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Three days later.

After being reborn, Li Chongjiu pillowed his hands behind his head, lying on the top of the mountain, looking at the misty scene on the opposite mountainside. Li Chongjiu stood up, exhaled deeply, and breathed in the fresh air of this era without any pollution. However, the fog on the top of the mountain is heavy, and the wet cold is not easy to stay longer.

He looked up and saw the mountains rolling on all sides, as if there was no end in sight. Unlike in the south, the mountains of the north are quite vast, and the trees are sparse, revealing a vastness and desolation. The place where the cottage is located is called Qiqianzhai Mountain, which now belongs to Shiai County, Taiyuan County.

The place name Taiyuan is very familiar to Li Chongjiu after a thousand years. Now Taiyuan County is located in Jinyang. In the past, Jinyang was once merged with the state, and Taiyuan County was alternated. In the third year of the Great Cause, the system of counties and counties in the Qin Dynasty was restored, and this place was governed by the state and changed to the Taiyuan County. As for Shiai County, it is hundreds of miles away from Taiyuan County.

Li Chongjiu strode down the hill and walked down the mountain, all the way down the mountain, walked for about half an hour, just as Li Chongjiu sweated slightly, he went down to the col of Qiqianzhai and arrived at the place where the sky was first. This line of heaven is the only way to enter the cottage. The road seemed to be avoided by a sword like a boulder, divided into two halves, leaving only one in the middle that could not be paralleled by two people.

The mountain path has been repaired, and stone steps have been cut out of it. Li Chongjiu has been familiar with this road in the past three days. Several bandits with hunting bows in their hands were squatting on the stones to be on guard, and when they saw Li Chongjiu, they greeted him and said, "Don't be in charge!" ”

"Less in charge!"

Li Chongjiu nodded slightly. He could see that the bandits greeted him verbally, but their movements were still lazy, and they obviously had no respect for him. Even in his eyes, there was a bit of mockery. Obviously, he was seriously injured by a woman and almost died, and the incident was transmitted to the cottage, which made people look down on him a little.

Without thinking too much, Li Chongjiu had already arrived under the cottage wall. The circumference of this cottage is nearly two zhang high, and the two of them hold a round giant tree, and they are deeply inserted in the soil under the yard one by one. There is no gate in the cottage, and there are two hanging baskets to enter and exit during the day. The hanging basket is made of sturdy mountain wood, and the area is not small, even a horse can fit it.

The two thieves at the head of the city turned the winch vigorously, and the sound of gurgling sounded above Li Chongjiu's head. Li Chongjiu not only felt a little funny, but people who work in the elevator every day take this primitive elevator and don't feel it.

With the rotation of the winch, the thick rope is pulled up inch by inch, and the scenery of the seven thousand villages is also in view. If you want to describe it in one sentence, it is a good evil mountain! The birds are not yet allowed to pass, and the apes are worried about climbing over.

At the foot of the mountain, the cottage stands facing the south back mountain, and a large row of towering cliffs behind it are the main peak of the 7,000-village mountain. If anyone climbs, he will fall to his death. On the outer periphery, the outer wall of the huge mountain trees that I saw just now blocked the way in and out.

And within a few acres of the outer wall and the mountain wall, is the core residence of the cottage. With the location of this mountain and the solidity of the cottage, it is enough to resist the attack of an army of 10,000 people. I just thought that Li Chongjiu's father relied on this cottage and stood here for more than ten years, and he did not pay silk or grain. After some investigation, the local government did not accept Wang Hua's cunzài, and also turned a blind eye.

He heard that the current Emperor Yang of Sui was so happy that in order to conquer Goryeo, it was a tragedy to make the people in the north miserable. At this time, the man who claimed to be Zhishilang should have been singing in Shandong, such as Liaodong died, and he was injured by beheading. Mo went to Liaodong, traveled a long way, gathered the people, became the first righteous of the Sui Dynasty, and became one of the anti-kings. And these 7,000 villages, although the current life is poor, but in this era when the world is boiling, it is already like a small paradise.

This is Li Chongjiu's home!

Li Chongjiu, as well as his father, Li Hu, the master of Qiqianzhai, and hundreds of brothers of Qiqianzhai all live here. There is no dispute with the world, but it is not oppressed by officials. There is no so-called homesickness that is more timid. Li Chongjiu jumped off the cradle, got off the escalator, and walked towards the cottage.

Although the pattern of cottages is small, the distribution is scattered. In the place against the cliff behind the mountain, it is the location of the Gathering Hall in the center of the cottage. A large piece of open space was vacant in front of the Juyi Hall for the purpose of the martial arts arena. The hall is surrounded by arsenals for weapons and granaries for hoarding. The rest of the thieves' houses were all lined up around the Justice Hall.

From the inside to the outside, the doors of each house are facing north, and the south side is an earthen wall made of rammed earth. Such a building is actually designed for street fighting. Li Chongjiu walked to the edge of the earthen wall and hung it with his fingernails at will, there was only a white mark, so the earth wall built by rammed earth was actually solid.

This is a small cottage, and its defense strength is not inferior to that of the border county. Li Chongjiu traveled all the way and met the bandits. However, these men, women, and children, after seeing Li Chongjiu, all retreated to the side, or turned around and left. Everyone slammed the windows shut. One woman even threw a basin of water on the ground, turned the other cheek and closed the door.

Considering the situation of Fang Cai all the way up the mountain, this is obviously very unfriendly. How to say that Li Chongjiu is also a young master of the cottage, and he is treated like this, it is obvious that something has happened in the cottage that is not conducive to himself.

Li Chongjiu thought for a while, then walked outside the door of a house, and asked inward through the fence: "Second Uncle Li, take a step to speak." ”

This Second Uncle Li was the old man who instructed him many times after Li Chongjiu crossed over. He also understood from his mouth that the other party was an old brother in the cottage, and he lost his wind on a business trip, was arrested by the yamen, and after wearing the pipa bone, he refused to recruit accomplices. After that, the seven thousand villages opened the Yamen joint and rescued Second Uncle Li. Because Second Uncle Li has been disabled by the government, the seven thousand villages not only support him, but also respect his righteousness, and they are all entertained with good wine and meat. Every time he travels to get money, it is good to have his meat.

And this time Li Chongjiu was seriously ill, and when his father Li Hu went to the county seat to buy old ginseng, Li Chongjiu was always taken care of by him. In the past three days, Li Chongjiu has received a lot of news from the mouth of Second Uncle Li.

Second Uncle Li glanced up at Li Chongjiu, took a step closer at the moment, covered his hand and said, "It's not good to be in charge." ”

"What's wrong?" Li Chongjiu asked.

"The second master is angry this time, and he wants to take all the brothers who fled back with the young master this time, and hang them on the tree to wear flowers!"

"What is hanging armor, wearing flowers?"

Li Chongjiu still doesn't know much about these cottage cuts that Second Uncle Li said.

Wearing armor and wearing flowers is the most severe criminal law imposed on the thieves in the cottage. They are used in different seasons.

"Hanging armor" is used in winter, first take off all the people's clothes, tie them to the tree, and then pour cold water on him, the temperature in Taiyuan County is extremely low in winter, only one night's work, the person will freeze into snow-white ice.

"Wearing flowers" is used in summer. It is also to strip people naked and tie them to a big tree in the wild. At night, in the mountains, there are many mosquitoes, insects, and blind flies, and at dusk, like mist, they fly in swarms, paste on this person, and suck the blood of the person dry in one night.

These two types of criminal law are to punish those who have made great mistakes among the bandits.

It turned out that this time Li Chongjiu was beaten by Li Sanniang to vomit blood and fall to the ground, and the thieves next to him abandoned and fled when they saw this situation, which was really an act without righteousness. Entering the cottage, everyone swore an oath and drank wine, saying that they would share weal and beg. Greedy for life and afraid of death, abandoning their brothers and fleeing, are considered to be unjust, so in this case, they often have to make an example of a hundred.

Second Uncle Li talked for most of the day, and Li Chongjiu realized that he was stunned for a moment, thinking that in order to be strict in the 7,000 villages, he would kill more than ten people in one breath, or because of himself. This can explain why the bandits see their expressions so strange.

Because their families, as well as their companions, are going to be destroyed because of themselves. That's why when they see themselves, they are dissatisfied. Of course, once these dozen or so people are executed, although their family members and friends dare not say anything openly, they will definitely resent Li Chongjiu because of this. In the future, it will be difficult for Li Chongjiu to gain a foothold in the cottage.

Li Chongjiu asked, "Where are the more than ten people now?" ”

Second Uncle Li said: "It's on the martial arts arena in front of the Juyi Hall. ”

Li Chongjiu nodded and took a few steps. At this time, Second Uncle Li hurriedly caught up and added in his ear: "Xiao Jiu, don't bump into the second master." ”

"I know."

Li Chongjiu smiled at the moment and expressed relief. On the martial arts field of Qiqianzhai, there is a row of big jujube trees, and when the jujube trees are ripe in every month, the jujube trees are heavy. When the people of the cottage are harvesting, they call for tooth offerings. But now on the jujube tree, it is not jujubes that are hung, but a big man, hanging on the tree with his hands back.

Presumably, these people followed themselves to rob Li Sanniang that day, although they were defeated, and then left their companions alone. It's just a pity that now they recognize Li Chongjiu, but Li Chongjiu doesn't recognize any of them.

After Li Chongjiu got closer, as soon as these big men saw Li Chongjiu coming, they seemed to say one after another: "Don't be in charge!" Less in charge! ”

Li Chongjiu didn't speak, nor did he glance at the man he was calling, he walked straight to the jujube tree, and said respectfully to a man: "I've seen the second uncle!" ”

The man was a burly man, dressed in a striking green robe, and even when he sat on a rock, he looked like a mountain. And behind this person, a thief held a weapon for him, and it was a long-handled horse chopping knife with iron all over his body without Li Er's guidance before he lost, Li Chongjiuguan looked at the other party's appearance and could guess it.

What a Yan Zhao man!

This person has a face like a heavy jujube, hangs a long beard, and is not angry and arrogant, and is the second leader of the 7,000 villages, Wang Junkuo (Note 1). Before coming, Second Uncle Li pulled Li Chongjiu and solemnly explained for a long time, telling him the origin of the second master of the 7,000 village.

Before Wang Junkuo entered the 7,000 village four or five years ago, he was born as a puppet (Note 2). After the government was rampant and displaced, so he robbed halfway, he made a fishing gear with bamboo pipes, built-in barbs, and saw that there were lone traders on the road, so he used this fishing gear as a drop of blood, covered the other party's head, and fled.

He has been a thief for many years, learned a good martial arts, gathered a group of heroes, looted Changping County and killed many officers and soldiers, and officials. After being surrounded by heavy soldiers of the official army, Wang Junkuo led the crowd to break through, almost only spared, and then his men dispersed, seriously wounded, but happened to be saved by Li Chongjiu's father. Although Wang Junkuo is vicious, he knows how to repay Entu, and in order to repay the grace of saving his life, he decided to stay in Qiqianzhai and became the second master.

After Li Chongjiu learned that the other party was fine, his heart sank. Could this person be the general of Wagangzhai, if he is not on a business trip in the future, he can definitely become one of the twenty-four generals of Lingyan Pavilion, the general Wang Junkuo. Unexpectedly, in such a small cottage, there is also a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger.

Note 1: According to the Book of Tang, Wang Junkuo and Shiai people in Bingzhou. The few outlaws were a group of thieves, gathered more than 1,000 gangsters, turned to plunder Changping, and forced Xia County. In the romance, it is the prototype of the Wagang Five Tigers and the Great Sword King Junke.

Note 2: The Tooth Trader, the intermediary merchant in ancient times.