The sturdy life of crossing

Chapter 156 Collusion between officials and bandits

"I saw Master Du running away from behind." A bandit who bumped into Master Du rushed to expose it.

Huang Feihu was furious when he heard this, the bastard surnamed Du didn't show any sense of loyalty, he just ran for his own life at the critical moment, thinking of the fate of Zhao Laoer and Sun Laosan, Huang Feihu shuddered, regretting not listening to Master Du's words earlier, Maybe if you prepare in advance, you won't end up where you are today.

Come to two familiar people to lead the way, and you will be credited with finding the one surnamed Du. "Jian Leyang said that he suspected that the person surnamed Du was a nail buried in the village by outsiders, so he couldn't be allowed to escape.

"I, I..." Many people rushed to make meritorious service.

Jian Leyang ordered a few people at random, and ordered someone to take them to the back to find them. They must be found, and at the same time be careful of their own safety, and send a signal to contact them in time.

That night, after the stronghold was captured, Jian Leyang led people to rectify the stronghold, because he wanted to develop it into a territory of the Canghe Gang. It occupies a favorable position and is covered by natural barriers. It is difficult to attack if it is hidden. It's not that these bandits are too incompetent and let them figure out the situation here, maybe it will take some price to occupy it.

So such a hidden place is just right for them to train troops, and at the same time, there is a flat land in the village with rough terrain outside, which can be used for farming, and it is completely wasted in the hands of Huang Feihu and other mobs.

After guarding all the dangerous intersections, Jian Leyang interrogated overnight to sort out the composition of the personnel here. Some of them were captured and stayed forcibly. After everything is over, these people can be arranged to leave on their own, but not now. If you stay here to eat, you have to work. After you have a meal for these people after dawn, you will start to tidy up most of the deserted fields here.

Master Du had a good idea, he thought that he would be able to escape after hiding in a hidden cave for a while, and after reporting the situation here, he might be able to atone for his sins, but others stayed here longer than he did. It was longer, and he knew the terrain better than him. Although it took some effort, he still found him. Master Du was desperate. They locked him and Huang Feihu together. As for the people who led the way and made contributions, they went to plant the land. Not only were those people not unhappy, but they were very grateful to Jian Leyang. Facing this group of murderous gods, it is very good for them to keep their lives that's it.

After Huang Feihu and Master Du were taken away, Jian Leyang pointed his fingers at Xu Dun, and Xu Dun immediately ran over to listen to the order.

"Find two literate brothers with paper and pens, and stare at them without blinking, and write down everything they say." It is good to promote literacy. When I first took over the Canghe Gang, It is really difficult to find someone to record something, but not now, you can easily find someone who can read and write in any team, and it is not impossible to find someone with better writing skills, so Xu Dun immediately found someone The errand was sent to them, and they took charcoal pencils and small books with them.

At dawn, order had been restored in the village. Someone set up a pot and began to cook porridge. Normally, people like Huang Feifeihu only cared about enjoying themselves and were reluctant to open their bellies to the people below, but Jian Leyang didn't care. After washing, it was poured into a large iron pot. When the water boiled, the smell of rice wafted out and made the stomachs of the people in the village grumble. If they can eat this kind of white rice porridge every day, they will be happy to let them stay and work every day.

Among these people, not all of them voluntarily became bandits with Huang Feihu and the others from the very beginning. Some of them were forced into the mountains after their homes were ransacked by pirates and Japanese pirates, and they had no way out. Huang Feihu became a bandit, but their mediocre performance was not trusted by Huang Feihu, and they barely survived on wild vegetables and coarse grains. It had been a long time since they had a bite of white rice.

Of course, Jian Leyang and the others eat better, rice, fresh vegetables, and the poultry that Huang Feihu and the others are usually reluctant to let go of. In terms of food, Jian Leyang never treats the people below badly. Now this group of people is one by one. After raising a big pot of food and eating well, Jian Leyang led people to do things. The first thing to do in this village is to build fortifications and improve the defense of the village. The simple traps that were originally arranged are not to mention Jian Leyang. That is, the people below are very disdainful. After inspecting the surrounding area of ​​the village and drawing a simple topographic map, the people below put forward their opinions one by one. Some of these materials were impossible to provide in the stockade, so Lao Hei came in handy, and asked Lao Hei to send out the letter quickly and send a batch of materials over quickly.

Although these materials could not be delivered in a short period of time, in the past morning, several key locations have built high platforms with local materials as watchtowers, occupying the commanding heights, and any movement below can be spotted immediately.

In the county town, seeing the fireworks signal sent from the direction of the village in the distance, someone immediately reported to Jian Dong: "Master Jian has opened the city gate, and the operation over there has gone smoothly, and it has been completely captured."

Jian Dong was overjoyed: "Okay, let's pass it on and open the city gate, but if there is any unusual movement in the city, you need to keep an eye on it."

"Master Jane, don't worry, this is what we should do."

Previously, only a small gate was left at the gate of the city for people from outside the city to enter the city, but people inside could not go out.At noon of this day, the city gate that had been blocked for many days was finally free to enter and exit, but instead, people from all sides who had been watching did not dare to forcibly take the lead. What is the meaning of Lord Jane?He is not afraid that people outside will know the situation here and send people to deal with him. Think about the group of people who went out last night, but they haven't been seen yet. Maybe Master Jane dared to open the city gate now because of the actions of those people.

"You mean he...

"Send someone out to investigate and you will know the result."

These people still sent a few pawns to go out to explore the way. When they reached the mountain path they had to pass, they found a fence erected. Someone came out immediately to repel them. No one dared to force them when they saw the crossbows in their hands. Chuang, and ran back in a desperate manner.

Hearing the news reported by those people, the people waiting in the city were so frightened that they sat down on the chairs, what else is there to say?Last night, the team went out to attack the cottage occupied by Huang Feihu, and now the village has clearly fallen into their hands, so they can open the city gate recklessly, because they know that they can't get out of this boundary, and can't send the letter out. Even if there is a detour, the news must have lagged by then.

"Didn't that God of Killing come from the capital? Why didn't any of the powerful and important officials in the capital notice?" Someone gritted their teeth and said, it was because of the incompetence of those people who brought this disaster to their place, and those people thought they were causing trouble Like the previous county magistrates, Jian Dong would not live long, and they thought so too, but it turned out that others were as comfortable as a fish in water when they came here, maybe it was in their favor.

It wasn't exposed before, the Canghai Fleet became famous along the coast, but we didn't know which faction they belonged to. Who would have known that they were hiding so deeply.

You have to know the information they got, although Jian Dong is the seed of Uncle Nan Ping, but he grew up in a farmer's family since he was a child, and the most talked about by others is that he is a late bloomer, and once a high school student, if anyone told them such a background in the past People, they can actually control a fleet of Canghai fleet that makes them talk about it. They will definitely call others crazy. Even if they know it now, they can't imagine how the brother of the Jane family did it. As soon as this fleet appeared, it was very eye-catching, and even the princes and princes in the capital were jealous of the wealth they quickly gathered.

Thinking that even the princes and lords in the capital had lost their eyes, their mood improved a little. It is not a loss for them to lose at the hands of such people.

In the cottage, after Huang Feihu and Master Du were thrown together, at first the two were very restrained and didn't talk much, and the guards were not in a hurry. They sometimes drifted on the sea for several months, and they were no more patient than this The difference between the two.

Something went wrong when it was time to eat. The guards only threw a steamed bun in. The two of them were already so hungry that their stomachs were growling. He looked weak and indifferent, but he was able to snatch a quarter of the steamed buns from Huang Feihu's hands. After the second round, he directly snatched half of them, but the two of them rolled and wrestled on the ground in the second round. The master vomited blood from Huang Feifeihu's beating, but he still kept half of the steamed bun "You bastard, I can't eat you to death," Huang Feihu scolded angrily, "Are you rushing to eat the meal of decapitation?" Isn’t it? Or do you expect the people behind you to come and save you? Everyone is going to die, and if I, Huang Feihu, don’t get well, you won’t be able to get out alive.”

"What nonsense are you talking about? Who am I counting on to save?" Master Du said sternly, threatening Huang Feihu not to reveal his details with his eyes. If he delays here for a while, he may be able to wait for rescue to arrive, but once he knows everything he knows If you confess it, you may not be able to eat your next meal.

"Ha, you can't count on others to save you. Your master sitting in the government office will kill you first, otherwise a charge of collusion between officials and bandits will not be able to bear it no matter how powerful he is. No, there is What is the relationship between that general soldier and you? I saw you sneaking a letter to the fishing village by the sea. Who was the person who connected with you? Is it a pirate or those Japanese pirates? Don't look at how decent your official masters are. Maybe I’m even more shameless than bandits like us in my heart.” Huang Feifeihu spit while chewing the remaining half of a steamed bun

"You're full of nonsense, do you think that people outside will spare your life? When you say these things, you also show some evidence, so who will believe you?" Master Du hated secretly.

Huang Feihu suddenly smiled complacently: "Don't tell me, I really left a proof, I didn't remember it until you reminded me, maybe it could really save my life, come on, come on, let me confess, I will Tell me everything."

Huang Feihu suddenly raised his voice and yelled outside. Master Du was really intimidated. He didn't care about eating steamed buns to fill his stomach. He rushed towards Huang Feihu viciously, rode on him, and grabbed his neck with both hands. Huang Feihu actually let him go. When the outsiders saw this, they were afraid that Huang Feihu, the boss of the cottage, would be killed by the seemingly inconspicuous Mr. Du. They kicked open the goalkeeper and tore Du to throw it out. Huang Feihu took a big breath of fresh air. In the air, he glared fiercely at Du, mother, even if I die, I will take a back.

"Do you really have evidence?" the guard asked Huang Feihu.

"I know, I know, they forced me to do many of my things." Huang Feihu said in a broken jar.

"Then come with us and go to see our boss. What will happen to you depends on how valuable the things you confess are." The guard glanced at Master Du who was sitting paralyzed on the ground, took Huang Feihu out, and continued to close the door Detain the surname Du.

Master Du sat there with his head down, tearing up the steamed buns and throwing them into his mouth bit by bit, but he didn't know what was going on in his mind.

In order to avoid death, Huang Feihu really confessed a lot of things, such as the fishing village where the surnamed Du who he had been watching went to several times, there was a woman raised there, and that woman must know a lot about the surname Du. The position of the eldest among the three brothers is that he still has some brains, and he is not a muddlehead like Zhao Laoer and Sun Laosan. When Master Du came to the village, he brought a letter from a master who was close to the prefect. The letter was destroyed on the spot by Du, so there was no way to prove his identity.

If Huang Feihu's nonsense is excluded, it can be inferred from his confession that the magistrate of Yazhou Prefecture, the general soldier of the imperial court stationed here, and the gang of elusive pirates are in collusion with each other, but even if Huang Feihu may have exaggerated some of his words in order to survive, and Jian Leyang can also conclude that the three parties colluded together, there are eight or nine out of ten things, otherwise, every time the Japanese pirates attacked, they would not be able to retreat unscathed. I haven't seen the number of Japanese pirates decrease, but it has become more and more rampant.

"Take him out first, let him have a full meal and then lock him back up." Jian Leyang waved his hand and confessed.

"Wait..." Huang Feihu yelled again when he was about to leave the house, gritted his teeth and said, "I followed the past myself once, and hid behind, I heard the man surnamed Du talking to a man with a bunch of incomprehensible words. I suspect that person is a Japanese, they speak Japanese dialect, by the way, there is a child next to that woman, maybe it is a child surnamed Du, if you take them, you may be able to threaten the surnamed Du."

Jian Leyang raised his eyebrows and said: "If what you said is true, I can consider to spare your life, go down."

After Huang Feihu left, Xu Dun walked in: "Boss, this guy is dishonest, is there a lie in his confession?"

Jian Leyang shook his head: "The one surnamed Du is more cunning than him. He probably knows that he will never survive, so he refuses to say anything. You stay here, and I will go there myself. Even if it is a trap, I can come back safely."

Xu Dun thought for a while and said, "Boss, be careful."

"Well, I will take Lao Hei with me."