From beggar to emperor: I am not Zhu Yuanzhang

I don’t know how long I walked, and I don’t know where I went. Yang Xingmi just walked aimlessly on the land of Jianghuai.

One day, when Yang Xingmi was walking through a mountain forest, he was suddenly ambushed by a group of bandits.

Before he could react, the bandits from behind the woods rushed out with shouts and surrounded him. Yang Xingmi immediately opened his posture and looked at these uninvited guests warily.

The leading bandit leader was a young short man. He glanced at Yang Xingmi in front of him, and his face suddenly changed with anger.

The bandit leader spat on the ground: "Damn it, Ergou, you didn't look at the almanac when you went down the mountain today. After four hours of ambush, a beggar came. What bad luck!"

The young man named Ergou next to him smiled awkwardly: "Boss, don't underestimate beggars. Beggars are also very rich these days."

The bandit leader looked at Yang Xingmi again and saw that he was in ragged clothes, unkempt, and covered with dirt. He didn't look like a rich man.

The bandit leader muttered, thinking that although we are bandits, we still have no choice but to do it. Our professional ethics is to rob the rich and give to the poor. Who does robbing beggars count? No matter how good you are, you are still not good enough to rob a beggar of his money. We are thieves, but thieves have their ways, so we can't do this.

Thinking of this, the bandit leader cursed: "Ergou, do you mean, brother, that I have reached the point of robbing beggars of their money?"

Ergou:......

Seeing the two people muttering for a long time, Yang Xingmi couldn't help shouting: "Hey, what are you two muttering about?"

The bandit leader glared at him: "Get out of here, it's really unlucky that you waited all day to find a beggar."

When Yang Xingmi heard this, he was very angry and shouted back: "Who are you talking about? Who is a beggar? He is a blind person."

"Oh, you have a good temper, tie me up!" the bandit leader became angry.

Three bandits rushed over. Yang Xing closed his eyes and listened to their footsteps with his ears. When they rushed forward, Yang Xingmi opened his eyes, dodged, kicked one of the bandits down with his flying kick, and knocked down the other two with three or two blows.

Less than 1 minutes before and after.

The bandit leader was stunned, and a cold air rushed from the soles of his feet to his forehead.

Ergou next to him looked straight in his eyes. He leaned into the leader's ear and said: "Boss, when we went out today, we forgot to ask the military advisor for a fortune telling. It's unlucky..."

"Shut up!" the bandit leader said angrily.

Unexpectedly, the beggar was so powerful. The bandit leader was greatly surprised and had to observe Yang Xingmi carefully again. Although he was dressed in tatters, he was tall and tall, and there was an air of heroism between his brows that could not be concealed.

Looking at his skills, he is definitely a martial arts practitioner, not an ordinary person.

This bandit leader was not a rude and ignorant person. Through observation, his intuition told him that this person was definitely not an ordinary beggar.

Thinking of this, he suddenly took a step forward and clasped his fists: "Brothers are rude and rude. It's very offensive. I hope this brother will forgive me."

This style of painting changed so quickly that Yang Xingmi couldn't switch. He hesitated and said nothing.

The leader continued: "From the accent just now, could it be that the strong man is from Luzhou?"

Only then did Yang Xingmi notice that the bandit leader also spoke Luzhou dialect. He nodded and said, "That's right, I'm from Luzhou, my hometown."

The bandit leader laughed and said: "Oh, the flood has really washed away the Dragon King Temple. If we don't fight, we won't know each other. Hero, we are also from Luzhou."

"I live in Xialu Prefecture, Tao Ya, named Guohua." The bandit leader cupped his hands.

Yang Xingmi also hurriedly returned the courtesy: "I am in Xialuzhou, Yang Xingmi, courtesy name Huayuan. I am honored to meet you."

As the saying goes, when a fellow villager meets a fellow villager, tears well up in his eyes. In this chaotic world, how can we not be happy to meet a fellow villager here?

Tao Ya called to the brothers: "Brothers, this strong man is also from Luzhou. We are not outsiders, we are all brothers."

The crowd burst into cheers.

Tao Ya sent an invitation to Yang Xingmi: "Brother Yang, would you like to go up the mountain with me and have a drink with my eldest brother and military advisor? They are also from Luzhou."

At this time, Yang Xingmi remembered that he was already hungry and couldn't resist Tao Ya's warm invitation, so Yang Xingmi had no choice but to agree to go up the mountain with everyone.

At this time, Tao Ya had already sent two dogs back to the stronghold to report to his elder brother and military advisor.

Hearing that they met fellow Luzhou people, the eldest brother and the military advisor were also very happy. A banquet had already been held in the village, waiting for their return.

Along the winding mountain path, Yang Xingmi followed the group towards the top of the mountain. Sure enough, there was a village on the top of the mountain in the distance. The mountains were very quiet, with occasional bird calls heard. Tao Ya and Yang Xingmi walked side by side on the mountain road, chatting while walking.

Tao Ya pointed to the cottage in the distance: "Brother Yang, look, that's the cottage there."

Yang Xingmi looked around and praised: "This mountain is really a good place. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Brother Tao, how did you find this place to set up camp?"

"It's hard to say."

Tao Ya sighed: "Last year, Luzhou was full of thieves and war. We couldn't survive anymore, so we gathered a group of fellow villagers to escape. Then we came here. The mountain is called Crouching Tiger Mountain. We found that this place is very suitable for setting up a camp. , and we settled down. My eldest brother Tian Kai and military advisor Dai Yougui are both from Luzhou. They also founded this village. I just ran errands and did odd jobs. "

"Brother Yang, how did you get here?"

"Similar to you, bandits burned down the village last year and my parents died. I had no choice but to escape."

Tao Ya sighed: "Hey, we are both fallen people from the end of the world."

As he spoke, the cottage had arrived.

Yang Xingmi looked up and saw a slightly crude mountain stronghold built on the top of the mountain. It was high up and the terrain was dangerous, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack. The gatehouse of the cottage is made of the trunks of several big trees, with a faded red lantern hanging on the left and right sides. A small man stands sentry on the high observation platform, with a large brown flag flying on the top of the platform, and a letter of three A big character - Crouching Tiger Village.

Seeing Tao Ya and his party, the minions on the stage greeted happily: "Brother Tao, you are back. Brother Tian and Military Advisor Dai have been waiting for a long time."

The group of people passed through the village gate and went straight into the lobby. A minion quickly stepped forward to take the sword from Tao Ya's hand and took off his cloak.

Tao Ya said to Yang Xingmi as he walked: "Brother Xingmi, the eldest brother and the military advisor have been waiting for a long time. Let's go in quickly."

Several people walked into the meeting hall while talking. A banquet had already been set up in the hall. Tian Kai, the eldest brother of Crouching Tiger Village, and Dai Yougui, the second brother and military advisor, saw Tao Ya enter the door and all stood up to greet her.

Tao Ya first greeted Tian Kai and Dai Yougui, and then introduced Yang Xingmi to them:

"Two brothers, this is Yang Xingmi, a fellow from Luzhou whom I met at the foot of the mountain. Brother Yang."

Tian Kai and Dai Yougui both raised their hands and said in greeting: "Brother Xingmi, I'm glad to meet you."

"This is my eldest brother Tian Kai, and this is our military advisor Dai Yougui." Tao Ya introduced them to Yang Xingmi one by one.

"Brothers, it's polite to keep secrets." Yang Xingmi returned the favor and thanked them all.