Zhang Mazi took out the wine bag and said, "Come on, let's celebrate with a drink of wine. My surname is yours."

"My surname is Tang, and my name is Tang Linsen. I grew up here since I was a child. The mountain is where I eat. Every day when I run on the mountain, they give me a nickname, Tangshan Ghost."

Tangshan Guiya poured a bowl of wine: "Brother, thank you. I have told you many times that we are not bandits, we are just passing by. We will rest at your house tonight and we will leave early tomorrow morning.

Don't bother me, this is one yuan as accommodation fee, sister-in-law, please keep it."

The woman looked at her man, the man nodded, and the woman quickly held the silver dollar in her hand.

The man couldn't bear to finish the wine in one gulp. He smacked the wine and said, "What a good wine! What are you doing here from so far away?"

"We are herb collectors. Let's come here first to see how big the forest is."

The men didn't believe it at all, but they didn't want to expose their lies.

It's obvious that he can't survive in the south. He came here either because he wanted to be a Jiang Long, or because he wanted to join Yuan Zongjiu's gang.

Zhang Mazi also took out some money and asked his sister-in-law to help cook some meat. The man begged, "I don't dare to touch the meat at all. I will give it all to Yuan Zongjiu tomorrow. If I don't pay it all, my family doesn't want to live here anymore."

"Why, do you owe his family money?" Zhang Mazi asked.

"No, who dares to disobey his orders? He helps He Shaobai manage Wuzhuang Township. The forest, smoke, mountain products, and logging are all under his control."

Zhang Mazi stood up and said, "Whose family do you think all this Wuzhuang Township belongs to?"

Tangshan Ghost didn't know why he reacted so fiercely, and said: "Yes, the Kang family was taken hostage the year before last, so they had no choice but to sell the forest envoy to the He family. Now this area belongs to the He family."

"Then Yuan Zongjiu has a nickname called Yuan Daling, also called Yuan Black Hand."

"Yes, do you know Uncle Yuan?"

"His little son is very lucky, but he was not hacked to death by me."

Everyone was busy asking about his luck.

"The He family started out as bandits. His father, He Tingfang, had been studying privately since he was a child. When he saw that he couldn't read well, he went to learn martial arts. After practicing for a few years, he joined a group of gangsters in the town to capture three and five gangsters.

One day, something went wrong while beating someone, and everyone ran away. At that time, there was a famous celebrity in Liujiang, Zeng Gong, who was serving as Chief Secretary in Qiangui Province. He Tingfang went to vote for Zeng Gong.

When Mr. Zeng saw a fellow villager coming, he always made arrangements. When he saw that he had practiced martial arts, he arranged for him to be the commander-in-chief of the border crossing between Guizhou and Guizhou.

He took advantage of the favorable conditions here, teamed up with the soldiers, killed people and looted goods, and made a huge fortune.

But the fire could not be contained by paper. After the incident, he fled back to Liujiang and used the stolen money to buy property.

He Shaobai was his second son. He had been domineering on the streets of Liujiang since he was a child. He Tingfang sent him to the Army Academy for two years. He couldn't get used to the hardships of the military camp and ran back to Liujiang.

After returning to Liujiang, he became even more rampant. He asked his brother Chen Xilin to tie up a fat pig while he intervened to make peace. He occupied countless fields and became a tyrant in Liujiang.

My family was destroyed by him.

This Yuan Zongjiu followed He Shaobai since childhood and was his school boy. When he was studying, Yuan Zongjiu was responsible for ringing the bell, so he was nicknamed Yuan Daling, and his real name was forgotten.

This Yuan Daling is He Shaobai's best friend and He Shaobai's thug. He is cruel and evil, and he is nicknamed Yuan Black Shou. That time I chased them, and I chopped Yuan Black Shou twice. I thought he was

He was hacked to death, but I didn't expect that this turtle boy was still alive."

The Tangshan ghost asked in surprise: "Are you Zhang Hongbiao?"

"Brother Tang, you know me."

"Hey, you don't know how famous you are in Liujiang. Now people still talk about you from time to time, saying that you used a kitchen knife to chop down several streets, killing three people and injuring seven or eight people. So many people from the He family chased you all the way.

, you ran into the mountains, but everyone thought you died in the mountains, but they didn’t expect you were still alive."

As the conversation progressed, the mountain ghost talked more.

Zhang Mazi asked in detail about the current situation in Liujiang and Wuzhuang.

"Although Wuzhuang Township is remote, there are still a lot of people, mainly concentrated in Zhangcun and Wangping. There are more than a thousand lumberjacks, as well as people who gather herbs, raise cattle, collect mountain products, and grow tobacco.

Two thousand people, including those who originally farmed, there are several thousand people, all working for the He family.

Yuan Zongjiu helped the He family in Wuzhuang. He could kill someone with just one word here, and no one dared to disobey him. He fell in love with the woman of Liao Dechang's family who was putting wood in the house, so he went to sleep with her every three days, and he even underestimated her when he left.

Liao Dechang said he was welcome to come again. No, he had taken a liking to Liao Dechang's daughter and wanted to sleep with his mother and daughter.

Before going to bed, he wanted to hold a ceremony, treat guests to a banquet, and asked me to prepare two hundred kilograms of game. One kilogram less would break one of my legs. So you said I would never give it to you."

The soldiers were furious, "Company commander, kill him."

Zhang Mazi was also very angry. Is this still something humans do? They are worse than animals. But he has not yet been overwhelmed by anger.

"Brothers, have you ever thought about it? We have to go back and call for help. We are here to kill Yuan Zongjiu. As soon as we leave, He Shaobai will definitely come to take revenge. What will they do then?"

"Brother Zhang, do you still have people?" Shan Gui thought there were only these dozen people.

"Brother Tang, we have hundreds of people at Huangmu, and everyone is equal there..."

Zhang Mazi introduced the situation there in detail, and Shangui was dubious.

"Then, can you save the Liao Dechang family?"

"There are only thirteen of us. We can't walk through this forest if we go back. We need at least five people, and it will take seven or eight days to go back and forth. It will take four or five days to prepare for departure. It will only be twelve or three days to get here. We can come

Do you win?" Zhang Mazi said.

Man Niu said: "Company Commander, I found what I want to do in my life in the training camp, which is to fight for the people. Now that beast is about to trample our sisters, we can't leave, even if we die, we will die here."

"

"Yes, we can't leave. I also want to stay here. You go back and ask for reinforcements."

Seeing that everyone was determined to save people, Zhang Mazi also became cruel and said, "Okay, that's it. We will decide how to divide the troops when Shitou comes back from reconnaissance. Now eat, rest, and prepare to split up tomorrow."

The soldiers were eating corn pancakes with hot vegetable soup, and the stone came back. Only the mountain ghost knew that others still had to confirm the geographical location just mentioned.

It is obvious that Zhang Hongbiao and others are not ordinary people, just based on their way of doing things and their courage.

Everyone is willing to stay and save people, but not willing to go back.

The mountain ghost was very moved. These people risked their lives for strangers. Who would believe them if they told them?

He felt that some secrets could be revealed: "Actually, it won't take you that much time to go back. One and a half days is enough."

"Oh, what do you mean?"

"I found a cave when I was hunting. From Nishuiping to Huohuo Land, a dozen miles ahead of the fire land is Luerping. Walking forward from the cave, you don't need to climb up the mountain and go down to the bottom of the valley, and there are no leeches.

Wild animals, at least save more than a day."

[Author's digression]: In the real historical story, the He family of Liujiang and his men were more cruel, bloody, and hateful than in the novel. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is too numerous to describe. Fortunately, these people were suppressed when New China was founded.
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