Zhu Nao

In Longcheng Mountain.

Several men formed a circle with their buttocks pouted, and slowly crawled towards a haystack.Something moved in the haystack, and everyone immediately stopped, held their breath, and stared at the haystack intently.

Suddenly, one person widened his eyes, pointed at the opposite person and shouted loudly: "Boss, beware of snakes!"

His voice startled the things in the haystack, and a gray rabbit jumped out of the haystack and ran out with its hoofs spread.Everyone was startled, stunned for a moment, and jumped up one after another to chase after him.

"Don't let it run away!"

"Front, front! Block the front!"

"what!"

A group of big men rushed up one after another, but the hare was extremely agile, shuttling between the grass like a ghost.People fell one after another and gnawed the mud, but they didn't even catch a single rabbit fur.

After a while, the hare disappeared without a trace in the mountains and forests.

"day!"

A gray-faced middle-aged man got up from the ground, poking off the dust in his mouth.

The young man leaned over: "Boss Zhang..."

Before he finished speaking, the middle-aged man turned around and kicked him in the heart!The young man was caught off guard, and fell on his back to the ground, covering his chest with a pale face, unable to speak.

"Bastard! It's all you, crying and howling all of a sudden, what's your name? You scare the rabbits away! I haven't eaten meat in months, so I'll take off your legs and roast your meat!"

The young man covered his chest and said in a muffled voice, "I just... saw a snake... going to bite your leg..."

"Snake? Where did the snake come from?"

Boss Zhang returned to the place where he was lying on his stomach just now, and turned around, but there was no sign of the snake at all, only a dead branch with peeled skin.He picked up the dead branch and threw it at the young man: "Is this a snake? Ah? Blind your dog's eyes!"

Boss Zhang was full of anger, he raised his foot and wanted to kick the young man who fell on the ground, but was stopped by other subordinates.

"Boss, Lu Qiuyu is also kind."

"Yes, boss, put out the fire."

Boss Zhang not only didn't put out the fire, he slapped the people who came to dissuade him: "Trash, trash, a bunch of trash! There are so many people, and you can't even catch a rabbit. What's the use of raising you?"

Everyone backed away obediently, and no one dared to speak up.

Boss Zhang looked around ferociously, pulled this one over and beat him, and that one and kicked him.The anger was almost vented, so he turned and left, looking for a place to rest.

Wang Fengshou, who had been slapped, rubbed his numb face, and ran over to help Lu Qiuyu who was still lying on the ground; "Qiaoyu, are you okay?"

Lu Qiuyu was kicked right in the middle of the mouth, and his face was completely drained of blood.He waved his hand weakly: "It's okay, you'll be fine after a while."

Wang Fengshou sighed, and complained: "Boss is really cruel. You are only worried about him to remind you. Even if you scare the rabbit away, why did he hit him so hard?"

Lu Qiuyu smiled wryly, put his finger on his lips, and signaled Wang Fengshou to keep silent.This was heard by Boss Zhang.He's about to punch someone again.

These people are a group of bandits in Longcheng Mountain. They fell into bandits because they lost their livelihoods due to the disaster.They were originally from the same village, and because Boss Zhang was the oldest, everyone pushed him to be the leader and let him be the boss.However, the common people are not easy to do, and the bandits are not easy to do either.After they entered the mountain, Boss Zhang led them to rob everywhere. Originally, there were some farmers at the foot of the mountain, but after being robbed by bandits in Longcheng Mountain in turn, the farmers also ran away.They haven't eaten normal food for two or three days, and they rely on grass roots and bark to barely eat.I finally saw a rabbit today. I had the opportunity to get some oil and water, but unfortunately I didn't catch it.

After a while, Boss Zhang came back again, pointing to Lu Qiuyu and Wang Fengshou, and said, "You two carry a load of goods down the mountain and come back for some food."

Lu Qiuyu and Wang Fengshou looked at each other.

The so-called goods are the things they robbed the caravan passing by down the mountain.Half a month ago, they brought back some bolts of cloth, and this morning they brought back some loads of spices.

These goods are all valuable goods, but they cannot solve their plight of hunger.Cloth and spices are not edible, and they dare not exchange them for money.Those caravans were escorted by Changming Village. When they went out to rob, they covered their faces tightly every time, for fear that Changming Village would recognize them.There were only twenty of them, but there were hundreds of people in Changming Village, they were determined not to be offended.Moreover, Changming Village not only has a large number of people in the village, but also has a good relationship with the people in the village. Once they sell the stolen goods in the countryside, the news will immediately reach Changming Village's ears.

Wang Fengshou said cautiously: "Boss, didn't you agree to sell these things in half a year?" Now is the time when the rumors are tight, after half a year, Changming Village has forgotten these things, and they will sell them again, it will be safer

"Half a year?" Boss Zhang stared, "It doesn't take half a year, wait a few more days, I'll let you bastards starve to death! Don't wait, you go and pick things far away before you make a move. You can't change them before dark Bring back the food, I will beat you to death!" After saying that, he raised his fist fiercely.

Wang Fengshou and Lu Qiuyu were young, and they were also the ones who received the most beatings on weekdays. When they saw Boss Zhang raising his hand, they immediately hugged their heads and shrunk their necks in fright.

"Aren't you going soon?"

Although the two young men were afraid that they would be discovered by the people of Changming Village after going down the mountain, if they didn't go, they might be beaten to death here.They had no choice but to provoke the goods reluctantly.

"Get lost! If you can't do it, I'll break your legs!"

The two young men walked down the mountain timidly carrying things.

After walking not far, Wang Fengshou was the first to complain in a low voice: "I really don't want to live this day. Why don't we go to Changming Village? If we stay here, even if we don't starve to death, we will be killed sooner or later." Boss Zhang was beaten to death."

Lu Qiuyu was taken aback: "You want to go to Changming Village? Boss Zhang said that Changming Village only accepts people from Yilong, and they are very cruel to foreigners. If we are caught by them, we will be chopped up and boiled." Soup. Didn’t they kill a group of disaster victims a while ago?”

Wang Fengshou said: "But I heard people say that the owner of Changming Village is kind-hearted, and if there are bandits from other lands who go to join him, they will take them in as well. I suspect that Boss Zhang lied to us, just wanting us to listen to him."

Lu Qiuyu was puzzled: "Really? Changming Village is willing to accept foreigners? But we just robbed the caravan guarded by Changming Village, and they are willing to take us in?"

"..." Wang Fengshou also hesitated, "No, I don't know."

The two young men looked hesitant, unable to make up their minds.

As they were walking, the two stopped at the same time.They heard noises coming from the bottom of the mountain, as if a large group of people were going up the mountain.Wang Fengshou immediately put down his things and climbed up the tree to have a look.After a while, he jumped down with a flustered expression: "It's bad! I saw the flag, it's people from Changming Village coming! There are so many people, I can't see the tail, there must be hundreds of them at least."

Lu Qiuyu was also frightened.Even though they were still thinking about fleeing to Changming Village just now, it is one thing to go to the door by themselves, but it is another thing for others to come to the door to settle accounts.When they saw the goods they picked, they were frightened out of their wits, and they turned around and ran back after carrying the things.

"Boss! Boss! It's not good, the people from Changming Village are here!"

Boss Zhang was resting under a tree when he heard this and jumped up: "What?!"

"At least a hundred people have already passed the mountain gate, and they will be there soon!"

Boss Zhang turned pale with fright, and commanded: "Quick, quick, hide everything!"

Everyone hurriedly moved the cloth and spices into the cave, pushed stones to cover them, and then they all got into the grass to hide.

As soon as it was hidden, footsteps came.

Yu Changming stopped and looked around.Although it is not as large-scale as their Changming Village, it also has simple living facilities such as thatched huts and wells.There was a fire on the ground, emitting a little gray smoke. It was obvious that someone had stayed here not long ago.Although he never sent anyone to attack Longcheng Mountain, he still knows how many thief dens there are and where the thief dens are roughly located.

The subordinates said: "Master, the person may not have gone far, let's go and search?"

Yu Changming shook his head: "No need."

He also believed that people did not go far, but Longcheng Mountain was densely covered with vegetation and rocky, and it was very laborious to find people and things.He didn't come here today to pick out and kill people one by one, so there's no need to waste that effort.

The subordinate said: "Then what should we do?"

Yu Changming took a fancy to a boulder and walked over it.The boulder is as tall as a person, if ordinary people want to climb it, they are afraid to climb up for half a day with their hands and feet.However, Yu Changming took advantage of the step and leaped upwards, and he jumped onto the top of the stone with ease.

Seeing this scene, Lu Qiuyu, who was hiding in the grass, backed away in fear of being discovered by the condescending Yu Changming.Boss Zhang, who was lying next to him, slapped him on the back of the head: "Idiot, don't move!"

Lu Qiuyu didn't dare to move.

Not far away, Yu Changming climbed to the top of the boulder, tall and tall, with a heroic posture.He cleared his throat and said loudly: "Listen, I am Yu Changming, the head of Changming Village!"

His sonorous voice echoed continuously in the mountains and forests.Everyone lying in the dark stared at Yu Changming when they heard the words: Yu Changming actually came in person? !

Yu Chang said clearly: "You are equal to the long-term fall of the grass in Longcheng Mountain. I am generous, and I have not embarrassed you. However, you have repeatedly committed crimes. Tai Sui broke the ground and caused disasters. From today, in the territory of Yilong, except Changming Outside the stronghold, no other strongholds are allowed. Although Nianer and others have committed crimes, each has his own reasons. If he returns early, he will ignore the past, and he will be treated generously! If he refuses to surrender, he will be the enemy of our stronghold, and he will be chased away if he sees him in the future. Kill, there is no pardon!"

Everyone was shocked.They thought that Changming Village led the crowd to come here this time because they knew about their robbing of the caravan, so they came to take revenge.Unexpectedly, Changming Village actually came to recruit them!

For a time, some people are happy, some people are sad.

The ones who are happy are naturally Wang Fengshou, Lu Qiuyu and others.They had been bullied by Boss Zhang for a long time, and they had long thought of running away.It's just that they are young, they don't know how to survive alone, and they heard that Changming Village does not accept foreigners, so they can only continue to swallow their breath.But now that Changming Village took the initiative to recruit them, wouldn't they have a new way out?

The one who is worried is Boss Zhang.Now he has his own family, can be the boss, and has a group of younger brothers for his orders.But after entering Changming Village, it's not like that.Moreover, he has been the owner of other cottages, and other people may have been treated favorably in the past, could he?He will definitely be excluded!

Everyone has different thoughts, and no one dares to act rashly.

Yu Changming waited for a while, then said coldly: "If you don't come out again, I will treat you as unwilling to surrender. I won't repeat my words a second time."

Someone couldn't help moving, and the grass suddenly rustled.

The people from Changming Village immediately wanted to go forward to grab someone, but Yu Changming stopped him by raising his hand.He gave them a little more time.

Lu Qiuyu was ready to move, and was about to stand up, but was held down by Zhang Boss.

Lu Qiuyu whispered: "Boss, they all said that if we don't go out, they will treat us as refusing to surrender and kill them all. There are so many of them, and they will find us sooner or later, so it's better to go out by ourselves."

"I know, I'll go out later." Boss Zhang said viciously, "After you go out, you are not allowed to mention those things. And even if you go to Changming Village, you have to listen to me. Come to my residence at midnight tonight. Assemble. If you dare to be disobedient, watch out for me..." After speaking, he made a throat-slitting motion.

Lu Qiuyu shrank his neck in fright.

Boss Zhang knew that these little bastards under his command had long been dissatisfied with him, and he also knew that a large number of people arrived at Changming Village today, and they couldn't escape.But he was not willing to lose power like this, and he was eager to think that something would happen when he went to Changming Village to ensure his status.

After everyone agreed, Boss Zhang let go.

The bandits came out of the darkness one after another and stood in the sunlight.

Boss Zhang was at the end and also crawled out of the grass.However, Xu Shi lay on the ground for too long. When he got up, he felt numb in his legs and feet, and his head was dizzy. After a few steps, he barely stopped.

Yu Changming stood on the boulder, looking down at the crowd below.These thieves were all ashamed, skinny, and submissive.

Different from the strength just now, he said gently: "If you sincerely surrender, you will all be your own brothers from now on."

Everyone had a guilty expression on their faces, and they didn't dare to raise their heads.

Yu Changming glanced at the crowd, and said calmly, "Is everyone here? Let's go when all are here."

A few people were about to take a step back, but they heard Yu Changming say again: "If you have money and items, take them with you. When you go to Changming Village, it's still yours."

Everyone was shocked.They have had conflicts with other cottages. The so-called surrender is actually surrender.The winners often looted the losers, and the people either captured them and drove them back, or killed them directly.But Yu Changming asked them to bring their own belongings?

For a while, no one moved.

Yu Changming frowned, and was about to be urged, when he suddenly saw a young man plop on his knees.

Yu Changming: "?"

"Zhaizhu, Yuzhaizhu!" The young man pointed behind a stone, "There, there are cloth and spices there. It's Boss Zhang, Boss Zhang took us to grab it!"

Several gazes focused on Boss Zhang.

Boss Zhang was shocked and angry.He repeatedly told them to keep their mouths shut, but he didn't expect that bastard Lu Qiuyu to sell himself so soon!

Yu Changming said, "Go and have a look."

Several people from Changming Village immediately ran to the cave pointed by the young man.

Yu Changming hasn't said how to deal with it yet, but Boss Zhang is extremely flustered.Chang Mingzhai had given him a chance to surrender, but at that time he was unwilling to hand over the stolen goods and did not admit it.Now being caught out, I think it is a dead end.If he wants to die, he can't make others feel better.If Lu Qiuyu dared to betray him, he had to take him to be buried with him!

Frightened and angry, Boss Zhang yelled loudly and rushed towards Lu Qiuyu!

Everyone was shocked and rushed forward to stop them.

Boss Zhang threw Lu Qiuyu to the ground, grabbed him by the neck, and said with red eyes, "Bastard!"

People rushed forward and surrounded the two of them.

Yu Changming was also taken aback by the sudden change, and hurriedly jumped off the boulder to drive away the crowd.When the crowd dispersed, Yu Changming was surprised by the scene inside.

——The person who fell on the ground turned out to be Boss Zhang!

Boss Zhang's face turned blue, his eyes were out of focus, foaming at the mouth, and twitching uncontrollably.His appearance frightened the people, and they retreated one after another.

After a while, Boss Zhang stopped convulsing and lay flat.

Lu Qiuyu moved over cautiously and pushed Zhang Boss' leg.Boss Zhang's leg was turned at an angle, revealing two small red holes on his calf.It was obviously a wound bitten by a snake.The snake's venom took hold, and he died.

Lu Qiuyu was silent for a moment, and raised his hand to cover his still aching heart.

After a while, all the people who went to investigate the cave came out.Sure enough, they found the cloth and spices that had been robbed by the caravan in the cave. They were intact and there was nothing missing.

Yu Changming glanced coldly at Boss Zhang's body and asked someone to throw him into the cave.The rest were all taken away.

The bandits went back to pack their things first, and after they came out, they lined up and left with everyone in Changming Village.

Lu Qiuyu had nothing to pack, so he was at the top of the list.When the team started again, he was standing not far behind Yu Changming.He quietly looked at Yu Changming's back from behind.Yu Changming was tall and straight, strong and majestic, which was completely different from the crooked and wretched Boss Zhang.

Lu Qiuyu felt admiration in his heart, and couldn't help shouting: "Master Yu Village."

All the Changming Villagers around him looked sideways at him: "What are you doing?"

Lu Qiuyu was afraid that he would cause trouble, so he quickly shrank his neck.

Unexpectedly, when Yu Changming heard his cry, he actually slowed down, turned around, and asked peacefully, "What's the matter?"

Lu Qiuyu blushed, and he hesitated for a long time: "Yu, Yuzhaizhu, why did you suddenly come to take us down today? Why didn't you come before?" They have been in Longcheng Mountain for several months, and they just came Back then they were very afraid of Changming Village, but over time, they were more afraid of other small villages in Longcheng Mountain than Changming Village with its large numbers of people.Changming Village's oppressive action today was really beyond people's expectations, and he is still a little confused now.

Yu Changming's eyes flashed.After a while, he said, "I'm afraid of trouble."

"Ah?" Lu Qiuyu was puzzled, "What trouble?"

Yu Changming glanced at the long queue at the back, and said, "To recruit so many people, I have to control so many mouths of you, and to make a living for so many of you. Isn't it troublesome?"

He had explained his behavior for many reasons in the first place.But since he chatted with Zhu Nao that day, he has repeatedly introspected, only to realize that behind his kindhearted heart, there is actually a trace of timidity hidden.With more and more people under his command and a wider and wider sphere of influence, he has to be responsible for more people.This scares him a little.

Lu Qiuyu was stunned for a moment, but he was overjoyed and smiled all over his face.Yu Changming is indeed different from Boss Zhang!Those who were surrendered by Boss Zhang were all slaves, puppets who obeyed his advice.Yu Changming is more like an elder, like a boss. He cares about their food and wants to make a living for them!

"Boss!!" He blurted out, the voice was too loud, and once again attracted everyone's attention.

Lu Qiuyu scratched his head embarrassingly, and felt that he should say something, so he blushed and said, "Thank you, thank you village master."

Looking at the young man's smile, Yu Changming couldn't help thinking of the strategic smile in the teahouse that day.He had thought that what happened today would be tragic and sad, but he didn't expect it to be peaceful, even joyful.

"The village master?"

Lu Qiuyu was puzzled.Why did you suddenly lose your mind?

Yu Changming came back to his senses, suddenly smiled, shook his head, and quickened his pace to walk to the front of the team.