knelt down and yelled at the executioner loudly: "Do it better for me, don't be muddled, and I will come to you again in eighteen years!" The executioner was originally the most experienced in the county. Yes, after being drank by him, I became stage frightened, which shows how powerful "Brother Hatchet" is. Yi Hao and Yi Fang were bored waiting, so they chattered to relieve boredom and talked about "Brother Hatchet".Yi Fang said: "When I was young, adults said that 'Brother Hatchet' became an addiction to killing people, and I felt incredible. Now that I think about our experience, I realize that this is a natural thing. Maybe in a few years, we will become" Brother Hatchet is gone." Yi Hao nodded in agreement and said: "Everything is difficult at the beginning. Killing a man may be the same as a woman stealing a man. Once you start, it will never end in your life." Yi let go of his consciousness and looked at the other side of the mountain road, then turned around and said, "Brother, I have an idea." "you say." "I want to stay in Shuangbiyan for a long time in the future." Yi Fang said, "I think it's very interesting. Once you shout, others will obediently donate money. This is more exciting than doing anything else. However, I think there are still many things worth correcting. First, you need to increase the number of people by more than a dozen, so that the looted goods can be transported away in time; second, you must be equipped with guns, and sabers are useless in case of resistance; Walking back and forth in a venue makes people confused, even if the government sends troops to encircle and suppress, we don't have to be afraid." Yi Hao said with a smile: "Your brother has only been working for two days, and he is comparable to a veteran. If this continues, you will definitely surpass 'Brother Hatchet' in the future." Yi Fang looked serious, without any intention of joking, and sighed: "Actually, we should have joined the group a long time ago. Looking back on our hard work and tiredness in the past, we had nothing to eat and nothing to play. Life is really useless. Isn’t the whole life just to have a good time, we have only worked two days without breaking a drop of sweat, and our income is worth half a year, even if we die someday.” Seeing his younger brother mentioning the word "death", Yi Hao immediately became nervous: "Crow's mouth, don't talk nonsense!" According to the rules of bandits, it is taboo to mention the word "death" at this time, which is an extremely unlucky omen. Yi Fang turned around and looked at the other side of the mountain road. He discovered the secret: "Brother, look, the passers-by are hiding in the gazebo and waiting for no one to come. Could it be that they heard the news?" Yi Hao also looked around, nodded and said, "Exactly." "What should we do? We can't always wait in vain." "Be patient, they always come." Yi Fang suddenly asked: "Brother, if they come together, would you dare to do it?" "This……" "Don't be afraid!" Yi Fang said: "They dare not come, which means they are very scared. I have a way. If they come together, we will bluff and scare them away. Wouldn't their things become ours again?" "Look, there are two on the road." Yi Hao reminded. Yi Fang also saw a bearer of soju and a salter walking towards this side at a distance, he immediately became excited, and murmured: "Very well, these two guys must be poor, if there is no oil and water, I will Let's start the killing ring first, and taste the taste of killing!" Seeing that the wine dealer and the salt collector were not far from Shuangbiyan, Yi Hao and Yi Fang hastily painted their faces black with the ink they had prepared earlier.When the drinkers in front appeared in the ambush circle, Yi Hao jumped onto a rock, brandished his knife and shouted: "I opened this mountain, and I planted this tree. If you want to live from now on, you can save money!" Before the wine dealer could react, Yi Fang rushed out from behind and put the saber on his neck... Yi Fang felt that dealing with a wine dealer was as easy as pie.So, he searched the body carelessly, and soon found a large bag of Koyo from the wine dealer. Because the bag of Guangyang was tied tightly with straw sandal strings, Yi Fang accidentally put down his saber. Unexpectedly, this negligence caused the ambitious Yi Fang to sacrifice his life when he first entered the green forest. Seeing his younger brother's tragic death, Yi Hao, filled with grief and indignation, jumped off the rock and brandished a saber to attack the wine dealer.Reluctantly, he was not familiar with sword skills, and the opponent also had a saber, so Yi Hao was struggling to chop. At this moment, a wide-mouthed companion of the wine dealer came to help with a pole. Yi Hao gradually ran out of money, and saw that the wine dealer was fierce and unstoppable.At this critical juncture, he slashed the wide-mouthed shoulder pole twice and nearly broke it. He bluffed and fled. Panting, Yi Hao climbed up the mountain and got into the cave, guessing that no one would chase him, so he burst into tears, crying for his brother's life, and crying for the hard work of banditry. Let's talk about Zhu Yunhan in Dongkou Garden, since he took over the bandit business from his ancestors, he is ambitious and intends to dominate the world and become the number one bandit leader in western Hunan.Helpless, ambitious and talented, after several efforts, there are still hundreds of guns for more than ten years, and there is no progress.When he was extremely distressed, his new military adviser Yang Xiangwan offered advice to him: "Since ancient times, it is easy to get a thousand soldiers, but hard to find a good general. Back then, Liu Bang won Han Xin and decided to rule the world. For a career, the most important thing is to attract talents, and don't miss those talents with special abilities." Zhu Yunhan obeyed.In order to find good talents, Yang Xiangwan formulated a set of systematic strategies and methods.For example, there are many people joining the gang, but the good and the bad are mixed. Especially after a group of mediocre people join the gang, they will not be effective, but will hinder their development.In response to this situation, Zhu Yunhan personally inspected the intruders personally, and after confirming that the intruders were reliable according to the "Sackcloth Appearance Method", he tested his courage and let him be shot with a water bowl on his head.In this way, the quality of the entrants has been significantly improved, and they are quite powerful in battle. One day, Zhu Yunhan was discussing with his military advisor Yang Xiangwan in the inner hall, when he heard someone crying in the outer hall, followed by Yang Xiangbin's scolding. After a while, Yang Xiangbin came in. Zhu Yunhan asked who was crying, and Yang Xiangbin scolded: "Two wastes, they were asked to go to Shuangbiyan to 'walk', but one was killed, and the other was almost killed. He has the face to come back." Beg me to avenge him." Then Yang Xiangbin recounted in detail how the Yi Hao brothers were resisted by the alcohol dealers in Shuangbiyan from the beginning to the end. After hearing this, Yang Xiangwan's eyes lit up, and he praised sincerely: "A hero, a hero, a truly rare hero! Forty or fifty people dare not pass through, but he dared to break through, and even killed our people! This shows his strength How extraordinary are the courage and wisdom!" Zhu Yunhan asked puzzledly: "Junshi Yang, why do you still praise this wine dealer who killed our people? If all the meat tickets are like him, how can we survive?" Yang Xiangwan said: "Master Zhu, may I ask, since the establishment of the Xiangqian post station, how many people in the meat ticket have such courage?" Zhu Yunhan thought for a moment and said, "Maybe there are only two of them——Brother Hatchet in the past and this wine dealer now." "That's right!" Yang Xiangwan said, "Brother Hatchet is such a green forest hero, there is only one in the west of Hunan in two thousand years. In the future, I am afraid that the only one who can be as famous as him is this wine dealer. Such a brave and wise man, If it can be used by us, why don't our forces grow stronger?" Zhu Yunhan suddenly realized, and immediately told Yang Xiangbin: "That wine dealer must also pass by Shuangbiyan often. When you go down, Yi Hao must find out his details as soon as possible. If you have news, report it quickly!" Yang Xiangbin took the order to withdraw. Yi Hao got Yang Xiangbin's order and thought that Master Zhu really wanted to avenge him.On the same day, he disguised himself as a guest in straw sandals and went to the post road in Hunan and Guizhou to inquire.What impressed him the most was a porter with a wide mouth, and he soon found out that he was from the Zhang family in Pushibei, Huangqiao, named Zhang Yakou, and the other wine dealer was his companion.Yi Hao didn't stop, and went to Shibei Zhang's house to find out that the wine dealer who killed his younger brother was named Zhang Yunqing, alias Jianheng. He had a wife and a child, and his parents died early. Yi Hao returned to Huayuan Town to report to Yang Xiangbin, and asked to go to Huangqiaopu to kill Zhang Yunqing and Zhang Yakou in person to avenge his brother. Yang Xiangbin said: "You don't need to worry about revenge, Master Zhu will make arrangements." After Zhu Yunhan and Yang Xiangwan learned about Zhang Yunqing's details, they discussed and decided to choose a day to go to Huangqiaopu.Zhu Yunhan and Zhang Shuncai once signed a non-aggression treaty.One day, Zhu Yunhan and Yang Xiangwan came to Huangqiaopu, asking Zhang Shuncai to accompany Zhang Yunqing on the pretext that Zhang Yunqing had killed Yi Fang.So on a dark and windy night of one month, Zhang Yunqing's hut was besieged. It is said that Zhang Yunqing, Zhang Yakou, Zhang Zuanzi, Zhang Luoluo, and Zhang Sigou drank blood wine and were about to rape the village's wealth and claim fire, but they were suddenly surrounded by troops.Injustice has its head, and the debt has its owner.Soon after he understood what was going on, he became calmer, faced Zhu Yunhan, and calmly admitted: "I am Zhang Yunqing, and I was the one who killed the bandit in Shuangbiyan!" Under the torch, Zhu Yunhan looked at Zhang Liqing seriously, and saw that he had no fear and was surrounded by heavy siege. It is rare for such a calm person, let alone he is a wine dealer! Zhu Yunhan stroked his chin and exclaimed: "Sure enough, he is a good man! But killing people for life is a matter of course. I pity you very much. If you don't have the heart to teach you, you will die. I will let you go one step. If you have the courage, at midnight today, I'll be waiting for you at the east of Huanglong Bridge, but you can't meet me empty-handed, you must hold a human head in your hand!" After speaking, he waved his hand, and the torches turned back in unison, and immediately, there was darkness outside the hut, leaving cold stars in the distance The mountains flicker. The five people finally came to their senses, Zhang Zuanzi touched his mouse head, and murmured: "The head is still there, isn't this a dream?" Zhang Luoluo breathed a long sigh of relief: "If you survive a catastrophe, there will be future blessings. We will live a happy life." Zhang Sigou scratched his head and asked Zhang Yakou: "Brother, what does it mean that Zhu Yunhan wants to pick up the head to meet him? Is there any fraud?" Zhang Yunqing also looked at Zhang Yakou inquiringly. Before Zhang Yakou opened his mouth, a relaxed smile appeared on his face: "This is a good sign." "What good sign?" Everyone was puzzled. Zhang Yakou looked at Zhang Yunqing proudly: "I haven't run in vain all these years on the Hunan-Guizhou Post Road. Today, I can decipher Zhu Yunhan's words to prove it. You don't know that Zhu Yunhan wants to dominate the green forest. He listened to the words of the military adviser Yang Xiangwan and prepared. There are a lot of talented people. People who killed his men on the way that day are rare, so they came to recruit us tonight." "We are lucky!" The three Zhang brothers shouted in unison. Zhang Yakou fixed his gaze on Zhang Yunqing's face again: "By the way, are you willing to vote under his flag?" The flesh on Zhang Yunqing's face twitched, and he ordered in a leader's manner: "Get ready to go, take Zhang Guanghuo's head first, and I will arrange everything myself!" The Zhang Yakou brothers guessed that Zhang Yunqing had decided to join Zhu Yunhan, so they didn't ask any further questions, and each took out a sharpened kitchen knife from their waists and prepared to go out. At this moment, footsteps came from the inner room, and then the wooden door creaked open, and Yin Shi stepped forward and knelt in front of Zhang Yunqing: "By the way, I saw everything you did and said just now. I heard. You want to bring the head to Zhu Yunhan, please don't hurt others, just cut off my head!" Everyone was caught off guard, Zhang Yakou persuaded: "Sister-in-law, please get up, don't meddle in the affairs of men, from now on you can just enjoy the wealth and glory." Yin shook her head: "I don't want such wealth and splendor, I would rather die, so don't persuade me. Come along, do it!" Zhang Yunqing looked expressionless and looked up at the inner room. "Don't worry, Yi'er is fast asleep." When Yin mentioned her son, tears couldn't help streaming down her cheeks, "When he wakes up tomorrow and doesn't see me, just say that his mother has never done anything harmful to the world in this life. The matter was picked up by the gods to enjoy the blessings. If he wants to see his mother, he must behave in a good manner, accumulate good deeds, and one day he will touch the gods." Zhang Yunqing took off the sweat towel around his waist to wipe away his wife's tears, choked up and said: "You and I are husband and wife, is this the end of our fate?" Yin pushed Zhang Yunqing's hand away: "By the way, don't wipe my tears, my tears may not stop while I'm alive. If you still think about the relationship between husband and wife, you must tell Yi'er what I said. In addition, I'm asking you one more thing." Zhang Yunqing: "Speak." "In the future, no matter what you do outside, I will not know. I just ask you to never steal things from the Zhang family, let alone kill people with the surname Zhang. I know you have always hated Zhang Guanghuo, please don't kill him." He, his life is up to me. By the way, can you meet my request?" Zhang Yunqing nodded, looked at his wife, finally showed a rare smile on his face, and said gently: "Good wife, you are so kind! You are so kind that I can't bear to hurt you and hurt you. But today I have no choice but to Join the green forest, if you watch me murder and set fire every day in the future, your life will be more difficult than sitting in hell, isn’t it?” Yin Shi nodded repeatedly. "So," Zhang Yunqing said with a long sigh, "it is better to die than to live and suffer. Moreover, if a kind-hearted person like you goes to the underworld, the King of Hades will take special care of you." Yin Shi nodded. She still had something to say, but before she could say it, she felt her eyes go dark, and her head fell off her neck... Brother Zhang Yakou cried out: "By the way, you..." Zhang Yunqing smiled again, wiped off the blood with the saber, and said seriously to Zhang Yakou: "Didn't you often tell me that brothers are like brothers and feet, and wives are like clothes; broken hands and feet cannot be connected, and torn clothes can be repaired?" Zhang Yakou said with a distorted face: "That's not what I said, it was what Liu Bei told Guan Yu and Zhang Fei." Zhang Yunqing nodded: "No matter who said it, I think it's so true!" He looked at the four of you emotionally, and choked up, "Now I don't even have a wife, and the purpose is to fight the world with you without any worries. From now on, I will be Liu Bei, and you will be my Guan Yu and Zhang Fei..." There was a rooster crowing in the yard, Zhang Yakou looked at the Big Dipper in the sky, and reminded: "By the way, it's midnight, go to the bridge to meet Zhu Yunhan." Zhang Yunqing nodded, lifted his wife's head, and ordered: "Bury her body." "Don't buy a coffin?" Zhang Yakou asked. "Don't buy it." Zhang Yunqing shook his head: "We are all poor now, and the corpse is at home, so it's hard to explain to my son." "Are you going to get angry tonight?" Zhang Yakou asked again. Zhang Yunqing glanced at the head in his hand, and sighed: "Let him go, we will be married, I must obey her will." After speaking, he threw the saber in his right hand on the ground and went to the appointment calmly. Zhang Yakou said in surprise, "You didn't bring a knife?" "No. They will underestimate me." He strode towards Huanglong Bridge without looking back. In the midnight of dry years, the stars are extraordinarily bright.Taking advantage of the starlight, Zhang Yunqing crossed a field row through the dew on the ridge of the field, and found several torches burning at the east end of Huanglong Bridge from a distance. When they got on the bridge, they said, "Is Zhang Yunqing the one who came?" Zhang Yunqing held Yin Shi's hair tightly with his right hand, and lifted the head up: "This is right." Under the torch, Zhu Yunhan praised: "It's midnight now, you didn't miss the appointment, you really are a good man!" Zhang Yunqing approached, lifted the head and raised it: "Master Zhu has brought what he wanted." Zhu Yunhan ordered a Ma Bian to take over the head: "Thank you for sending us the gift. Let's go, Zhu has specially prepared thin wine. Let's chat while eating!" Zhang Yunqing followed Zhu Yunhan to the Zuixian Hotel in the town.There are two red lanterns hanging in front of the store, and several horses are entangled on the wooden stakes outside the store, and the horses are grazing and snorting at the same time.The shopkeeper hurriedly came out to greet him, and the dozen or so accompanying horses put out the torches, and they split up to take charge of the guards outside the shop. It was a tall man who followed Zhu Yunhan and Zhang Yunqing into the private seat on the second floor.After sitting down, Zhang Yunqing noticed that this person had big eyes, high nose, and protruding cheekbones. Before Zhu Yunhan introduced him, Zhang Yunqing clasped his fists and saluted: "This brother is Mr. Yang Xiangwan?" The tall man returned the salute: "I'm right. We didn't know each other before, how did brother Shunlu know my name?" Zhang Yunqing said: "Mr. Yang's name has been spread all over the world, and today he is indeed very handsome. It's a pleasure to meet you." Zhu Yunhan gave a dry cough and tapped the table with his fingers. Hearing the sound, the shopkeeper personally led the waiter to serve the food and wine, and then walked out quietly behind the door. Zhu Yunhan raised his glass to invite him.Zhang Yunqing was originally a rough person and didn't pay much attention to etiquette, when she saw this table of good food and wine, she was not polite, she ate and gorged, as if she was here for a banquet, and didn't ask anything else. Zhu Yunhan winked at Yang Xiangwan, Yang Xiangwan coughed dryly, looked at Zhang Yunqing and said, "Brother Shunlu, Master Zhu invites you tonight, do you know his intentions?" Zhang Yunqing was chewing chicken legs, his mouth was full of oil, he said: "I know. Master Zhu is thirsty for talents, so he wants to recruit me into his gang." Zhu Yunhan nodded in satisfaction. The muscles on Yang Xiangwan's face began to relax: "Sure enough, you are a sensible person! To be honest, we came from a long way to appreciate your courage and wit. Master Zhu is from a family of green forests. In this generation, he intends to expand the team. Achieve a great cause. As the saying goes, a thousand soldiers are easy to get, but a handsome man is hard to find. There are very few people like you. Brother Shunlu joins today, and Master Zhu is really like a tiger with wings. Come, let’s toast to our future work together!" Zhu Yunhan raised his glass with a smile, but Zhang Yunqing remained indifferent. Seeing this, Zhu Yunhan's face changed suddenly, and he dropped the wine glass heavily, and four horses rushed into the booth, each holding a shell, and aimed their guns directly at Zhang Yunqing. Zhang Yunqing lifted the hem of his clothes to wipe off the oil from his mouth, and fixed his eyes on Yang Xiangwan's face. Yang Xiangwan glanced at Zhu Yunhan inquisitively, made a gesture, put down all four guns, and said, "I have a question to ask Brother Shunlu: Since the head has already been delivered, why did you suddenly change your mind? Could it be that you only know Master Zhu?" I intend to accept you, but I don't know that the nomination of the head is the submission of the 'Certificate of Voting'?" Zhang Yunqing remained silent. Yang Xiangwan said patiently: "Well, you are not from the green forest, so it is understandable for you not to know. I will tell you right now——you must seek refuge with Master Zhu." "Why are you so sure?" Zhang Yunqing said. Yang Xiangwan said: "First, you killed our people. From a moral point of view, we should be grateful if we don't pursue you. Second, you have killed innocent people. There is no other way out except to join the green forest!" Zhang Yunqing picked up the wine glass beside her and leaned back to drink it up, then took the wine jug and poured two glasses to drink, put down the glass, looked at Yang Xiangwan and said: "Yes, I have killed innocent people, there is no way out. However, it is still up to me to decide whether to do it myself or to join Master Zhu. As for killing your brother, I have already given you a very good explanation-the head I brought today belongs to my wife, and I will exchange it with my wife. A brother of yours, isn't it fair?" Zhu Yunhan and Yang Xiangwan looked at each other in blank dismay. "To be honest, I have already pulled up my own pole before you came here." Zhang Yunqing said slightly drunk, "I admire Master Zhu's great talent and strategy, and I envy you for having such a resourceful military adviser like Mr. Yang. Zhang A certain person comes from a rough background, but he is naturally lawless and unwilling to be controlled by others. Sorry, I will record this feast for the time being and wait for Zhang to make a fortune and repay it double." Zhu Yunhan filled a glass of wine by himself, and said with a chuckle: "Not bad, not bad, ambitious!" He lifted the glass to his lips. Seeing this, the four Ma Bian put their guns against Zhang Yunqing's head. Zhang Yunqing realized that Zhu Yunhan had made a murderous move, and couldn't stop laughing. "What are you laughing at?!" Zhu Yunhan stared, "What's so funny about dying?" Zhang Yunqing said: "I laughed at you not to kill me, but to frighten me." "How did you see that?" "Because killing me is useless to you, if you stay, there are many benefits." Zhu Yunhan knew that Zhang Yunqing was playing tricks, and his purpose was to stay alive, so he sneered and said, "A person like you who is heartless and has a heart like a snake, even if you regret it now and want to follow me, I will not want you!" “如果我张云卿现在反悔，说明我太没有价值了，传出去要遭天下人耻笑！” “那好，我就成全你，给你留下一个至死不改初衷的好名声！”朱云汉端起酒杯—— “慢！”杨相晚连忙制止道，“别杀他！” 朱云汉咬牙道：“此类连自己妻子都杀的禽兽留下是个祸根，说不定将来会连累我们。” 杨相晚说：“我不是不同意杀他，他刚才说，如果留下他好处多多，何不让他说出来再动手？” 朱云汉的酒杯已送至唇边，四名马弁的枪都卡上了子弹，目射凶光地等待朱云汉将酒喝下。