A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 601
Just when everyone in Li's residence was panicking, at this moment, the door leading to the back hall suddenly opened, and a group of big men with weapons hurriedly walked into the hall.

Seeing that they are all dressed like local people, but they are full of indescribable toughness and coldness, all of them are holding knives and swords, and some even hold bows and handguns.

Everyone in the mansion screamed again. They knew that outside the backyard wall, there were also many rioters, and most of them were young and young, blocking the way out, making them want to break out from the backyard. Frustrated.

Suddenly a stranger broke in on this person, could it be...

The head of the Li family took courage, stepped forward and shouted: "You... who are you? Why did you break into a private house?"

I saw this group of big men, the leader took off the fur hat on his head, revealing a strange face, one face was big and the other was small, with high eyebrows and a pig nose, taciturn, but it could be seen , he is usually a peaceful and tough person.

He was wearing a tattered robe, very much like a day laborer who went out to sell coolies. He silently took out a copper waist card from his arms, with chains and sharp sword patterns on it.

He raised the waist badge to the eyes of the head of the Li family, and said in a deep voice: "East Road of Xuanfu Town, Huangming, the rescue team under the intelligence department, Kong San, a high-ranking swordsman, came to rescue the old patriarch Li under the order of the general. It should not be too late, you will follow me out of the mansion immediately, and I will definitely reach the East Road safely."

Patriarch Li was both surprised and delighted: "Are you under Uncle Zhongyong?"

He said repeatedly: "Quick, quick, Steward Yang, tidy up, we'll leave right away."

Steward Yang, who was next to Mrs. Yuan, quickly responded, and was about to order his servants to clean up the courtyard. Kong San dissuaded him: "It's not much time, old patriarch Li, leave immediately. , if there is any loss, the compensation will be doubled!"

Mrs. Li Zhenyu was quite reluctant, and cried: "Don't you want it? These are all family properties accumulated over the years."

The young lady persuaded: "Mother-in-law, money is something outside of the body, as long as we return to Qingyuan, we will have more of this money."

Patriarch Li also felt pain in his heart, his wife was right, the ancestors of the past generations, as well as the wealth accumulated by himself and his clansmen, many of them were kept in the mansion, so he gave up like this, and he was extremely reluctant.

But he still made up his mind: "The grandson's daughter-in-law is right. As long as there are people around, there will be things other than money and wealth. Except for the ancestral tablet, there is no need to clean up other things. Let's go immediately!"

Kong Sanyi waved his hand: "Huang Weijie, He Jian, you two should go out to have a look immediately, and take care of the brother's situation outside."

Among the group of big men, a man with a square face and fair skin immediately greeted a slightly fat man, took a vigorous step forward, and went to the backyard.

Everyone in Li's residence gathered, counting the clan members, some maids, women, and guards, there were only a dozen or so people in total. In its heyday, there were more than a hundred people in Li's residence.

Regardless of sighs and sighs, Mr. Li, Mrs. Li and his party, under the cover of Kong San and others, and the rest of the courtyard, took the ancestral tablet and went to the backyard in fear. When the door was opened, all the female relatives were shocked again. There was a burst of exclamation, and even the young lady turned pale.

I saw the streets and alleys outside, near the gate of the courtyard, there were corpses and moaning wounded all over the ground, and there was a bloody smell, most of them were green-skinned gangsters who had gathered before, and some people had pale faces. Probe into the brain.

There were several large vehicles parked outside, and there were some big men guarding them, and one of them was slowly wiping the bloodstains on his Qi knife on the clothes of a corpse.

"Get in the car, get in the car...don't look..."

The situation before him had a great impact on Elder Patriarch Li. He thought that Uncle Zhongyong started his career with military exploits and killed the Tartar corpses, and his subordinates were also very vicious.

A group of people in Li's house, all frightened, got into the car, only those guards, Kong San and others were hiding in the front, back, left, and right sides of each car.

"Hugh leaves the thief."

Not far from the street, I saw a lot of people rushing up the North Street, all of them armed with sticks, and behind the vehicles, there were also a large group of people shouting and chasing them urgently.

I don't know which family's head has been reported, so he hastily summoned servants and Qingpi to stop him.

Kong San narrowed his eyelids and waved his hand. Immediately, Huang Weijie, He Jian, and some swordsmen in the team all pulled out their sabers with grinning grimaces. He rushed forward, and faintly formed a formation of small three talents in the army that were easy to attack and kill.

With a puff, He Jian's Qi knife pierced through the chest of a person in front of him. In an instant, the person fell backwards and fell to the ground without knowing what happened.

He Jian's Qi knife swiped again, a large pool of blood was splashed, and the head of a guard beside him flew up.

Huang Weijie's long knife took away the right arm of a green skin, and at the same time, he slashed across the throat of a servant from an unknown house, and then stabbed forward, and pierced another person's abdomen. He still had time to appreciate this Painful expression on human face.

Huang Weijie drew out his long knife again and stabbed with his backhand. There was a chilling sound of the weapon piercing through the human body. Behind him, a green skin couldn't help but put down his hand holding the stick, staring blankly at the blood spurting out of his body. After a long time, he let out a howl of pain.

In just a moment, more than ten people fell down in front of them. Huang Weijie, He Jian and most of them used Qi Dao. Nursing the hospital, etc., is as easy as killing a chicken.

But at this time, the chasing soldiers in front of them shuddered collectively. Where did these killing gods come from?In the end, they screamed even more, all of them scattered in fear, and fled in all directions, revealing a group of government servants behind them holding iron rulers and chains, looking at each other.

Seeing those murder gods covered in bloodstains, all of them were vicious and horrified, one of the yamen servants boldly shouted: "Where did you come from? Knowing about committing crimes in the street, it's a lawless act, it's a big conspiracy..."

Before he finished speaking, a knife flashed in front of his eyes, and his unbelievable head flew into the sky...

The rest of the yamen servants also howled, and each of them dropped the iron ruler and chains in their hands, and fled away on their own.

Behind the cart, Kong San narrowed his eyelids again as he watched the shouting crowd catching up, and suddenly took out a round, black object from the last cart. Iron appearance, with a handle at one end and a long lead rope at the other end.

A flash of inspiration flashed in their hearts, and they said in surprise: "This is, Zhen Tianlei?"

Kong San said lightly: "Not bad."

Holding the end of the handle, he flicked the torch in his hand to ignite the guide rope.

Immediately, the flames burst into flames.

The nursing homes of Li's mansion were frightened, and they were all far away from Kong San.

Kong San looked calm, seeing that the fuse was almost ignited, he threw it away suddenly, right into the chasing crowd.

With a loud bang, Ten Thousand Enemies exploded, and in the thick smoke, many barbed wire, gravel, and broken iron shot in all directions. Immediately, the crowd behind rolled down a large piece, blood and flesh flew everywhere, and they fell to the ground and howled mournfully.

Even the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty were blown out of their wits by the tens of thousands of enemies of the Jingbian Army. How could these Qingpi and the nurses who only know how to fight in the street bear it?

Kong San only threw out a ten-thousand enemy, and the pursuers screamed in fear and scattered with a blast.

Patriarch Li could see clearly from inside the car, and heaved a long sigh. The young lady also had beautiful eyes, and her mother-in-law was trembling and couldn't stop chanting.

Soon, all the chariots and horses left the city and continued to drive towards the east road along the pick-up route. Not far from the city, Li's mansion and others were looted by the angry crowd, and finally burned to the ground.

Scenes like this continue to happen in Shanxi and Xuanda, and there is a steady stream of distressed businessmen who are close to the East Road, and they are taken to the East Road one by one...

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At the end of October, Datong Town, Lingqiu County.

Lingqiu County is one of the various prefectures in Taiyuan. It passes through Pingxing Pass and is one of the main roads leading to the East Road. Going northeast of Lingqiu, there is Weizhou, and going southeast is Guangchang. Both cities belong to Datong Town. The strange posture of Xuanfu Town, which belongs to the military.

As early as in the Western Han Dynasty, Lingqiu County was located here, and it was named after King Wuling of Zhao. The land here is full of hills on the Loess Plateau. It is known as "nine parts of the landscape and one part of the field". Because of the large number of people and the small amount of land, business is quite prosperous.

This is also one of the 72 castles in Datong Town. As a rule, the city has more than four miles and a height of more than three feet. There are garrisons inside and one county magistrate. numerous.

In this dilapidated small town, there is only one cross street. The more lively places are the Town God's Temple, Confucian Temple, Wenchang Pavilion, etc. Like Xuanfu Town, there are also many theaters in the military castles and castles in Datong Town. These places are also crowded with people. dense places.

At noon, there was a lot of people around Wenchang Pavilion. Pedestrians coming and going passed by your side from time to time. In the cold wind, they all wrapped themselves tightly in their worn cotton jackets and leather robes.

On Wuyamen Street not far from the pavilion in the east direction, beside a stage, a few big men were watching Bangzi opera, eating and drinking, eating local sesame oil and thick rice porridge.

Suddenly a big man moved his eyes and stood up: "I'm full."

He said to the stall owner: "Boss, are you collecting food stamps or cash?"

The boss sighed: "I used to collect food stamps, but now I don't dare to accept them."

The big man took out a handful of copper coins from his pocket and slapped them on the table: "Here you are."

A group of people walked away.

The boss put it away happily, and counted the copper coins, at least [-]% more, thinking that those who go out to help are rich, but it is a pity that he has a lot of worries, otherwise he would go out to help, or even go to the east road.

A few burly men swaggered, with fierce looks on their faces, even if they saw them unfamiliar, they didn't dare to bully foreigners.

Seeing that no one was paying attention, they turned around and turned into the alley of Yuefu Temple. The two unremarkable men dressed as locals nodded. A dilapidated courtyard house.

After closing the door and checking that there was no movement outside, seven people sat around, and the leader of the big man said in a deep voice: "Ghost fox, tell me the information you found."

This big man is nearly thirty years old, with a strong physique, but his appearance is not impressive. It is rumored that he was born as a monk soldier. He even became a member of the anti-rape team, as the captain of the Lingqiu operation.

His name is Cui Qi, and he has a nickname of urging the judge.

The person he asked was thin and small, but his body was like a spirit fox. His name was Gu Yue, and he had a nickname: Ghost Fox.

He is from Jinzhong, Shanxi, and he can speak the local dialects of Shanxi. However, his martial strength is average, and he is only an inferior swordsman.

When he spoke, he spoke with a strong local accent: "It has been found out that Lingqiu is one of the important places for profiteers to print counterfeit notes. The county magistrates and guards here have a deep friendship with everyone, so we treat them well." Turn one eye and close one eye for the activities, especially the garrison, who is a member of the Cao family in Taigu, and he hates me Donglu even more!"

He took out a rough map, put it on the table, and pointed to a guild hall in Xiyamenkou Street: "This guild hall is the family of Fan, Liang, Tian, ​​Cao, etc., organized fellow villagers, and built it more than ten years ago. Yes, I have already checked into the museum, and there are many fake food stamps printed on banknotes in the museum, and according to my estimation, they printed a total of counterfeit banknotes, and the denomination is no less than ten thousand shi."

"Damn!"

Everyone in the room was extremely angry, Cui Qi calmly said: "How many people are there in the museum?"

Ghost Fox replied: "There are about 30 people, all of whom are servants of various families. The key is not here, but the guards in the city. They are all members of the Cao family. If they are alarmed, we will be outnumbered!"

Cui Qi sneered and said: "Don't worry, Lingqiu is guarding, and there are brothers from the assassination team to deal with them. The mission of the anti-rape team is to destroy the dens of counterfeit tickets. I will dispatch them tonight and kill them all. Within a quarter of an hour , end the battle, and burn the counterfeit printing banknotes!"

(End of this chapter)