Da Kui was so depressed that he squatted at Caishikou for half an hour, but no one was paying attention to the firewood. He accidentally looked up and saw seven or eight people lying motionless in the shadow of the trees in the house opposite. "Maybe they are repairing the roof."
Dakui thought to himself.
After a while, there was a lot of noise in the direction of the execution ground on the street, and then people were seen running away. At this time, the people on the opposite side of the house moved, and they all held hard bows and quivers in their hands. After these people raised their upper bodies and fired a volley
He jumped from the house to the tree, and then fell from the tree to the ground. His movements were as nimble as a civet cat, and he did it in one go. Da Kui was dumbfounded, and saw these people split into two groups as soon as they landed, one heading east and the other heading east.
Xi disappeared in an instant with the flow of people.
Dakui was curious for a moment, so he walked to the street and took a look in the direction of the execution ground. Many officers and soldiers were gathered there, so he couldn't see what was going on. There happened to be a big stone at the corner of the street, so Dakui climbed up the stone and stretched his neck to take a look. This was incredible: "
Oh, mother, come and kill someone~!"
Da Kui climbed down from the stone, got up and ran away. After running a few steps, he thought of something. He turned around and ran back, picked up the load of firewood and ran westward. Who has seen such a scene in his life? Run quickly...
I don’t know how long I ran this way. In short, I passed three streets and left the city and ran westward for more than ten miles. I couldn’t run anymore and happened to see a small river on the side of the road. Da Kui put down his load of firewood and dragged his legs.
He walked over and lay down and drank from the river. When he was full, he stood up and wiped the sweat from his head and face with his sleeves. Suddenly he remembered something: "That's not right, my home is on the east side of the city~!"
When he thought of going home, Da Kui felt weak and exhausted. He looked around and saw a ruined temple not far away, where he could rest. Da Kui picked up his load of firewood and walked slowly towards the ruined temple. He entered the temple gate and looked around.
The next thing I looked at was that it was in disrepair and far away from the city. This ruined temple had long since lost its incense, and it was a dilapidated scene.
Facing the temple gate, there is a statue of Father Earth. I don’t know where the upper body of the old man went to travel to immortality. An altar table in front of the statue is covered with dust. Dakui put down the load of firewood and bent down to pull a handful of withered grass from the ground. He walked three feet in front of the altar table.
I swept away the dust twice, turned over and lay down on the altar table, and breathed a long sigh of relief, "Mom, I'm so exhausted...!" After a while, I snored like thunder, and I fell into a very sweet sleep.
Unknowingly, the sun was setting in the west and the moon was rising above the treetops. It was not until nearly the second watch that the sky was covered with dark clouds and bursts of thunder could be heard from far away. Before the third watch, it started to drizzle outside. At this time, there was a rumor outside the temple.
There was a sound of rapid footsteps. Da Kui was sleeping soundly and suddenly felt someone pushing him. He opened his eyes and saw a dozen people surrounding him. It was late at night and there were no lights, so he couldn't see clearly who they were.
Just as Da Kui was about to stand up, someone shouted in his ear: "Don't move, I'll kill you if you move again." Da Kui felt a cold feeling in his throat. When he lowered his head, he saw a steel knife shining with cold light.
"Don't kill me, hero, spare my life." Da Kui hurriedly begged for mercy, but he didn't dare to move his body at all.
The voice from before asked: "What are you doing? Recruit me from the ground, or I'll take your head~!"
"My name is Zhang Dakui, and I live in Wulitun in the east of the city. I am a woodcutter, and I have an old lady at home. I just rest in this temple..."
"Don't be wordy, get up~!" The previous voice interrupted Dakui harshly. Dakui was so frightened that he trembled all over and sat up tremblingly.
At this time, a kind voice said: "Don't scare this little brother, it doesn't look like he is lying." The voice then said: "It will rain tonight, not to mention it is the third watch. I don't think there will be any chase."
Soldier, let's light a fire and warm our clothes to avoid getting cold." Everyone around him responded.
One of them saw a bundle of firewood by the door. He walked over and opened the bundle to start a fire.
When Dakui saw it, he hurriedly said: "I want to sell my firewood." The man was stunned and stopped what he was doing.
At this time, the kind voice said warmly: "Hahaha, it doesn't matter. It's up to you how much firewood you pay."
After hearing this, Dakui nodded and said: "If you want to buy it, then I will sell it to you."...
When the bonfire was lit, a strong black man said: "It turns out to be your boy, we met him in the city." Dakui was stunned and took a closer look by the firelight. There were two of these people on the street in the city.
The one I saw was a scholar in a green shirt and the other was a strong man with a black face.
When Dakui saw the two of them, he was immediately surprised and said: "So it's you? It almost scared me to death!" Everyone couldn't help but laugh when they saw this kid's stupidity.
When everyone was sitting on the ground around the bonfire, the scholar in blue shirt raised his hands and clasped his fists and saluted: "I'm going to Tang He, the left general of the Jiangnan Red Scarf Army. This is Pang Heihu, the forward forward in front of the tent." After that, he patted the shoulder of the black-faced man and said.
"Today, thanks to the help of all the martyrs, I rescued my sworn brother Tian Qi. I would like to thank you very much~!" Tang He stood up after saying this and bowed in salute.
Lao Huang on the side stood up in a hurry and helped him: "We are all rude people, how dare we be treated as a general's gift. General, please get up quickly, please get up quickly~!"
Next, everyone introduced themselves one by one. It turned out that Yuanting was corrupt, and the royal family and high-ranking officials wanted to enclose land, and used harsh administration and heavy taxes to squeeze out the people's support. Many people had no land to farm and had to make a living on their own. Most of these people were hunters in the mountains, surrounded by green forests and grass.
After the greetings were over, Tang He couldn't help but sigh: "In order to save my sworn brother, I killed five brave men. It's Tang He's crime~!" Everyone was sighing.
Because Tian Qi was injured, he was lying on the hay nearby. After hearing this, he stood up with all his strength and said: "It's all that dog officer. There are eight of us in total, but in the end I am the only one left." As he said this, he shed tears.
Tang He heard this and asked, "What's the whole story? Xiao Qi will tell you slowly."
It turned out that Tang He and a group of red scarf martyrs were ordered by Marshal Xu Da to cross the Yangtze River and disperse across the country to contact the martyrs, waiting for the rebels to cross the river so that they could start a joint uprising. Unexpectedly, Xiaoqi and eight other people traveled to Zouping County, Jeju, where their whereabouts were exposed and they were attacked.
Yuan soldiers rounded up them. After a hard fight, they were defeated and captured by Yuan soldiers. One of the eight people, a righteous man named Zhou, died in the fight. Then seven people were escorted to Jeju Prison and tortured, and a notice was issued to inform the people. Later, in
On the day of the execution, the city's defense troops and horses were deployed to ambush the execution ground, just waiting for people to come and rob the prisoners, and then captured them all in one fell swoop.
When Pang Heihu heard this, he cursed: "It's his grandma's, whose idea was this. I had to chop him alive if I caught him."
Lao Huang continued: "This man's surname is Yang and Luji. He is originally from the Han Dynasty. He has been a wealthy gentry for generations and his family is well-off. In the past few years, he donated money to Jeju State Yin. He usually dominates and oppresses the people. Last year, he spent money in the east of the city.
He built a mansion with seven thousand taels of silver. The people of Jeju hated him so much that they gave him the nickname 'Yang Lupi'. This is the person who oversees the execution today."
When Pang Heihu heard this, he clenched his fists and said to Tang He: "Brother, we can't just let this matter go. You should say something!"
Tang He muttered: "We still have military affairs, so we cannot stay here for a long time. We still need to contact Liu Futong's department in Cangxian for this trip. Moreover, today's disturbance in the execution ground has made Jeju City a tremor. This matter needs to be discussed in the long term."
Seeing what Tang He said, Lao Huang said to everyone: "In that case, we will let the dog officer live a little longer. Let's all rest early. We have been tired for a day." After hearing this, everyone looked for some hay.
He fell asleep in a leeward place.
Pang Heihu said in a muffled voice: "You all go to sleep, I'll keep watch." Tang He said with a smile: "You go to sleep. It's very hard for you to clear the way for everyone in the execution ground today!"
Pang Heihu scratched his head and said: "Hey, it's the first day that eldest brother met me, Heihu? It doesn't matter if I haven't slept for three or two days. I just feel aggrieved and panicked."
Tang He chuckled: "I understand what Brother Black Tiger is thinking. Go to sleep."
Pang Heihu agreed and found a place to sleep. After a day of fighting and running around, these people were already exhausted. Within a moment of lying down, they were already snoring like thunder.