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Eight Bandits 5 - Gao Ruyue

Gao Ruyue stopped holding the long knife in his hand and stood up straight. Only then did he feel that his whole body was sore, his knees softened and he knelt down in the loess.

Sweat fell like raindrops on the yellow sand, and soon formed beautiful clay cups.

His eyes were so blurred and the soreness caused by the sweat made him almost give up all resistance.

At this moment, he wanted to lie down and rest for a while. As for the knives in the hands of the horse thieves, he didn't want to pay attention at all.

A flail rushed towards the back of his head with the sound of wind. Gao Ruyue fell to the ground, the iron ball of the flail crossed his back, and the spikes on the iron ball struck his back. Two deep blood marks were plowed out.

Gao Ruyue wailed, rolled twice on the ground, and slashed the long knife in his hand horizontally. There was a click, and then a shrill scream sounded beside him, and a bald man made a pop. Fell down next to him.

Gao Ruyue grabbed the bald man's neck with both hands, opened his mouth wide and bit the bald man's smooth scalp...

He did not dare to let go, nor did he dare Let go, just remember that if you don't kill this damn horse thief, the horse thief will kill him.

I don’t know how long it took, but a cool breeze blew by. Gao Ruyue slowly opened his eyes, and the bald man who fell under him had made no sound.

He gasped and tried to straighten up, but his hands were firmly stuck on the horse thief's neck, and his mouth was still biting the horse thief's bald head... The blood was so intense.

The body fell to one side, which caused his mouth to leave the horse thief's head and his hands to leave the horse thief's neck.

He was panting violently, his chest was rising and falling like waves, his throat was burning as if he had just swallowed a piece of coal, and he was so thirsty that he was almost smoking.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the chicken bus lying on the ground. The wool bag on the bus was intact, and Gao Ruyue finally breathed a sigh of relief.

I rolled over and came to the side of the chicken bus. I reached out my hand tremblingly and touched the wool bag. The bag was bulging, which was very reassuring.

He sat up with his back against the chicken bus, his hands hanging limply on the ground, and the smell of blood in his mouth became stronger. Four corpses were lying not far from him.

The bald man still has one of his teeth embedded in his bald skull.

A finger-sized salt block fell from the chicken bus and finally landed on the loess. Gao Ruyue leaned over and picked up the salt block with his mouth, not daring to lick it with his tongue. Salt is precious. , not to be wasted.

After sitting on the ground for half an hour, Gao Ruyue finally had the strength to stand up, staggered to the body of the bald horse thief, and first took out some scattered silver coins from his arms. After finding no other property, he peeled off the horse thief's fur coat.

The pants are useless. The horse thief's legs were cut off by him, and the blood has soaked the pants.

After inspecting the four horse thieves he killed one by one, and looking at the small pile of money collected, Gao Ruyue sighed: "These days, even horse thieves don't have money."

He really hoped to find the horses that the horse thieves used to travel. Unfortunately, these four horse thieves were horse thieves without mounts. Judging from their badly worn shoes, their mounts were their legs.

Drag the four corpses into the trench on the roadside, step on the edge of the trench hard, and the four corpses are buried in the soft loess.

Only another white skeleton was exposed at the edge of the collapsed trench. It was not known when the person died.

In troubled times, people are inferior to dogs, and Gao Ruyue was not in the mood to avenge the dead man, so he trampled down some loess and buried the bones again.

The loess barely buried the corpses. He stepped hard on the loess a few times, which was considered as his last effort for these dead people.

The large blood stains in the middle of the road have turned black, and the sticky blood made the loess curl up slightly, forming black yellow mud rolls. Gao Ruyue crushed these yellow mud rolls, and the four horse thieves The last trace of evidence of existence in the world was blown away by the wind.

After pushing the chicken bus again, Gao Ruyue's mood finally improved. When he thought that selling these 100 kilograms of coarse salt would make his family live a better life for a year, his steps became much lighter.

After leaving the chaotic mountains, there were finally some people in front of us, and Gao Ruyue's high-hanging heart finally relaxed.

Selling illegal salt has been a serious crime since ancient times. Gao Ruyue knew this very well, so he chose to take the path in the mountains.

This experience can be regarded as a narrow escape. For those who are as bold as Gao Yue, when they return to Ansai County at this time, they feel like they have escaped.

Back on the plain, Gao Ruyue put the long knife on his back and put on the felt hat commonly used by swordsmen in Guanzhong. He believed that with these two things, the gangsters in the nearby villages would consciously stay away.

After walking for nearly twenty miles in full view of everyone, the dilapidated Ansai County was right in front of us.

When Gao Ruyue pushed the chicken cart to the city gate, he was stopped by two soldiers.

"Gao Manzi, where did you get rich this time? Why don't you sell horses?"

Gao Ruyue put down the chicken bus and said with his hands: "You can't get money from selling horses! "

One of the soldiers used a spear to pierce the wool bag on the chicken bus, took a grain of salt from the hole and said: "You can't get money from selling horses, but you can get money from selling private salt. Did you get the money?”

Gao Ruyue’s expression remained unchanged, he took out a handful of broken coins from his arms with a smile and put it in the soldier’s hand: “Please give me a bite of food.” The two brothers raised their hands. The younger brother invited the two older brothers to come to my house for a drink someday!"

The soldier smiled and put the money into his arms, then his face changed and he said loudly: "Grandpas don't guard the door on weekdays, but today! I just heard that you, Gao Ruyue, are going to make a fortune, so I came here to wait for you.

Why, just three or two coppers.Want to send us away? "

When Gao Ruyue saw this, the smile on his face gradually disappeared, and he sneered: "Zhang Tinghuai, Zhang Tingsong, what are you brothers going to do?

Zhang Tinghuai held the spear in his arms and sneered: "Give half of the private salt to my brother, otherwise you will be imprisoned and beheaded." "

Gao Ruyue pushed the chicken bus toward the city gate and said as he walked: "Zhang Tinghuai, my grandfather knows exactly what kind of thing you are. If you dare to ruin your good deeds, you must first ask your grandfather's hand." The knife inside. ”

Brother Zhang Tingsong watched Gao Ruyue enter the county town and did not stop him, but sneered from behind.

Gao Ruyue sent his private salt home and saw his wife Liang smiling happily. He joked: "You can get the bracelet you want this time. "

While helping her husband take off his coat, Ms. Liang smiled and said: "You are back, and my hanging heart has finally fallen to the ground. I can live without the bracelet. If I don't have you, let me live." How do I live?

Gao Ruyue washed his face, sat down under the eaves and patted his chest, saying: "This experience is really dangerous. I didn't expect the horse thieves in the mountains to be so fierce. I will take this road again in the future." , we need to bring more people.

Ms. Liang said worriedly: "The new county master is not an easy person to fool. You always refuse to agree to participate in Xiangyong. If this continues, he will treat you like a baby to others." "

Gao Ruyue sighed and said: "When you are a brave leader in the village, you have to be the grain chief. Look at who can still pay the official grain in this year of severe drought?

If I became the grain chief, God knows how many lives would be lost. These officials are ineffective in suppressing bandits and unclear in solving cases, but they are good at collecting grain and making money.

I heard that the new county magistrate named Han built hundreds of large boxes when he took office. It seems that he will not be satisfied until these boxes are filled. "

When Mrs. Liang saw a hole in the wool bag, she pointed at the hole and said regretfully: "You didn't notice that the bag was broken? How much salt should be sprinkled along the way?

Gao Ruyue snorted and said: "It was originally not broken. It was the Zhang Tinghuai brothers who did the good deeds. They are the only two sons of bitches who dare to blackmail me. I will definitely not do this with him." stop! "

Liang said: "While you were away, the Zhang brothers came to Xiangyong. I heard that they were highly valued by the county magistrate. Officials should be careful and don't offend them if possible.

After a while, I took two kilograms of salt and went to their house to calm down the relationship. There was nothing serious that the folks in the village had to deal with. "

Gao Ruyue shook his head and said: "It's not that simple. Usually these two brothers don't even dare to express their anger when they see me. Today they dare to take the initiative to blackmail me. There must be someone behind it. Grandpa wants to see it." Who is so bold as to dare to fight with me, Gao Ruyue? "

The couple were talking at home when they heard a commotion outside the wall, and then the door to their home was kicked open from the outside.

Gao Ruyue stood up suddenly, took out his long The knife walked towards the person who entered the door. Zhang Tinghuai, who had just entered the door, suddenly saw Gao RuYue came over with a knife, jumped out of the door, and shouted loudly: "Listen, Gaomanzi, I am following the command of the county magistrate to arrest you, a private salt dealer! Come out quickly and catch us without mercy!"

Gao Ruyue came out of the house with a smile, pointed a knife at Zhang Tinghuai and said: "If you really want to take me, the city gate is a good place. You just saw that I didn't want to be blackmailed by you, so you secretly ruined my good deeds, right?"

Zhang Tingsong said quickly: "Nonsense!"

Gao Ruyue looked around at the government servants holding iron rulers and chains and said warmly: "Brothers are also old acquaintances. You are also here to embarrass me today. "Isn't it possible?"

The leader of the old government officials pushed Zhang Tinghuai away, and Brother Zhang Tingsong raised his hands and said, "Brother Gao, it's not that we, the old brothers, want to take you, but the county magistrate has an order and we have to come.

Trafficking in illicit salt is not a serious crime in our border areas. Normally, everyone would just laugh it off. However, once the county magistrate gets serious, trafficking in illicit salt is a serious crime.

I heard that the county magistrate wanted Brother Gao to join the village and become the leader. Yong, is it because of brother Gao’s will to flatten it and round it out?

As for the trafficking in smuggled salt, it’s just a joke. "

What the old yamen said. , said that the Zhang brothers were terrified. If Gao Ruyue really determined to become the leader of Xiangyong, how could their brothers have a good life.

Without waiting for Gao Ruyue to speak, Zhang Tingsong straightened his spear and stabbed Gao Ruyue. Zhang Tinghuai also rounded the spear in his hand and smashed it at Gao Ruyue's head.

Gao Ruyue was furious and dodged to avoid the thrusting spear. One of his hands caught the broken spear shaft. With a shout, he snatched Zhang Tinghuai's spear and raised his leg with a kick. Kicked Zhang Tingsong to the ground.

Zhang Tinghuai turned around and ran away, shouting as he ran: "Rebel, rebel, Gao Ruyue rebelled!"

Ansai County is just a small town with a thousand people. On weekdays, There were endless bandits, and rebellions and killings of officials occurred from time to time. When I saw Zhang Tinghuai running away in embarrassment wearing a local hero's uniform, I immediately believed it. Every house closed its doors, and some even jumped over the wall and ran away from the venue.

Gao Ruyue held a long sword in his hand and stood majestically in the middle of the street. He looked at the trembling old government servant and said, "I don't want to be the grain manager!"

The old government servant took a look. The wolf smoke that was already burning waved his hands helplessly and said: "It's too late for you to do anything now. For the sake of friendship, let's go!"

Gao Ruyue glared angrily and waved his long knife: "Grandpa has become a rebel, right?"

The old government officer looked at Gao Ruyue, who was like a mad tiger, with vigilance, and slowly backed away: "The matter has come to this, what can we do?"

After saying that, he stepped forward and picked up the man who had just gotten up and was about to sneak in. Zhang Ting slipped awaySong kicked him over, turned his wrist, and wiped the long knife across Zhang Tingsong's neck. A burst of blood shot out. Zhang Tingsong fell softly to the ground, holding his bloody neck with his hands and rolling continuously.

Seeing Gao Ruyue's ferocious attitude, the old yamen officer knew that he was no match for Gao Ruyue, so he did not step forward to arrest him. He said loudly: "Gao Ruyue, Xiangyong is about to encircle him. If you don't leave quickly, how long will it take?" !"

Gao Ruyue spat out bloody spit and said to the government officials: "You guys are the ones who are cooperating in attacking your grandfather.

Old dog, today. If I don’t kill you, go back and tell Han. Sooner or later, grandpa will cut off his head and play it as a ball. "After that, he stuck the spear on the ground and turned around and entered the house. .

Just as he was about to tell his wife to pack up and leave, he saw his wife, Mrs. Liang, already sitting obediently on the chicken bus with a floral cloth bundle in her arms.

Gao Ruyue sighed, put the long knife on his back, and pushed the chicken cart out of the house.

After carefully locking the door, he pushed the chicken cart towards the city gate under the supervision of the government officials from a distance.

He could feel countless eyes looking at him through the cracks in the door panel, but there was no sound, only the boring sound of the chicken and bus wheels squeaking and squeaking.

There was no one at the city gate. From the beacon tower in the distance, Zhang Tinghuai's proud laughter came from the beacon tower.