Chapter 73: Song Jiang Walks in Qingfeng Village at Night III
As they gradually arrived in front of the forest, they heard twenty or thirty large gongs ringing in unison, frightening Huang Xin's officers and soldiers to death. The soldiers in Qingfeng Village were all in panic. When he was about to leave, Liu Gao was sweating profusely, with strips of blood running down his back like snakes. It didn't take long for half of his armor to be wet.
Huang Xin shouted loudly: "Hold on, everyone get into position with me." Huang Xin shouted and ordered the officers and soldiers to get into position, and turned around and shouted: "Liu Zhizhai, you are holding down the prison car, don't ask for those two People took advantage of the chaos and left,"
Liu Gao looked at the bandits running down the mountain like black ants. He was so frightened on his horse that his whole body became stiff. He just said in his mouth: "Save the suffering God, ah, 100,000 volumes of scriptures, 30 altars." "Jiao, save me, save me, save me," Liu Gao was so frightened that his face turned pale, like a watermelon that had become sperm, green once and yellow once.
This Huang Xin was a military officer, and he still had some courage. When he clapped his horse and looked forward, he saw three to five hundred young minions coming up from all sides of the forest. They were all tall and strong, and they all had evil faces and evil eyes, and heads on their heads. Wrapped in a red scarf and wearing a mandarin coat, with a sharp sword hanging on his waist and a long sword in his hand, Huang Xin and his party had already been surrounded.
Three heroes jumped out of the forest, one in green, one in green, and one in red. They all wore gold-plated turbans. Each of them had a sword on his waist and a simple sword. They formed a tripod and blocked the way. The way forward for Huang Xin and others.
Song Jiang saw it from a distance, and a fire of hope suddenly ignited in his heart. He quickly said in the direction of Hua Rong not far away: "There is hope, there is hope now. Look, they are coming."
Hua Rong looked over, and sure enough, she felt happy. In the middle was the golden-haired tiger Yanshun, at the top was the short-footed tiger Wang Ying, and at the bottom was the white-faced gentleman Zheng Tianshou.
Huang Xin raised his sword, pointed at the three people, and shouted: "Who are you? You dare to rob the government in broad daylight?"
Dwarf Tiger Wang Ying shouted: "You don't know who we are, so I'll tell you today. Those who come and go should stop here, leave three thousand taels of gold to buy the road, and let it pass."
When Huang Xin heard this, he was furious and shouted on his horse: "Three thousand taels of gold, you guys, don't be rude. We are here in Sanshan. Huang Xin is here, so there is no way for you to do whatever you want."
The three heroes looked angrily and shouted: "Don't say that you are 'controlling three mountains'. You are 'controlling ten thousand mountains'. You also need three thousand taels of gold to buy a road. If you don't have time, I won't let you go. I don't care if you are Huang Xin." It’s still a red letter,”
Huang Xin was so humiliated by these three that he lost his official authority. He was afraid that the officers and soldiers would be distracted, so he shouted: "I am the governor of Qingzhou Prefecture. I have no money to buy with you. Everywhere here is the power of the Song Dynasty." , There are people of the Song Dynasty everywhere, and this road can’t be said to be driven by you, even if it is driven by you, it still belongs to the Song Dynasty, and it still belongs to me to manage,”
After hearing this, the three heroes laughed and said: "It doesn't matter whether you are a governor of Qingzhou Prefecture or a eunuch of Qingzhou Prefecture. Even if Zhao Guan's family drives by, it will still cost three thousand guans to pay for the journey. If not, let's take those two people first." Stay here until you get the money to redeem it, and I will pay it back to you."
Huang Xin was furious when he heard this, and the anger in his heart suddenly came to his head. He cursed loudly: "How dare a strong thief be so rude and ask you to try my master's methods?" After that, he shouted to the left and right to beat drums and sound gongs. .
Huang Xin beat his horse and danced with his sword, and headed straight for Yanshun.
When Yan Shun saw Huang Xin coming, he also held a sword and faced him. Wang Ying, a short-legged tiger, and Zheng Tianshou, a white-faced man standing behind him, also raised their swords to fight Huang Xin.
Huang Xin saw three heroes coming to fight him, and fought hard for more than ten rounds on horseback. However, two punches were hard to beat with six palms, how could he block the attacks of three of them? The four simple knives were entangled together, which made Huang Xin Xin's killing became more and more difficult. Huang Xin blocked from left to right, and even defense became difficult. He couldn't find the time to fight back. If this continues, he will only be killed in an even more embarrassing situation.
Liu Gao ordered the horses to stay behind. He was so frightened by the momentum that he trembled all over and could not move forward. When he saw three strong men surrounding Huang Xin, they beat him so hard that Huang Xin almost lost the ability to fight back. He was about to lose. After a disastrous defeat, Liu Gao turned pale with fright and just wanted to leave.
At this time, Huang Xin was about to lose. He was afraid that he would be captured alive by the three of them and his reputation would be ruined. So he had no choice but to squeeze the horse's belly with his legs, feint at the three of them with a knife, then turn the horse's head and pounce. Lala ran back to the old road.
When the three leaders saw Huang Xin leaving like this, they quickly pursued him with their swords drawn.
Huang Xin doesn't care about the life and death of other people. He has always been known as "Suppressing Three Mountains", but this time he can't reach Qingfeng Mountain. This is already a big joke. If he is captured alive again, it will be just a note. Life, what's the shame of living? At that moment, without saying a word, Huang Xin galloped back to Qingfeng Town alone. When the soldiers saw Huang Xin returning to his horse and fleeing, they couldn't help but be frightened to the point that even the last remaining fighting spirit was wiped out. , screamed in fright, the officers and soldiers abandoned the prison car and fled in all directions. Only Liu Gao was left stunned in place. A cold air of death threat came to his face, making him tremble all over. Then Liu Gao saw the momentum Unfortunately, half of the officers and soldiers fled and most of them died. They hurriedly turned their horses' heads, whipped them three times and fled.
But just when the horse was about to run, the minions from Qingfeng Village had already spotted him. Those minions suddenly pulled up the stumbling rope, overturned Liu Gao's horse, and followed him along. The force of the impact knocked him down.
Many minions moved forward, captured Liu Gao, snatched the prison car, and killed the nearby officers and soldiers together.
Hua Rong had already taken advantage of the chaos to open his prison car. He jumped out at this moment. He took a deep breath and held it in his chest. He used all his strength. The veins all over his body popped out along with the muscles, and the ropes on his body were broken. , Hua Rong got free, and immediately jumped over, smashed another prison car, and rescued Song Jiang.
Those few minions had turned against Liu Gao and moved forward to seize the horse he was riding on. There were also three horses driving the chariot.
The minions on the periphery swarmed up, chasing and beating the officers and soldiers, and the situation was cleared in a short time. However, the minions nearby stripped off Liu Gao's clothes, wore them with Song Jiang, took horses, and carried Song Jiang up the mountain first. Then the three heroes, together with Hua Rong and many other minions, tied up Liu Gao naked and escorted him back to the stronghold.
It turned out that because these three heroes did not know the news about Song Jiang, they sent a few capable minions down the mountain. When they came to Qingfeng Town to inquire, they heard someone say: "Huang Xin, the supervisor, throws a lamp as a signal." , took Huazhi Village and Songjiang, got trapped in a car, and wanted to surrender to Qingzhou."
Therefore, he reported to the three heroes and learned that they took the troops and went out on the main road with great fanfare. They blocked the way in advance and sent people to wait on the small road to prevent them from missing each other. They happened to escape, so they saved two people and got the money. Liu Gao, all returned to the village.
When we arrived at the mountain in the evening, it was already the second watch. They all met in the Juyi Hall and invited Song Jiang to sit down among the flowers. The three heroes met each other at the banquet. They also prepared wine and food tubes for them. Yan Shun paid the tribute. : "Tell the children to go and have a few glasses of wine each. When brothers get together, they should be happy together."
Hua Rong thanked the three heroes in the hall and said: "Hua Rong and his brother both had three heroes who saved their lives and avenged their injustice. This kindness is difficult to repay, but Hua Rong still has his wife and little sister in Qingfeng Village. "If Huang Xin escapes this time, he will definitely be captured by Huang Xin, but how can we find a way to save him?"
Yan Shun said: "Zhizhai, don't worry: I don't think that Huang Xin would dare to take his sister-in-law as a hostage so casually. Huang Xin is not one of our people on the ground in Qingfeng Town, and he will not be able to stay for a long time. If he dares to take her to Qingzhou, , must also pass through our road, so I will send more people to investigate. Tomorrow my three brothers will go down the mountain to fetch my sister-in-law and my younger sister back to Zhizhai." After that, he sent the young man down the mountain. Go and find out first.
Hua Rong thanked him and said, "I am deeply grateful for the great kindness of the strong man."
Song Jiang also breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and said, "Bring Liu Gao to me, please."
At this time, Yan Shun was afraid that Song Jiang would be soft-hearted, so he put the man down the mountain again as if he had let the woman go, and then said: "Tie him tightly to the general's pillar, cut his belly and take out his heart, and then Congratulations to my brother,"
Song Jiang didn't say anything this time. He turned his head silently, picked up the tea on the table, and pretended not to see or hear.
Hua Rong interrupted at this time and said: "I will personally cut out this guy's heart and liver,"
Liu Gao was so frightened that his legs became weak. If he hadn't been tied to the general pillar with a rope, he would have collapsed in the hall now. Liu Gao looked at the fierce people in the room, and Hua Rong took another handful. The ox-horned knife came towards him, anxious for the birth of one Buddha and the nirvana of the other. When he saw Song Jiang sitting there, he quickly shouted: "Zhang San, Zhang San, please save me. You have saved my wife, and you will also save me." I have rescued you. How much it costs, I will send it to you when I get back."
Song Jiang refused to listen and was not angry. As soon as he heard that he had saved his wife, his anger suddenly rose in his heart. He pointed at Liu Gao and cursed: "You guy, I and you used to be together." No injustice, no shame these days, how could you believe that unworthy woman framed me? Feng shui has taken its turn, and I captured you again today. What’s the point? Do you remember that you took me back that day and beat me up? The flesh is torn apart,”
Hua Rong said, "Brother asked him what he was doing. I just want to avenge you." As he said that, he cut out Liu Gao's heart with the knife. Liu Gao roared in pain like a pig but there was no sound. Hua Rong reached in. , took out the heart and presented it in front of Song Jiang. The minions dragged the body aside and cleaned up the blood.
Song Jiang said: "Although I killed this guy today, I can't express my resentment because I didn't kill him."
After Wang Aohu heard this, he immediately smiled and said: "Don't worry, brother, I will go down from the mountain tomorrow to capture that woman, and she will be used by me when she comes back." Everyone laughed when they heard this.
After drinking that night, everyone had a rest and got up the next day to discuss the matter of conquering Qingfeng Stronghold.
Yan Shun said: "The children had a hard time walking yesterday. Let's rest for a day today. It's not too late to go down the mountain early tomorrow morning."
Hua Rong was about to say that his wife and sister were still trapped in Qingfeng Village and did not know their safety. He hoped that he would mobilize elite soldiers today and go there to kill them, so that he could feel at ease as soon as possible.
However, before Hua Rong could say anything, Song Jiang said: "It's true, it's not too late to attack after a day's rest until the men and horses are strong."
Hua Rong felt very aggrieved after hearing this, but since Song Jiang said this, Hua Rong couldn't say it anymore, so he had to swallow it.