If the clay pot is broken by the well, the general will inevitably die on the battlefield.

Although Pan Chenghu was angry about losing three good players, this time he led the crowd to put pressure on the Xu family and was not prepared to attack Lutaizhai.

After bargaining, Xu Wufu was finally willing to take 1,500 taels of blinded silver and wine, meat and grain as ransom. With this ladder, Pan Chenghu also took advantage of the ladder to get down on the donkey. He wanted to swallow this breath, and he would wait for two days to prepare and then come back to the festival.

After much thought, he could not tolerate the fact that Xu Wujiang and others had made a living in Jinsha Grotto.

Even if he didn't need to start a massacre, he would send people to Yuhuangling to harass him from time to time, and he would not believe how long Xu could withstand it.

Pan Chenghu thought about it and felt that he came in a hurry after confirming that there were traces of secretly connecting to Jinsha Grotto in Lutai Village, but he did not carefully consider the response that Xu would have. He was still too reckless, so how could he be like that reckless boy?

It was too late to get the ransom, and it was too late to rush back to Xiema Mountain today. Pan Chenghu did not dare to station directly around the Xu Lutai Village, which was not weak in martial arts. He took advantage of the complete darkness and rushed to a village called Shangliu, upstream of Qingliu River.

Pan Chenghu was cruel and ruthless, and he had done a lot of murder and authority, but as a second-generation bandit, he also knew that Xiema Mountain needed to stand in the depths of the southern ridge of Tongbai Mountain, and could still not kill or set fire to those obedient villages.

How big a thing can it be to ask two girls occasionally?

If no one pointed it out, it would be impossible for the dignitaries and nobles in Bianjing City to imagine that the coexistence of officials and bandits in Tongbai Mountain could be so peaceful, and the villages were caught in the middle and had the best of their own.

Shangliu Village is weak, with only two or three hundred dingkou, which is comparable to Qingxi Village where Deng Gui ordered Xu Wujiang to lead the troops to garrison. No one was able to refuse Pan Chenghu and his men went directly to the village to rest. He also specially cleared dozens of houses in a corner of the village for the bandits to stay overnight, and at the same time tried his best to prepare meals.

Pan Chenghu allowed these meals to be deducted from future filial piety, and the elders and a few wealthy families in this village were grateful.

Report to the official?

For small clans and small villages that are of the same level as Qingxi Village, there is no such thing as small villages; officials come to handle the case and ask for it more ruthless than copycats.

Leading his troops outside Xiema Mountain, Pan Chenghu didn't dare to get drunk. He drank two pots of wine and went to bed early. In the middle of the night, he heard the sound of "bang bang bang" being knocked by someone. He woke up and saw his subordinates in panic and walked in, and asked in surprise: "You are the dog servant Xu Wufu who is sending troops from Lutaizhai to attack?"

"There were no troops attacked, but there was water on Mount Xiema!" the thief chief shouted.

Pan Chenghu opened the door with a bang and saw the sky in the southwest direction being illuminated by flames. He screamed in anger: "We are on Xu Wufu's thief, and He sent someone to stole Xiemashan!!!"

With such a big fire, how could it be an accidental escape?

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The bandits in Xiema made a fuss for a long time, and a tribe member died. The family ran to the ancestral hall and cried. Xu Wufu was busy and sent someone to keep an eye on the whereabouts of the bandits. It was late at night that they rested under the concubine's care.

However, his resentment was full of resentment. Before the concubine's slippery and tender body could vent all her strength, Xu Heng rushed in.

"Damn it, why are you panic?"

The thieves came, and Xu Heng did not dare to stand with him on the wall of the village, which made Xu Wufu feel disappointed. At this moment, he pulled the brocade quilt, covered the concubine's chest like a jade mountain, and scolded the eldest son who was standing in front of the threshold.

"Pan Chenghu led his men back and attacked, and told you to be so panicked? Let me tell you that the soldiers come to block the generals, and the water comes to cover the soil. You must calm down when encountering any situation, and then you can think about the solution in a panic. What is the use of panic? You can ask the bandits to retreat? Wrong, the more panic you are, the more powerful the bandits will be, and the more they will bully you; however, the calmer you are, the more you cannot see through your background, and their hearts will be weak first! The bandits are life-threatening, but that is also valuable. Do you think they will ignore anything and be hard and reckless?"

Speaking of this, Xu Wufu Meng thought of Xu Huai's hard and reckless idiot, and felt stuffy in his chest. He put on a jacket and signaled Xu Heng to stand at the door and talk: "What's the matter? You'll talk about it now?"

"The direction of Xiema Mountain has burned!" Xu Heng said.

"What?"

Xu Wufu jumped to the yard and saw the flames shining in the southwest direction. He sat on the steps, slapped the ground and shouted.

"We are taking the mischief of Xu Wujiang! Pan Chenghu must have believed that we were deliberately using the tiger to pull him out of the mountain and led him out of the mountain. We were so yellow mud that we were falling into our crotch, and there was no way to explain it now!"

At this moment, Xu Bosong and Xu Wuli walked into the yard with people. When they saw Xu Wufu sitting on the steps, they walked over and said with a gloomy face: "Following this situation, Xu Wujiang should have taken advantage of the empty nest of the bandits in Xiema and caught one of them off guard."

After Hutouzhai deliberately released the news, even though Xu Wufu did not make it clear, he also looked for Xu Wuli, Xu Bosong, Xu Zhongyu, Zhou Jing and others a few days ago and suggested that Xu Wujiang and the others were likely to be hiding in Jinshagou.

Both of them are from the Xu clan, Xu Zhongyu and the others cannot instigate Xu Wufu to go directly to the prefectures and counties to report, but they also made it clear that the government sent people to capture Xu Wujiang and others' homes for questioning, and the clan cannot interfere anymore.

However, the news spread secretly for several days, but the prefectures, counties and inspection departments did not make any noise. Instead, the bandits of the horse ran over and raised their troops to question the crime.

They didn't expect that before they could wait for Pan Chenghu to put pressure on him, Xu Huai came out to kill, arousing the blood and courage of the tribe members, making them unable to surrender; and Xu Wujiang even rushed to Xiema Mountain at night, and the fire burned the flames of Xiema Mountain to shine on the sky, which made them even more stunned.

"They are going to bring disaster to the Xu family!" Xu Zhongyu stomped his feet and shouted hatred.

"Maybe someone should be sent to see Xu Wujiang and ordered him to withdraw from Jinsha Gully, otherwise we should not be polite anymore," said Xu Bosong. "If the prefectures and counties also believe that we have secretly colluded with him, it would be a big deal!"

"I'm afraid I can't say it clearly," Xu Wuli said with a frown, "There are many destitute families in the clan, and many people can't find a way out for a living. If they were told that the fire in Xiema Mountain was burned by Xu Wujiang, hundreds of people would have to go to join us overnight! When Xu Wuxuan was in the mountains, he returned to the village and pulled us away for thirty or forty people overnight. The head of the family, Bosong, Uncle Zhongyu, should you still have the impression of it?"

"Wuji's words make sense. Xu Xiafang Xu has become more and more restless in the past few years. Last time, they were not allowed to enter Shituling to build a new village, so they wanted to encourage the young and strong man in Xu Xiafang Xu to make trouble. For the time being, they can't tell the tribe members clearly," Xu Wufu frowned in distress and said, "Everyone should guard the villages first, prevent Pan Chenghu from jumping over the wall and sending troops to fight!"

He has always been resourceful, but found that he was always restrained when he was involved in this matter. What he never expected was that Xu Wujiang was so much more powerful than he used to do...

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Xiema Mountain, Yuhuangling, Shituling, etc. are all branches of Tongbai Mountain's southern ridge.

Coming from the northeast, the mountains become more and more steep.

Emperor Gaozu of the previous dynasty personally led a large army to fight against Xiang Deng and other places. He passed through this place. Because the mountains ahead were majestic and the roads were cut off, he was named Xiema Mountain. It was earlier just an unknown dangerous ridge in Tongbai Mountain.

With the relationship with the emperor, Xiema Mountain became a famous mountain in Biyang. The prefectures and counties in the previous dynasty spent 10,000 yuan in money and grain to build Chonghuang Temple here to commemorate Emperor Gaozu. Here, he was here. After the dynasty was changed, he was renamed Baiyun Temple.

The bandits in Tongbai Mountain are becoming increasingly severe. In the past fifty or sixty years, many bandits have occupied Baiyun Temple one after another, and have become a well-known bandit camp.

Since Pan Chenghu's father's second generation has been expelled for several years, he has been operating here for thirty years. The Taoist temples in the past have long been beyond recognition except for a few main halls and wing halls.

The sky light was faint on the top of the distant mountain, revealing the white fish belly. Xu Huai, who was sleeping on the roof of the hall with his arms and his sword in his arms, heard someone walking around with His Highness, and saw Liu Qiong'er walking over in a mess, accompanied by Xu Xiaohuan and Su Di's younger brother Su Zun, and asked curiously:

"Why did you come here overnight? Can you stand the hard work?"

They set out from Jinshagou yesterday and walked south along the river beach. They walked for an hour and a half. They were all strong men, and they were so tired that they were exhausted.

Fortunately, there were only more than 20 elderly, weak and disabled bandits left behind in Xiema Mountain. After six or seven people were killed and injured, they scattered and then they successfully seized the village.

But I didn't expect that Liu Qiong'er would come here too.

Even though they were walking by, Liu Qiong'er was soft and weak, and she would never feel uncomfortable walking the night. Seeing her torn clothes and her delicate face being cut through several blood marks, she knew the hard work.

Liu Qiong'er didn't care about her demeanor and sat on the steps, and she didn't have the nerve to say that she didn't dare to stay in Jinsha Grotto.

After Xu Huai and the others left, Liu Qiong'er thought that once Xiema Mountain was burned by a fire, it was unlikely that Pan Chenghu would rush to Xiema Mountain. He was more likely to retaliate against the Xu clan, or be smarter, and should find a place to settle down first.

Otherwise, when the clans of the left and right families reacted, as long as one or two thousand soldiers gathered to encircle and block them, Pan Chenghu and his team could not hold on for three or five days, and they would collapse due to food shortage.

Staying in Xinzhai or Jinshagou in Dongpo Shituo Ridge without Xu Huai, Liu Qiong'er always felt uneasy, but she pulled Xu Xiaohuan and rushed to the dangerous road all night, and she suffered all the hardships she had never suffered in her life.

Xu Huai jumped off the eaves and sat on the steps. Liu Qiong'er didn't care about her demeanor and rested on Xu Huai's generous arm. He asked curiously: "I thought you had burned the entire thief village. Yesterday, I saw that the fire was so big!"

"We burned all the granaries and thieves below and were ready to light the hall here. Later, I thought that when Pan Chenghu saw the fire, he might be afraid that 300 thieves would be blocked in Xiema Mountain and dare not come back, so he left the hall above without moving - we also decided not to withdraw for the time being, and we would first look at the situation." Xu Huai said.

"I think you didn't hurt anyone, but I just saw Xu Wuliang stamping his feet. There was nothing wrong with yesterday, right?" Liu Qiong'er asked.
Chapter completed!