Chapter 4 Chapter 3 Ma'anshan narrow escape and Yanziyan set up camp

When they came to the Zeng Mansion, a dozen vicious dogs lined up barking and confronting Zhang Yunqing and the others, bared their teeth, waiting for the master's order, and they would rush over desperately. It is said that Chen Guangzhong, the commander-in-chief of Xiangxi Bandits Suppression, was originally a Shaoyang bandit. Not long after he became a bandit, his power developed rapidly. In a few years, he had thousands of bandits. If a huge team is to be maintained, it will naturally endanger society.Out of public anger, the Kuomintang government sent troops to encircle and suppress him, but they were unable to destroy them repeatedly. In the end, they only used the methods of the previous imperial court to recruit him.Chen Guangzhong transformed himself from a bandit who robbed houses to become the commander of the bandits, he was highly regarded by He Jian, and soon he was promoted to the commander of the at least general, and he was very popular for a while.

As the slang goes, if one person attains the Tao, chickens and dogs ascend to heaven.The gangsters who used to follow Chen Guangzhong in robbing houses, killing people and stealing goods, followed the promotion and made a fortune, and even the most unpromising ones became local leaders. Among Chen Guangzhong's thousands of disciples, there was one whose surname was Liu Dan with the word "异" in it. He was originally Chen Guangzhong's messenger. man gun. Liu Yi was very dissatisfied with this position and approached Chen Guangzhong many times in hopes of being promoted.Chen Guangzhong said: "It's no longer the past. I can be promoted or demoted according to my words. I am now the commander-in-chief, and I must obey the people in everything I do. As far as I know, since you became the commander-in-chief, you have never had any honor except for receiving rewards." Merit, how can I promote you? If you have the ability to wipe out a group of bandits, I will guarantee you to be the deputy captain of the Wugang Volunteer Corps."

Liu Yi knew that the deputy captain of the Volunteer Corps was the biggest official in Wugang's military circles, because the captain was concurrently held by the county magistrate.This black hat is very attractive, but it is not easy to get it. The embarrassment is not that Huangqiaopu has no bandits to suppress, but that he has no ability to suppress them.Zhang Shuncai, a local tycoon, sent someone to meet Liu Yi at the beginning of his tenure, hoping that they would be safe and take care of each other.Liu Yi thought that the other party was afraid of him and wanted to wipe out the meritorious service. Who would have thought that the faces of his subordinates would change drastically in fright, saying that Bandit Zhang had more than a hundred men with guns, and the regiment defense bureau was no match at all.

Liu Yi was shocked, he didn't expect that the bandits outnumbered the officers and soldiers by several times, and at the same time, he lamented that his luck was bad and he couldn't be the deputy of the corps. One day, a blind man came to Huangqiaopu, and his divination was very accurate.Liu Yi's subordinates were all scrambling to ask the blind man to tell his fortune, and one of them said to him, "General Liu, the famous Zhong Banxian from Wugang is here, why don't you ask him to do the math to see if there are any high-ranking officials." Liu Yi could only pin his wish on fate, and ordered his subordinates to invite Zhong Banxian to make a fortune teller for him.I don't want to really figure out that he has been lucky recently, but he can call the wind and rain in one piece of land.Liu Yi was overjoyed and rewarded Zhong Banxian with two oceans, and since then he has dreamed of good luck.

Before good luck comes, disaster comes first: Huangqiaopu was harassed by Zhang Shuncai. Recently, a leader named Huang Dashun drove away the monks. Concubine.Then, the surrounding rich people took turns to rob.Shi Beicai advocated Guanghuo because his family was robbed, so he sent a sum of money to Liu Yi cruelly, and inserted his younger brother Zhang Guangwen into the regiment defense station, hoping to keep the family safe. Zhang Guangwen entered the regiment defense bureau and saw Liu Yi sighing and scolding Zhong Banxian, so he said to him: "Mr. Liu, in Wugang, there is no precedent for Zhong Banxian to miscalculate the horoscope. In my opinion, this Huang Dashun is a small group of bandits, maybe It was God who arranged for him to come and wipe it out for you."

Liu Yi felt reasonable.In order to find out how powerful Huang Dashun was, he specially found the abbot of Ma'anshan Temple who was related to him, the monk Wuwu.Reluctantly realized that he had seen through the world of mortals, and he didn't want to get involved in the grievances and grievances of the world, so he insisted that he didn't know. Maybe it was Liu Yi's luck.One day, when he was suffering in every possible way, suddenly the little boss Zhang Guangwen brought a rogue-headed man to see him. Liu Yi saw that this face was not pleasing to the eyes, so he said coldly: "What's your name, what do you want me for?"

"Villain Zhang Zuanzi," said Zhang Zuanzi with a smile on his face, "I have good news for you." "What good news?" Liu Yi became interested. Zhang Zuanzi whispered to Liu Yi mysteriously, "Huang Dashun only has a dozen guns in total, why don't you go to encircle and suppress them?" Liu Yi was overjoyed: "How do you know?" "Huang Dashun was originally Zhang Muyun, the son of Zhang Shunfeng from the Zhang family in Shibei. Zhang Shunfeng was killed for stealing cattle that year. Zhang Muyun went out to serve as a soldier for revenge. At the beginning of this year, he invited a group of fellow villagers from Wugang to escape from the army with guns, and returned to Ma'anshan to set up a military camp. The village is a bandit. I am Shi Bei Zhang's family, of course I know the details."

Liu Yi suddenly realized: "No wonder he killed Tan Bangcai's family as soon as he came back. This news is very good, and I will thank you after I kill him." "Don't wait any longer!" Zhang Zuanzi said, "Huang Dashun is going to flee to the mountain gate in the dark tonight. If Mr. Liu doesn't send troops tonight, the opportunity will never come again." "Tonight? The people under me..." "Boss Liu is really begging for food with a golden rice bowl. Zhang Shuncai also hates Huang Dashun to the core. Why don't you join forces with him and kick Ma'anshan to the level? He has gone to a serious trouble. You have done a great job and everyone deserves what they deserve."

Liu Yi laughed and said, "Look at you, you look seven parts human and three parts ghost, and you're not stupid!" After Zhang Zuanzi left, Liu Yi went to Zhang Shuncai on horseback. Wu led the attack to the north. It was dark, and Liu Yi led his troops to attack. When they arrived at the foot of Ma'anshan, Zhang Wen and Zhang Wu had been waiting for a long time. The leaders of the two sides met to make detailed arrangements, and then surrounded Ma'anshan from north to south. The battle started, and there were indeed only a dozen people with guns on the mountain.The opponent knew that he was invincible, so he fled to Donglu.Liu Yi was in a hurry and wanted to send troops down the mountain to intercept him.Zhang Wen and Zhang Wuxi said: "There is no need to go down the mountain to intercept, there is no road at the east foot, it is a cliff, this time Huang Dashun is doomed!"

Book next time.However, he said that Zhang Muyun's misfortunes never come singly, he was already in a desperate situation, but at this critical juncture, the bullets had already been fired. Zhang Muyun looked up to the sky and sighed, "The sky will kill me".Zhang Yunqing scolded him as an elder: "You are the leader, if you are like this, what do you think brother!" "I'm the leader," Zhang Muyun said with a sad face. "The wealth and lives of more than a dozen brothers belong to me. The brothers are now in this situation, and the responsibility is all on me. Uncle Man, tell me, such a big sin, the teacher How can I bear it?"

"You finally understand!" Zhang Yunqing said, "A little bit of negligence can lead to the annihilation of the entire army. As I said earlier, this line of work is a game of life and death. You must keep your eyes open and your ears listening to all directions. Don't let go of any details." Pass!" "Uncle Man, when I understand, I have no chance to correct myself." Zhang Muyun burst into tears and said to his subordinates: "Brothers, I have harmed everyone. I am incompetent and talented, and I am ashamed of my loyalty to you. Now the soldiers are overwhelming , life is already impossible, but how to die, please listen to me one last sentence - it must not fall into the hands of Liu Yi. We still have eight bullets, only eight brothers can leave a whole body, and the rest Follow me to jump off the cliff." Turning around and touching Pu Hu'er's face: "We just got married, and everything is about to disappear. Follow me, you have never enjoyed a day of happiness, and you are afraid every day... It's okay, at last At the end of the day, let's be husband and wife again in the next life, and let's live a good life in the next life." He gritted his teeth and grabbed Pu Hu'er's neck. Pu Hu'er rolled her eyes, and let out a suppressed cry as if asking for help.Seeing this, Zhang Yunqing yelled, "Stop!" Zhang Muyun let go and looked at Zhang Yunqing. "You can be regarded as a leader, are you worthy? You are not even worthy of being a man!" Zhang Yunqing said to the crowd who were hanging their heads and waiting to die, "Brothers, don't be afraid! The predicament is temporary, as long as we have a breath, we will live Hope to go down!" Seeing that there was no movement for a long time, Liu Yi, who was facing the opponent, shouted again in a high-pitched voice: "Have you thought about it yet? Surrender quickly, or we will shoot!" Zhang Yunqing said, "Don't listen to him. Everyone, hand over the remaining bullets." The bandits obeyed and handed over their bullets one by one.Zhang Yunqing put it in the palm of his hand cherishingly, and counted, no more, no less, exactly eight pills.He walked up to Xie Laogou, solemnly handed over the bullet to him, and said solemnly: "You are the best marksman, and the safety of all the brothers is entrusted to you. Don't waste a single bullet, you must wait until the opponent approaches you. , you can shoot. Remember, as long as you last two bags of kung fu, I will have a way to let the brothers escape from Ma'anshan!" Xie Laogou took the bullet carefully and nodded. Zhang Yunqing took a flashlight from Yin Dongbo, approached the cliff to check, and solemnly announced to the gangsters after returning: "Brothers, quickly, strip off all your clothes and tear them into strips!" Everyone understood and imitated Zhang Yunqing to take off their clothes and trousers, tear them into cloth strips, and then connect them piece by piece... The moonlight from time to time shines through the clouds, shining on this group of bare buttocks. In the end, only Pu Huer was left. Wearing a cheongsam.Zhang Muyun ordered her to take it off. Zhang Yunqing stopped her and scolded Zhang Muyun: "You are getting more and more worthless. Thanks to you, you want your wife to be naked. I am your uncle. Can my uncle watch your niece and daughter-in-law's naked ass?" Zhang Muyun was ashamed. Xie Laogou used the boulder as a cover and stood firm with one against a hundred.Liu Yi launched two small charges, but left two corpses behind, so he had to change tactics and sent brothers Zhang Wen and Zhang Wu to lead more than 20 people down the mountain to intercept from the east foot. After a ten-foot-long coarse cloth rope was connected, Zhang Yunqing tied one end to a cypress tree on the edge of the cliff, pulled it, and ordered Zhang Zuanzi to try it first. Zhang Zuanzi tremblingly went down the rope and finally landed safely.Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and went down one by one.The feeling of escaping death made them extremely excited. Zhang Wen and Zhang Wu rushed to the cliff, but it was too late, and saw a group of naked people wading through a vast field under the moonlight and gradually disappearing... Under the leadership of Yin Dongbo, the crowd ran naked for five or six miles, and stopped to catch their breath after confirming that there were no pursuers behind. Zhang Muyun made an inventory, and found that except for one person who fell to his death on the cliff at the eastern foot of Ma'an, all the others had arrived. He asked Yin Dongbo: "Old Yin, what is this place called? How far is it from the mountain gate?" Yin Dongbo looked around and saw a courtyard in front of him, and replied: "This is a tea shop, only a dozen miles away from the mountain gate." Zhang Muyun looked at Big Dipper, and ordered: "It's not early, let's go on the road, and try to reach the mountain gate before dawn, our naked buttocks are too eye-catching." Looking at the courtyard house, Yin Dongbo came up with an idea, and suggested: "Brother, it really doesn't look good for us to walk with bare buttocks, how about this, my relative is right in front, why not go in and borrow some clothes from him." Zhang Muyun felt reasonable, nodded and said: "Go and come back quickly." Yin Dongbo said: "It's best for everyone to go together, otherwise, how do you know which clothes fit you well?" Zhang Muyun said with a smile: "At any time, just have a piece of cloth to cover up your shame, who cares about whether it fits well or not." Yin Dongbo had no choice but to tell the truth: "Brother, to be honest, the owner of this family is Peng Bin, a teacher, and he has a beautiful daughter named Peng Li. I was tempted when I saw this woman, and often I went to her house to ask for water on the pretext of being thirsty. Once, I thought that no one in her house would touch her. Who would have thought that Peng Bin, who was reading in the room, would rush out with a wooden stick and beat me half to death. How can I pass by here tonight? Let him go easily!" Zhang Muyun went there with Yin Dongbo. Yin Dongbo pretended to ask for tea when he got sick on the way, and Peng Bin was tricked into opening the door.When Peng Bin saw a group of naked men with guns standing in front of him, he backed away in fright. Yin Dongbo said he wanted to borrow clothes, and went straight to Peng Bin's daughter's boudoir. Peng Li was so frightened that she curled up on the bed, trembling all over.With a grinning grin, Yin Dongbo lifted Peng Li's bra with a gun, pointed the barrel of the gun against her breasts and said, "If you don't dare, I'll shoot you from here!" Then he threw the gun aside and murmured, "Beauty, I How could you be willing to die!" With a lewd smile, she threw herself at Peng Li... They finally arrived at Shanmen Town, where Yin Dongbo led everyone to live in the Yin Family Ancestral Hall and started cooking. Shanmen is a well-known market town in Wugang. It is located at the eastern foot of Xuefeng Mountain, and it is the only place to cross Xuefeng Mountain and reach Xupu.The Huangni River passes through it, and there is a stone bridge on the river. The fields on both sides are flat and the land is fertile. It is commonly known as Shanmen Tiandang, and it is one of the granaries in Wugang.The Yin Family Ancestral Hall is located at the upper end on the left side of the Huangni River. After dinner, the sky was bright, a dozen people closed the door of the ancestral hall, fell asleep on the stage of the ancestral hall, and woke up in the afternoon. Yin Dongbo is a local, and he is familiar with the situation of the mountain gate.Zhang Yunqing asked him to find out how many rich men there were in the vicinity and who their surnames were, and then ordered Zhang Yakou to write a note asking the other party how much rice and cash to hand over to Yin's Temple within two days, otherwise the whole family would be killed. .This method is called "sending movies", and it is one of the methods used by bandits to extort money. The "films" were still sent out in the name of Huang Dashun, and from the next morning, people sent rice and oceans in succession.By the afternoon, there were only a few companies left who said they couldn't make up enough for the time being and asked for a few days of grace.Only Mei Manniang, the biggest rich man in the local area, not only did not send any money and food for apportionment, but she did not even reply. Early the next morning, Zhang Muyun and Zhang Yunqing, accompanied by Yin Dongbo, inspected the surrounding environment. Yin Dongbo is from the Shanmen. When he was sixteen years old, because he raped his fourteen-year-old sister, his mother was angered to death by him.When he became an adult, he committed adultery with his sister-in-law again, which caused discord in the whole family.When his brother married his wife, he had an affair with his sister-in-law.In a fit of anger, his father drove him out of the house.At that time, Lu Rongting was recruiting soldiers in Hunan, so he went to Guangxi with Zhang Muyun. Zhang Muyun and Zhang Yunqing found that the mountain gate was the most suitable for the development of banditry. Based on this place, they not only had sufficient supplies, but if there was a large-scale encirclement by officers and soldiers, they could escape into Xuefeng Mountain in just tens of minutes. Zhang Muyun and Zhang Yunqing basically reached a consensus.Zhang Yunqing believes that in terms of the choice of base, although the Yin family ancestral hall is also acceptable, it cannot be used as the main residence. "The Three Caves of the Cunning Rabbit," Zhang Yunqing said, "we must have at least four or five camps, and the caves should be the main ones. Old Yin, is there any ideal cave near here?" Yin Dongbo nodded and said: "There are many caves, and there are also many ideal ones. Let's go and see Yanziyan first." Zhang Muyun sent Ma Bian back to the ancestral hall to bring a flashlight, and then followed Yin Dongbo into the valley along the thatched path.Pheasants or goats are startled from time to time along the way. "A long time ago," Yin Dongbo said as he walked, "Our mountain gate was also a place where bandits were often troubled. Many caves were the dens of bandits. Yanziyan is indeed an ideal den for you to see." Yanziyan is located under the cliff on the west side of the valley. The entrance of the cave is enough for two men to walk out or enter side by side.Zhang Yunqing came to the entrance of the cave and found that it was really hidden, and followed Zhang Muyun into the cave. The cave was cool and dark, Zhang Muyun turned on the flashlight, and saw that the spring water flowed from a small rock hole, while the main cave was very dry. The main entrance of the cave has been kept uniform in width, and when you go three or four feet deeper, it suddenly becomes wider, like a hall, with an area of ​​no less than one mu of land, and it can accommodate more than 200 people.Zhang Muyun shone around with a flashlight, and suddenly there was a loud crash, and thousands of swallows flew from the nest on the top and rushed out of the cave. The four of them dodged in surprise, and did not dare to move on until the last swallow flew away. Apparently, this place used to be a place where bandits lived. In addition to many man-made traces around, there are also ancient coins from various dynasties scattered underground, the most of which are "Yongli Tongbao" from the Ming Dynasty. Emperor Yongli was the emperor raised by a group of remnants of the imperial court after Chongzhen Emperor Meishan committed suicide. This period of history is called the "residual Ming" era.Emperor Yongli stayed in Wugang for a long time and minted a large number of coins here, so people in Wugang called copper coins "Ming money".Of course, it does not mean that bandits have lived in Yanziyan since the end of the Ming Dynasty, but bandits have indeed had a long history and performed many earth-shattering stories here. Coming out of the cave, Zhang Muyun praised it well, but Zhang Yunqing always felt a little flawed, but couldn't tell the specifics.But he still agreed to move the team here. If you want to gain a foothold in the mountain gate, a dozen human guns are far from enough.The pressing issue now is buying guns. On the way home, Zhang Muyun patted Yin Dongbo on the shoulder and said: "Old Yin, you are a local, and I leave it to you to expand the team. Pay attention, the recruited people must know the basics and be absolutely reliable." "It's not difficult. I don't know the details of the Shanmen people? I used to gamble a lot, and the friends I met all yearned for a life in the green forest. As long as they have food for them and women for them to play, within three days, I guarantee they can get up A team of more than a hundred people. The key is that guns are not easy to get.” Zhang Muyun sighed: "Guns are indeed a big problem. Fortunately, we have been in the military. As long as we have money, we don't have to worry about not being able to buy guns." "I mean no money." Yin Dongbo said with a sad face. "Money is easy to find a way." Zhang Yunqing said, "If you find a place to buy guns, the money can be apportioned to the local rich." "The local rich people have limited water!" Yin Dongchang sighed, "More than 70% of the fertile land and mountains in the mountain gate belong to Mei Manniang, and there is no response to the film we sent." "Old Yin, what is Mei Manniang's background?" Zhang Yunqing asked. "In her forties, an unusual widow." Back at the ancestral hall, Yin Dongbo checked the names and found that all the rich people who did not send anything were related to Mei Manniang. Zhang Yunqing gritted her teeth with hatred, and then asked Yin Dongbo: "Old Yin, who is Mei Manniang? What background does she have?" Yin Dongbo pondered for a moment: "Who is Mei Manniang? Do you know who Cai E is?" "He is the great general who overthrew Yuan Shikai. I heard that he grew up in the mountain gate." "That's right," Yin Dongbo said, "Cai E's grandmother is from the Shanmen, and he spent his childhood and youth in the Shanmen. Mei Manniang is Cai E's aunt's daughter." "Isn't it just Cai E's cousin? Now that Cai E is dead, who cares about her?" Zhang Yunqing said disapprovingly, "Immediately send someone to send another film, and she is limited to send one hundred dan of grain and ten thousand oceans within three days! And those of her who refuse to send things because of their relatives, all of them will be doubled, and if necessary, we will kill a few of them first to show our prestige!" Zhang Muyun sent Xie Laogou to deliver the film. After a while, Xie Laogou came back and reported: "Mei Manniang said that she promised to give us a lot of things we want, but she made a condition that 'Huang Dashun' must go to pick it up in person." .” The muscles on Zhang Yunqing's face twitched.Zhang Muyun said angrily: "He thinks I'm afraid to go? I'm going to see what kind of superhuman figure she is!" "Don't worry," Zhang Yunqing stopped, "As the saying goes, 'If you don't have diamonds, you can't do porcelain work'. Her words are obviously provocative. In my opinion, this matter can't be reckless." Turn to Xie Laogou, "Her family Are you armed? " Xie Laogou said, "There seems to be a machine gun upstairs near the living room in her house." Everyone was stunned. Zhang Yunqing said: "We must go, otherwise how can we gain a foothold here? The most urgent thing is to move the team to Yanziyan, in case Mei Manniang suddenly attacks at night. The second step is that we sent people to Mei Manniang's house .In order to make her feel that we have courage and are not a group of mobs who take the soft but not the strong, these two things should be done at the same time." Zhang Muyun nodded: "Who is the most suitable?" Zhang Yunqing said: "Of course it's best for you to go, she asked you to go by name." Yin Dongbo hurriedly said: "In my opinion, Uncle Man is the most suitable. As the saying goes, to capture a thief and capture a king, Mei Manniang's purpose is to capture Brother Mu Yun." Zhang Yunqing nodded: "Okay, then I'll go there." Yin Dongbo gave Zhang Muyun winks frequently, Zhang Muyun comprehended and said: "Uncle Man, be careful." Zhang Yunqing nodded: "It's okay. As long as you and the brothers can retreat safely, Mei Manniang will not dare to touch me." Zhang Yunqing left the ancestral hall and walked towards Mei Manniang's mansion calmly. Mei Manniang, whose name is unknown, her husband's surname is Zeng.Her husband died early, leaving her two sons studying in Changsha, the provincial capital.The ancestor with the surname Zeng once won the Juren, and belonged to a family of officials and eunuchs.The father-in-law who went to Mei Manniang coincided with Hong Xiuquan's uprising, and was appointed by Zeng Guofan as an important general of the Hunan Army, and made great contributions to defeating the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.At the same time, in the process of being officials in the past dynasties, the Zeng family plundered money and bought fields and forests at the mountain gate, becoming the richest man in Wugang. Mei Manniang's mansion is three or four miles away from Yin's ancestral hall, on the bank of the Huangni River, covering an area of ​​more than four acres.Surrounded by green brick walls, the strange thing is that the trough door is not in the south, but on the east side, and a stone-paved road extends out of the village from the trough door. There are no guards at the entrance of the trough, and there are two huge stone lions squatting on the left and right. The lintel is engraved with a few big characters written by Zeng Guofan: Zeng's mansion. Walking into the trough door, the inside suddenly opens up. The big house with one front and two horizontal sides has red walls and green tiles, carved beams and painted buildings, and is luxurious. When you first enter this place, you will have the illusion of being in a paradise on earth. Suddenly, there was a barking of dogs, and a dozen big dogs with smooth coats, fat and strong bodies lined up, staring at Zhang Yunqing with warning. The barking of the dog was suddenly stopped by a scolding, Er Er, an old man dressed as a cashier, came out of the rich man. He adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses, looked at Zhang Yunqing, and asked, "What do you want, sir?" Zhang Yunqing replied: "I am Mr. Huang whom Mei Manniang asked to meet, please inform me." After a while in the old accountant's room, a woman's dry cough came from the room. Upon hearing the sound, the dogs, who were grinning fiercely just now, immediately became docile and swung their tails to get out of the way. "Mr. Huang, please come in," the old accountant was very polite, and made a "please" gesture. Zhang Yunqing stepped into the main room, and the furnishings inside were even more luxurious, all mahogany furniture, precious antiques, authentic calligraphy and paintings of celebrities can be seen everywhere.Zhang Yunqing is an old man who doesn't know a lot of characters, so naturally he doesn't know the real value of the house full of cultural relics. He only thinks that a big family like Mei Manniang is responsible for at least five people's supplies every month. Stepping on the teak floor, Zhang Yunqing came to the living room, and a mid-mature lady with jewels and jewels stood at the head.I saw her face flushed without rouge, cherry mouth, phoenix eyes, nose upturned, brows lightly swept away, and her whole body exuded seductive sexiness. Zhang Yunqing glanced at her, and sat down opposite her without waiting for a greeting. The two sides were silent for a long time, Mei Manniang couldn't help but speak first: "Are you here alone?" Zhang Yunqing asked back: "Can't you come alone?" "Your name is Huang... what?" "No, that's an external name. My real name is Zhang Yunqing, and I belong to the Zhang family on the paving stone of Huangqiao." Mei Manniang nodded: "This name is very strange, new debut?" Zhang Yunqing remained silent. "How many guns are there?" Zhang Yunqing stared: "What do you mean? Do you want to inform the government?" Mei Manniang looked very calm, and took a gold water pipe from the table beside her, and a young manservant hurriedly filled the cigarette and lit it for her.She smoked a few bags of cigarettes and looked at Zhang Yunqing: "Are you afraid of telling the truth?" Zhang Yunqing shook his head. "I don't think you are a coward." Mei Manniang smoked another bag of cigarettes and put the pipe away: "I have received the two films you sent. I am a pawn, but I admire heroes very much—I look down on men who are greedy for life and afraid of death! I can see that you are not that kind of man. You are very courageous. You took aim at me when you first debuted and gave me a hundred loads Gu, 10,000 oceans. Very good, it doesn’t look like a small fight at first glance. I asked you how many people have guns without any malice. If you don’t let me down, I can consider raising you. This can Did you tell me?" Zhang Yunqing said: "Not many, only fifty guns." Mei Manniang was silent, but sneered. "You don't believe me?" Zhang Yunqing asked anxiously, "I didn't lie to you." "Of course you won't lie to me. How can I lie to myself? The ancestral hall of the Yin family is already crowded with more than a dozen human guns, and now it will be moved to Yanziyan. You are very smart and know that you must develop from me, Mei Manniang. Buying a gun with money in your pocket—" Mei Manniang leaned forward, "Mr. Zhang, is that right?" After this contact, Zhang Yunqing really felt that this woman was unusual.He remembered what Xie Laogou said, and his eyes scanned the surroundings.Sure enough, in the small attic opposite, there was a light machine gun, but it was already covered in thick dust. "Don't look at it," Mei Manniang said, "It's an old gun, it's broken long ago. Back then when my cousin went home to see his grandmother abandoned it here. I'm a rich man with tens of thousands of mu of fertile land and dozens of miles of mountain land , More than a dozen paper mills have to take care of it, how can there be time to play with arms?" "Arms are indispensable, especially for you," Zhang Yunqing said, "With tens of thousands of acres of fertile land and dozens of miles of mountains and forests, how can we protect them without arms? For example, in years of natural disasters, bandits are rampant, and someone wants to send a film today. Gu, Ten Thousand Oceans, tomorrow someone will give away a film and want to buy a gun, in such a situation, how do you deal with it without weapons?" "Bandits?" Mei Manniang stared at Zhang Yunqing deliberately and said, "The world is clean and peaceful, where are the bandits? Even if there are, I have my own officers and soldiers to encircle and suppress them. Why do I need to arm myself? Mr. Zhang, you don't need them." Test me, I do not have a single soldier, I am full of orphans and widows, but fortunately the world is peaceful, and I have not been bullied by bandits in my lifetime. I will not run amok in the countryside with money, and I will endure what I have to endure. I don’t know if you noticed when you came in Well, my trough door should have been opened in the south, but the hill in the south belongs to someone else. The first floor of Tianpu will not be sold to the Zeng family. From this, it can be seen that the Mei Manniang family is weak and helpless in Shanmen." From the moment Zhang Yunqing entered the door, she quietly looked around and found that apart from less than a dozen servants in the Zeng family mansion, there was no sign of armed servants.He felt very strange that a big family like this should at least have a row of servants. "So," Mei Manniang continued, "we can't afford to offend anyone. No matter which god passes by, we have to burn incense and pay tribute. However, this is the first time I have encountered such a big appetite as Mr. Zhang. From this we can see that Zhang Mr. Zhang is by no means an idle person. It’s just 10,000 oceans. I can’t make up the number for a while. After three days, whenever Mr. Zhang comes over, I’ll be waiting for you at home. You won’t be short of one! Three days, Mr. Zhang Will you give me face?" Zhang Yunqing nodded. When Zhang Yunqing returned to Yanziyan, Zhang Muyun led the crowd to settle everything in the cave.After listening to Zhang Yunqing's narration, everyone was dumbfounded. They agreed that this was a trap set by Mei Manniang. With ten thousand oceans, no rich man, no matter how rich and generous, could readily agree to deliver. Zhang Yunqing sighed: "Why don't I think so? The problem is, whether she is real or not, we still don't know anything about her." Turning to Yin Dongbo, "Old Yin, you are from the Shanmen, don't you know anything about her?" she?" "I know, but I don't know the details. I only know that she is very rich, with tens of thousands of acres of land, dozens of miles of mountains and forests, and more than a dozen small paper mills." "What about her family?" Yin Dongbo shook his head: "There are more than a dozen big vicious dogs in her house, who dares to go in? Those who enter and leave the gate of her house are either on horseback or in sedan chairs." "That's all you know?" "That's all." Yin Dongbo replied to Zhang Yunqing. "The trough door of her house opens to the east. Do you know why?" "I know that the mound at the main entrance of her house was owned by Wan Chunfa, a farmer from the neighboring village. Wan Chunfa was unwilling to exchange it for her. Only Wan Chunfa himself knows the details." Zhang Yunqing: "Wan Chunfa, do you know him well? Take me to visit him tonight, and I will definitely solve the mystery of Mei Manniang!" Wan Chunfa is a Shanmen farmer who lives in a village on the east bank of the Huangni River, four miles away from Mei Manniang's mansion.He is a cheerful person. Yin Dongbo led a foreigner to inquire about the exchange of land between him and Mei Manniang. He didn't ask what the comer's intention was, so he said: "People who don't know the details of this matter think that I intend to marry Mei Manniang." Manniang can't get over it, and I won't do it if people are willing to exchange five acres for an acre. I'm not a fool, but no one else knows the hatred between my family and the Zeng family. Decades ago, Mei Manniang's father-in-law became an official outside Cai, came back to buy a lot of land. He was interested in a large mound of land in my family, and he was willing to pay a high price to buy it. My father is an honest farmer, and he has always followed the ancient saying that "a good son does not sell his mother's land, and a good girl does not wear wedding clothes". I ignored the unreasonable request of the Zeng family. Who would have thought that this would anger the Zeng family. He bought all the fields around my big field at a high price. When there is a flood, drainage from his field is not allowed; It is also not allowed to irrigate water through his family’s field. My family’s livelihood depends on this big field. Since then, it has become an abandoned field with no harvest! For many years, my family has been starving every year. As a last resort, I had to exchange it with others. In the end, the land was bought by the Zeng family. Maybe it’s God’s eyes. Many years later, Mei Manniang took over the house and built a lot of land. According to Mr. Feng Shui’s measurement, the Zeng family’s house is being exchanged by me. Just south of the hilly field. Before the start of construction, the Zeng family sent someone to sound me out, saying that the Zeng family’s trough gate might pass through my field, and they wanted to exchange the good field for mine. I am noncommittal. After the mansion is repaired, When I sent someone to ask again, I declared openly: don’t talk about exchanging a field with three times the area, even if I bought my field with a layer of silver, I wouldn’t do it! The door was changed to the east side, and the road made a big bend." Zhang Yunqing asked: "Mei Manniang is a rich man on the rich side. If you do this, aren't you afraid that she will retaliate against you?" "What are you afraid of?" Wan Chunfa said nonchalantly, "Don't do bad things, and don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door in the middle of the night. As long as I don't steal or rob, or violate the king's law, what can she do to me!" "I heard that even big bandits like Zhu Yunhan and Zhang Shuncai don't touch her, is that true?" Zhang Yunqing went straight to the point. "That's true." Wan Chunfa nodded, "And the bandits who are related to her dare not touch her." "Why is that? Mei Manniang didn't raise soldiers either?" Zhang Yunqing leaned forward. "She doesn't raise soldiers. But she has a lot of background. Cai E is her cousin." "Cai E died long ago? Can the dead protect her?" "You don't know about this. As the saying goes, 'a tiger can't be defeated when it dies'. Although Cai E is not here, his old troops are all over the military, and some of them are generals who lift weights lightly. In addition, Cai E is begging Yuan Yougong, and the Kuomintang is also very fond of her. Do you know that there is a big bandit Deng Shuangfa at the entrance of the cave?" Yin Dongbo nodded: "Deng Shuangfa was more powerful than Zhu Yunhan in the past. I didn't see him when I returned from serving as a soldier. Where is he now?" "He really doesn't know the heights of the sky and the earth." Wan Chunfa sighed, "I thought that Mei Manniang was a widow and had no family support, so she was required to pay three thousand dollars for sending the film. Mei Manniang was also straightforward and agreed immediately. He sent people to the mansion to fetch it. Who would have thought that as soon as Dayang was obtained, Wugang county magistrate Zhao Rong sent soldiers to kill Deng Shuangfa and his men on the spot. After hearing the news, the subordinates who hid in Yanziyan fled one after another and joined Zhu Yunhan's department. down." Zhang Yunqing sighed after hearing this, and immediately stood up to bid farewell to Wan Chunfa. Back at Yanziyan, Zhang Yunqing didn't say a word, Yin Dongbo recounted the story he heard from Wan Chunfa in detail, everyone looked sad after hearing it. After being silent for a long time, Zhang Muyun said: "We have already estimated that Mei Manniang's money cannot be easily obtained, but we never expected her to be so powerful! I want to ask everyone: three days later, do you want to get Caixi (money )?" Everyone was downcast, and they all expressed their unwillingness to die.Only Zhang Yakou told everyone soberly: "Now, whether we go or not, it is equally dangerous: if we don't go, it means that we are afraid, and there will be no place for us to stand at the mountain gate; go, Lao Yin has already explained it in detail, Deng Shuangfa Such a large group of bandits are all wiped out, let alone us?" At this time, everyone knows that everyone is in a desperate situation, and whether they live or die is determined by fate. Zhang Yunqing, who had been silent all the time, saw that everyone was silent, raised her head, and looked at everyone: "Brothers, everyone has said almost the same thing, so I should say a few words. You should know that, in the words of Wugang people, bandits' bandits 'The word is a coffin filled with people, and it can be dragged to the cemetery for burial with only one cover. But, looking back, since we dared to enter the coffin, it shows that we are all heroes who are not afraid of death! , If you don’t risk your life, how can we have a happy life? We have no way out, so why not go forward bravely and break through this pass, maybe there will be a new world over there!" Zhang Muyun applauded first, and then Laogou Xie also applauded in admiration. Zhang Yunqing saw that everyone's emotions were no longer as weak as before, and continued: "People fight for breath, Buddhas fight for incense, if Mei Manniang, who even Zhu Yunhan and Zhang Shuncai dare not touch, is controlled by us, we will be famous in the world Daxing, the heroes of the Quartet will naturally surrender to us! Of course, it does not mean that we are 100% sure of getting the money, so we must find a way to avoid sacrifice as much as possible. Mei Manniang asked us to go three days later, but we have to go early One day. Tomorrow, brothers, do you have the courage to go to the tiger's mouth with me?" "Yes!" All the bandits responded in unison. At this time, it was already evening, everyone turned on the fire to cook, and returned to the cave early to rest after the meal, leaving only a few horses to watch at the entrance of the cave. Before leaving the next day, Zhang Yunqing took a bath in Niudang at the entrance of the cave, rubbed off the sweat and mud on his clothes, wrung them dry and put them on again. The sun came out, and Zhang Yunqing walked out of the valley. His clothes looked cleaner and fresher after drying. He led more than a dozen gangsters, and each picked up a load of empty baskets for rice and silver. The guns were all hidden in the cave—they were all empty. It's useless to take the gun, so it's better to show off your pride in front of Mei Manniang. 来到曾府，十几条狗狂吠着一字儿排开，龇牙咧嘴，与张云卿一干人对峙，只要主人一声命令，它们就会不顾一切扑过来。 那位戴金丝眼镜的账房见状，喝住恶狗，然后进屋通报。他很瘦，薄薄的长衫裹着的屁股似乎只有窄窄的两瓣。 一会，老账房回来对张云卿点头哈腰：“满娘有请，只是这些弟兄要在外面委屈一阵，等点清银子，才能进来。” 张云卿向众人递个眼色，他们便横七竖八地坐在槽门外。十几条大狗虽不再吠叫，却如临大敌地守在门口，如果没有主人的命令，它们是绝不会擅自离开的。 张云卿走进后堂客厅，面对梅满娘而坐，一男佣端来盖碗茶。他喝下一口，说：“早来了一天，你不会介意吧？” 梅满娘摇头：“你运气很好，一万大洋刚好凑齐，要不要先看看？” 张云卿起身，梅满娘在前引路，七拐八转，走过一道游廊，她终于在一间安置了铁门的屋前停下，取出钥匙打开门，张云卿双眼一亮，看清了里面堆成小山似的银子…… 张云卿来到世上，头一次见到这么多银子，他眼睛发绿，贪婪地咽着口水。 “都是你的！”梅满娘平静地说。 “谢谢。”张云卿说。 “不客气。”梅满娘说，“不过，你得自己把它们从这里搬出去。在这座大宅内我可以保证你的安全。当然，如果你是真正的男人，哪怕外面是刀山火海，你也能闯得过去——那时，这些银子才真正属于你。” 张云卿脑海里回响起昨天下午万春发说过的话，他意识到梅满娘已经做好准备，但此时已没有反悔的余地了。他脸上的肌肉搐动一下，问道：“可以拿了吗？” “听便。” “请叱开你的狗——我请来挑银子的弟兄还在门外。” 梅满娘点点头，走出仓库爬上楼在走廊上对着槽门叱叫一声，狗们便放匪众进来。 众匪徒涌进仓库，见了大堆白花花的银子，惊喜不已，扑上去用手捧起往箩筐里装，嘴里发出兴奋的呼喊声。 一万大洋有五百多斤重，他们用六担箩筐盛好，等着张云卿发号施令。 “你们先挑到槽门外去，等我出来一起回家。”张云卿听四处没有动静便吩咐道。 梅满娘从楼上走下来，望了一眼已经动步的匪徒，问张云卿：“怎么就来这几个人？不是说你们有五十多个人么？一百担稻谷不要了？” “稻谷先寄在你仓库里——我信得过你。” 匪徒们都出了槽门，张云卿已感到耳畔隐约传来马蹄声，紧接着，远处扬起的灰尘，正滚滚而来。张云卿于是向槽门外喊道：“弟兄们，你们先回去，不要等我。” 梅满娘皱了皱眉头：“怎么，不一起回去？” “不一起回去。” “不怕他们把银子私下分了？” “你说过，真正的男人，哪怕外面是刀山火海也能闯得过去，难道还怕手下敢背叛我不成，满娘，你说我是真正的男人吗？” 马蹄声更急、更清晰，夹杂嘶啸和人的呐喊，一大队官兵横枪跃马，掠过一片田野，在曾氏大宅门口把十几名匪徒挡住。领头的是一个五十开外、肥头大耳的男人，他骑在一匹大白马上，喝问道：“什么人，到哪里去？！” 走在前面的张亚口答道：“我们是梅满娘的工人，帮东家办事去。” 后面的匪徒见了这阵势吓得双腿发抖。这里左右是禾田，后面是大宅，前面是官兵，没有一条可逃走之路，有人想退回屋里去。恰在这时老账房和一名男佣各推一扇大门，将匪徒关在槽门外…… 仓库门外的梅满娘露出了得意之色，问张云卿：“怎么样，没料到吧？” “不，早就料到了。”张云卿面色冷峻，“昨天下午有人告诉我了。” “万春发？他告诉你什么了？” “他告诉我有关你的一切——当然也包括邓双发惨死的故事。”张云卿火辣辣地望着对方，“不过，满娘这回认错人了，我不是邓双发，是张云卿——一个真正的男人！”说着，他将上衣扯去，露出宽大、性感的胸膛，他的肌肉被太阳烤成古铜色，放射出熠熠之光。 梅满娘感到张云卿的目光有点异样，惊慌地向后退：“你、你要干什么？！” “向你证明我是血性男人！”张云卿目射邪火，将梅满娘逼入墙角，然后狞笑着扑了过去……