Early the next morning, three hundred Liangshan people and horses went up the mountain under the apricot yellow banner of Tianxingdao.

Dongma Village is located more than 60 miles southwest of Liangshan Shuibo, the land is fertile, and it stands to reason that the people in the village should have enough food and clothing, live and work in peace and contentment. But this is not the case in the village, except for a large mansion at the head of the village, the rest are mostly thatched huts and mud houses, and they all look very dilapidated.

Thousands of acres of fertile land in Dongma Village became the Li family, a large family in the village, decades ago, and the Li family has accumulated countless amounts of money and grain over the years.

Li Huai was born in this wealthy family, but he was more stingy than his father because of his lack of food and clothing, and he was not half merciful to the tenants in the village.

Li Huai, who is nearly fifty years old, reluctantly looked at the high-rise mansions around him, these three-in, three-out mansions took several generations of painstaking efforts to build, and he has added a lot of furnishings over the years, and it is also a rare good house within a radius of hundreds of miles.

If he wasn't forced to do so, he wouldn't want to leave this great house and move to the county to live. In recent years, the world has not been peaceful, and strongmen are everywhere. A few years ago, there were hundreds of robbers in Liangshan, more than 60 miles away, plundering everywhere. In order to keep his family safe, he had to hire five martial artists and train twenty domestic slaves to protect the courtyard. and made a heavy promise to the tenants in the village, so that he could sit back and relax.

In the past, there were thousands of acres of fertile land in the village every year, and although it cost a lot to raise many people, they always went in and out less. A few months ago, after the public field took away all the fields, Li Huai spent a few months, and his flesh ached. This only can't get in and out, that is, there is a time when there are thousands of family wealth and it is spent.

After a few nights of tossing and turning, he finally decided to leave a few domestic slaves to take care of the yard and move his family to Yuncheng County, so that he would not have to worry about the thieves in Liangshan, and he would no longer have to spend money to hire a martial artist to take care of the courtyard, which could save a lot of expenses. If you buy some shops in the city, you don't have to worry about sitting on empty seats.

With his mind already decided, Li Huai said to the housekeeper behind him: "Li Er, you send someone to sort out the county house, and then settle the accounts, and in a few days the master will move to the county to live." ”

Li Erdao: "Does the master want to live for a long time?" ”

Li Huai nodded and said: "Now that there are no fields in the countryside, the master lives here, and he has to raise many people to guard against the thieves in Liangshan, so the surname Suo will move to the county and buy some properties to live." ”

Li Er also grew up in Dongma Village, and he was still a little timid about the county seat, and said, "Then what should I do with this house?" ”

Li Huai was reluctant to look around the yard where he had also spent a lot of effort, and said, "This is an ancestral house, so naturally it can't be sold." Li Er, three generations of your family have served my family, and I am most at ease with you in this courtyard. I'm going to let you take a few house slaves to stay and take care of this yard, and you have to show it to the master. After a few years, the government exterminated the Liangshan bandits, and the master will come back. ”

When Li Er heard this, he also breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "Don't worry, master, the little one has given up his surname and life, and he also sees the house well." ”

Li Huai left, and he, Li Er, became the boss in this village. He is old, and he doesn't want to go to the county to work hard, so it's best if he can stay and guard the yard. As long as the owner's family moves all the money and grain, the Liangshan thieves will not be interested in Dongma Village.

While the two were talking, a house slave ran in in a panic and said, "Master, it's not good, a team of people and horses came from the east, it seems to be Liangshan thieves, less than five miles away from the entrance of the village." ”

Li Huai didn't expect that he was about to move out, but the Liangshan thieves came first, and hurriedly ordered someone to summon the martial artists and house slaves to the entrance of the village to prepare to defend against the thieves. At the same time, the tenants in the village had just returned from the fields, and when they heard the sound of the bangzi, they did not care about being tired, and they all carried sticks and went to the entrance of the village to defend against the thieves.

Li Huai looked at the messy village man behind him, and he was also weak in his heart. If there are too many thieves in Liangshan, I am afraid that they will not be able to resist the enemy with dozens of domestic slaves armed by their own families and these village men with hoes and poles. However, with these hundreds of village Han, the Liangshan thieves didn't dare to make a big move if they wanted to, so they spent some money and food, sent them away, and then moved their families to the county seat, and they were not afraid that they would disturb them again.

When the villagers of Dongma Village were panicking at the entrance of the village, an apricot yellow flag had appeared in the distance.

Outside the entrance of the village, the apricot yellow banner was entrenched, three hundred minions were swinging away, the first six people rode out of the battle, and a black horse in the middle was a rare divine horse, which was Chao Yong, Lin Chong, Liu Tang, Ruan Xiaoqi, Shi Qian, and Du Qian.

Chao Yong didn't think about hiding his tracks, this first battle was to start Liangshan's reputation as "doing the right thing for the sky", and it can be said that it was a big fanfare along the way. Seeing that the villagers of Dongma were all blocked at the entrance of the village, he was not surprised, and shouted out of the battle: "Listen to the people of Dongma Village, we Liangshan heroes came this time, just to do the right thing for heaven and eliminate harm for the people." Li Huai's family is rich and unkind, harming the people as slaves. The heroes of Liangshan are about to kill him to eliminate harm for the villagers, as long as the villagers are not enemies of my Liangshan, the people of Liangshan will not disturb the villagers. ”

When Li Huai heard this, he hurriedly said: "Don't listen to the thieves, once the thieves enter the village, they will inevitably sweep the village, and it will be too late to resist then." I am Baozheng in this village, most of you are village soldiers, let thieves enter the village and kill Baozheng, can you afford to bear the crime? ”

Chao Yong shouted: "Now that the big leader of Liangshan has been replaced by the Tota Heavenly King of Dongxi Village, the people of Liangshan are no longer robbers who plundered everywhere, but heroes who do the right thing for the sky and eliminate harm for the people." This is Lin Chong, the head of the leopard of the 800,000 forbidden army in Tokyo, and there are few opponents in Tokyo with one gun, which of you can stop him. The villagers listened to me and stepped aside, lest they be injured by mistake. My little overlord Chao Yong promised that as long as everyone does not resist, we Liangshan people will not harm the people. Now that the court is unknown, the ministers are in charge, and the people are not happy, if the villagers are afraid of persecution by the court, they can follow me up the mountain. Wouldn't it be a pleasure to drink wine in a big bowl and eat meat in a large piece? ”

Dongma Village is only a few dozen miles away from Dongxi Village, and the reputation of Tota Heavenly King Chao Gai in this countryside is still very good. In addition, the little overlord Chao Yong won the sumo competition in Tai'an Prefecture and distributed all the profits to the poor people in the city, and the reputation of the father and son was even better.

"I can trust the words of King Chao's father and son. Last year, Liangshan had an incident of Lin Chong, the head of the 800,000 forbidden army, and we also heard about it, who dares to go against him. Now we are farming for the imperial court, no matter how good or bad the year is, there are so many rents, and there is no life left and right, so it is better to go up the mountain and follow King Chao to be a good man. A villager and his companion said as they retreated to the side of the road.

The people of Dongma Village were a little frightened when they saw that the people of Liangshan were strong and strong, and they were all holding bright knives and guns, and when they heard that the leaders of the 800,000 forbidden army in Tokyo were coming, they lost their courage even more, and when they saw that someone took the lead in retreating, they were also shaken.

Li Huai knew that if the villagers were allowed to retreat, his surname would be ruined today, and he couldn't care about shaking his official authority anymore, so he hurriedly said: "Folks, you can't believe the words of the thieves in Liangshan." If you can help me block the thieves in Liangshan, and when the thieves retreat, I will give each person one stone of rice, no, two stones. ”

Chao Yong said with a smile: "Your family's grain was originally extracted from the villagers, but now you use their grain to make them die." Listen, all the villagers, after my Liangshan people broke the Li family, they will share half of the money and grain to everyone. ”

The village Han heard Chao Yong say this, who was willing to die for Li Huai, and the name of the head of the 800,000 forbidden army was really scary. In the blink of an eye, hundreds of villagers retreated to the side of the road.

"Martial Master Wang, you took my monthly salary, how can you escape from the battle."

But a martial artist saw that there were many people in Liangshan, and the township soldiers had also left, and wanted to escape in the village.

"This is this month's money, and I won't do this errand."

When the martial artist saw Li Huai seeing it, he took out a piece of silver from his arms and threw it on the ground, turned around and ran.

Chao Yong saw that there was no resistance left, so he said: "Boss Lao Du led people to capture Li Huai alive. ”

Du Qian saw that Chao Yong had made the villagers of Dongma Village defect in a few words, and he was also greatly admired, and waved his hand: "Children, follow me to arrest Li Huai." ”

During the Xining period of the previous dynasty, Wang Anshi implemented the law of protecting the armor in the countryside, five families for one guarantee, one person for the chief of the household, fifty for the big guarantee, one person for the big chief, ten for the one to protect the capital, and one person for the deputy. Where there are more than two dings in the family, one of them shall be the baoding. Gather Baoding during the slack time to conduct military training; Night patrols to maintain law and order. Later, it was slowly abolished, leaving only the form of armor, which was only to help the imperial court transport grain and grass and repair the city.

Liangshan's minions said that they were only robbing some passing merchants, and they did not dare to offend the village with a large number of Baoding. At this time, when they saw a majestic opportunity, they all roared forward.

The other four martial artists saw that someone had run away, and the Liangshan people and horses came violently again, and they all turned around and fled.

Seeing this, Li Huai hurriedly asked a few house slaves to escort him and flee backwards.

Although a few foolish and loyal slaves sacrificed their lives to protect each other, how could they withstand the large number of minions in Liangshan, and after running for many steps, they all fell in a pool of blood, and Li Huai was also captured by Du Qiansheng.

"Don't go, folks, now that Li Huai has been arrested, let's go and break the Li family's house and capture the Li family alive, regardless of men, women, old and young, but if there is a crime, I Liangshan will definitely eliminate harm for the people." I also ask all the villagers to go with us to Li's house, and then open the granary, and return half of it to you. ”

When the village Han heard about this good thing, they were afraid that Liang Shan's minions would kill people if they didn't follow it, so they all followed him to the Li family's house.

Before the Li family could escape, they were all caught in the urn.

After that, Chao Yong asked the people in the village and the slaves of the Li family to identify the crimes committed by the Li family, and once it was verified, he acted for the heavens on the spot. At the beginning, no one dared to come out to speak, until the people who were ready to follow Chao Yong up the mountain began, and they were out of control, and the Li family's crimes were too numerous to write, Chao Yong let people behead the Li family's evildoers on the spot, and the remaining women and children only gave some entanglements for them to seek refuge with relatives and friends.

After walking for the sky, the Li family's money and grain were distributed to the people, and the rest were loaded and moved up the mountain. Because the people of Dongma Village were afraid of being arrested by the government, more than half of them followed the Liangshan people to Liangshan at the instigation of Chao Yong.