My son A Fei has the appearance of a sword master

Chapter 91 Refugees and Hooligans

Hejian Prefecture, Shuzhou, got its name because it is located between Gu Yishui and Gaohe River, like two silver belts binding the city.

This place was the fiefdom of Bao Shuya, one of the "Guan Bao Friends" during the Warring States Period, and he was buried here after his death.

"Mopan Mountain" twenty miles north of Shuzhou City is where Bao Shuya's ancestral hall and cemetery are located.

Shuzhou is a place with a rich collection of people and profound cultural heritage. However, recently, this beautiful place with elegant folk customs has been disturbed by tens of thousands of bandits, making the people miserable and lifeless.

Almost all villages and towns within a radius of twenty miles were plowed by bandits, and all their money, food and livestock were looted.

During the robbery, the people who were robbed were not allowed to resist, but there was a saying that the bandits would kill them with their swords and take away all the women. There is no need to say more about their fate.

In this Shuzhou territory, there is currently only a thousand households stationed in Shuzhou City with walls six feet high, which has not yet been plundered.

But seeing that the gang of bandits did not leave directly, it was obvious that they did not intend to let go of this relatively wealthy city.

This group of bandits gathered on Mopan Mountain, and Bao Shuya's ancestral hall was occupied by the bandit leader as a temporary stronghold.

They did not pay too much attention to Shuzhou Qianhu Station. On the contrary, the armor of the officers and soldiers of Qianhu Station was regarded as something in their pocket.

There are currently more than [-] bandits entrenched on Mopan Mountain, but only half of them have serious weapons.

There are still 7000 people using sticks, dung forks, hoes, shovels and the like as their weapons.

They have successfully plundered a city, defeated an army of thousands of households, and robbed thousands of weapons and armor.

These include the armor of the officers and soldiers of Qianhu Station, the sabers of the third squad of Yamen officers, the weapons of the wealthy gentry's family guarding the courtyard, etc.

The most important thing is that the money, food and materials in the city are much richer than in the villages and towns. This bandit can almost be said to be a wave of wealth.

However, they were caught off guard that time. They first sent experts and people to sneak into the city in batches, raided the city gate at night, opened the city gate to welcome the large troops into the city, and caught the officers and soldiers off guard.

Facing the bandit's massive human tactics, with martial arts masters taking the lead, and a mere thousand officers and soldiers scattered throughout the city, it was natural that they would not be able to cause much trouble.

Following this precedent, Shuzhou City closed its gates tightly and strengthened its vigilance. The bandits could not find a chance for a while.

However, this situation is temporary. After all, this gang of bandits is not composed of pure refugees. Most of its core members are warriors. The warriors' methods are beyond the comparison of ordinary people.

This is the world of martial arts. Once a martial arts master is involved, the situation will be much more complicated than real history.

……

In the evening, in the Bao Shu Ya Ancestral Hall in Mopan Mountain, dozens of big men were drinking wine from large bowls and eating meat.

These dozens of people are the core members of this bandit. The leader is named Zhang Haikui, nicknamed "Black Water Jiao". He is a gangster active in the Bohai Sea.

His martial arts skills are very good, and he is good at wielding a nine-ring sword. On the reward list of Renyi Villa, the bonus is as high as 800 taels, which is several levels higher than a first-line incense.

He has more than thirty die-hard brothers who have followed him for many years. They are all highly skilled in martial arts, and their rewards are no less than 200 taels.

But because they are at sea all year round, their whereabouts are difficult to track. Headhunters have nothing to do with them, and even Shen Lang can only look back and sigh.

Not long ago, when they secretly returned to their hometown at the mouth of the Yellow River, they heard that the Mongols were invading and that there were forces rising up everywhere in the Ming Dynasty, so they also began to think of fighting for world hegemony.

He used his savings over the years to recruit hundreds of gangsters, transforming into a bandit and plundering everywhere, while at the same time annexing other bandit forces to strengthen himself.

In a short period of time, it has grown from a few hundred people to over [-].

In this era, declining aristocrats who had houses, land, and money but no status were called poor families.

Those who had houses and land but no money or status were Li or Shu, the so-called common people.

Those who have no house or land are called vagabonds, and those who have no legitimate occupation are called hooligans. Those who have no house, no land and no legitimate occupation are the so-called hooligans.

Originally, although "gangster" is not a good word, it is not a bad word either. It is just a general term for a type of people.

But without a house, land and a job, one cannot support oneself. Such a person's life is like grass and it is easy to die.Therefore, the word "meng" is composed of the two characters "subject people", which means "people prone to perish".

Hooligans have no financial income and no source of food. In order to survive, they do anything and have no taboos. Therefore, hooligan has gradually become a derogatory term.

The refugees may not be hooligans, they may also be ordinary people with houses and land who have no food to eat due to natural disasters and have to flee to other areas.

Since the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, under the conscription system, strong men of military service age were not allowed to leave their military service areas without reason.

If you want to travel from one area to another, you must go to the local government to issue a certificate.

This kind of proof was called "Guo Suo" in the Tang Dynasty, "Gong Ping" in the Song Dynasty, and "Lu Yin" in the Ming Dynasty.

Those who leave their local area without a road lead are considered refugees.

So strictly speaking, in fact, martial arts masters, green forest heroes and other people in the world can be counted as refugees.

Because Jianghu people are very particular about leaving as soon as they say, and they are rushing through Kyushu, when will they be able to get through?
Of course, refugees may not be hooligans, and hooligans may not necessarily become refugees. They may bring trouble to their hometowns and become ruffians, or they may steal and become thieves.

Those who join the bandit organization are already desperadoes who lick blood from their knives, grab food from the blood bowl, and eat with their heads in their hands.

……

"Brothers, drink."

"Brother respect."

"Hahaha... happy."

In the ancestral hall, Zhang Haikui seemed to be in a good mood and happily invited the brothers to drink.

After a big man put down his wine bowl, he smiled at Zhang Haikui and said, "Brother, once we rob Shuzhou City, our power will definitely increase greatly."

"When the time comes, those guys like the 'Jinzhou White Tiger' and the 'Heshuo Gust of Wind' are still going to be obedient and come to join us?"

Zhang Haikui laughed and shook his head, and said helplessly: "Jinzhou White Tiger Follows the Wind, he is considered the number one figure in the northern underworld, I'm afraid he won't be so easy to keep low."

Another big man snorted: "What can these bunch of chickens and dogs do if they don't rely on the strong? If they dare not surrender, they will be killed."

Zhang Haikui was about to say something more when he suddenly heard a strange voice outside the door.

"Hmph, you don't know that you are about to die, yet you dare to speak nonsense here."

The sound was extremely dull, just like the sound made by a wild ghost mandrill, and it sounded inexplicably scary.

"Who is it?" All the big men in the ancestral hall were shocked. They immediately put down their wine bowls and meat bones, picked up the guy and ran out of the ancestral hall.

Zhang Haikui held his nine-ring sword and stepped out of the ancestral hall to take a look. He couldn't help but be shocked.

But at this time, dozens of brothers were lying in the courtyard outside the ancestral hall.

They had been drinking and eating meat in the yard, but they didn't know what kind of tactics were used to make them fall to the ground without making any noise.

Among the lying bandits, eight men in black stood with black cloaks and swords hanging from their waists. They covered their heads with hoods, but did not cover their faces.

"Where did you come from? Why did you do this to my brothers?"

Dozens of people were eliminated without a sound. Of course, Zhang Haikui knew that these people were not easy to mess with, so he did not act rashly, but forced himself to calmly question them.

"Don't worry, they're fine, they're just sleeping."

There was another voice that was as dull as if it came from Jiuyou. Everyone could tell that the voice came from one of the eight people, but the strange thing was that the man's mouth did not move.

(End of this chapter)