Chapter 49: Death of Liu An, the fuse [Seeking follow-up reading]

August is about to pass and September is the harvest season.

Due to the problem of rice seed quantity, only Lizhou, Jinyun Mountain, Yaoxiang and Songgu Plain in Wushang County planted late rice.

The land in the other four townships and Taimo County is planted with ordinary rice, which is harvested in September.

We didn’t stay long in Jinmao in Zhang’an County, and yesterday’s dinner was our last one.

That afternoon, Jin Mao and his party prepared to return.

After bidding farewell to Jin Gao and Liu Ye one by one, Jin Mao mounted his tall horse and was about to give the order to set off.

Suddenly, there was a commotion in the distance.

After a while, someone in the distance shouted: "Murder!"

"Protect the Lord!"

Gong Lei pushed Jin Mao off his horse, causing him to be dizzy and almost vomit his lunch.

The 300-man guards were quickly divided into two teams. One team was commanded by Gong Lei, and they surrounded Jin Mao tightly.

Another team, led by Pan Lin, went to the scene to check out the incident.

Only after everything was settled did Jinmao emerge from the encirclement.

Seeing Liu Ye holding a bloody man and crying miserably, Jin Mao sighed in his heart.

Liu An is dead.

He died from being shot in the abdomen by a crossbow arrow.

The face of the man who shot the crossbow arrow was beaten into mud by the mace. Pan Lin reported in time: "Lord, I have seen this man. He was one of the warriors who protected Jiao Jiao and escaped from the siege that day."

Jin Mao nodded, took a deep breath, walked to Liu Ye's side, pressed Liu Ye's shoulder, and comforted him: "Uncle, please accept my condolences."

"I promise to avenge my uncle!"

People are dead now, so what happened in the past doesn’t matter anymore. Only the living are important.

Liu Ye burst into tears and nodded tremblingly.

At this moment, Liu Ye, who had always taken very good care of himself, suddenly looked ten times older.

"Son! My son!"

At this time, Liu An's mother stumbled over and saw Liu An lying in a pool of blood. She knelt down in a daze.

Then, she suddenly jumped up again and pointed at Jin Mao: "It's all your fault! It's all your fault!"

"It's obviously you he wants to kill!"

"My son is gone, and I don't want to live anymore!"

After saying that, she rushed towards the big tree next to her.

Having lost two relatives in one day, Liu Ye stopped crying. He gritted his teeth and blood oozed from the corners of his mouth. He looked at Jin Mao like a devil and said word by word: "I'm going to boil Jiao Jiao and eat him!"

Jin Mao nodded heavily: "You will!"

With heavy anger, Jin Mao set out on his journey home.

...

The Si family is a powerful and wealthy family in Shan County.

In late August, Si Cong, the head of the Si family, received a message from Zhu Fu, asking him to stop Jin Mao and others from entering Shan County and not to set foot in the territory of Shan County.

The Zhu family of Shangyu was a prominent family that Si had never dared to marry, so how could he not agree to such a good thing?

Unfortunately, at the beginning of the month, Jinmao passed through Shan County and went to Zhang'an County.

Otherwise, Si Cong would be able to establish a relationship with Zhu Fu at that time.

As for the Baiyue Army under Jin Mao?
Si Cong also has it!

The biggest Shanyue leader near Shan County was his best friend, and he was said to have thousands of soldiers under his command.

Not false at all.

That day happened to be the first day of September, and his subordinates came hurriedly to report.

"Great!" Si Cong clapped his hands excitedly: "Jin Mao's kid is finally here!"

"Somebody come!"

"Go pay tribute to my brother Shanyue and ask him to bring people to help me. Tell him the more people the better!"

at this time.

Jin Mao and his companions crossed mountains and rivers and it took them five days to finally reach the border of Shan County.

After a day of rest and another day of travel, we finally saw the county seat of Shan County.

Before everyone could go into the city to rest.

When the drums sounded "Boom, boom, boom", the Baiyue army immediately alerted themselves, drew their weapons and went on alert.

Soon, a group of people came over from all directions in a noisy manner. Not only were their weapons and equipment in a mess, but the crowd also included the elderly, children, women and children.

When the two sides confronted each other, the gap between them was obvious.

One side looked fearful and noisy and disorganized.

On the other side, it was quiet and orderly. Occasionally there were unusual noises, but they quickly died down. Looking at the other side was like looking at a dead person.

Along the way, Jin Mao was already holding back his anger, and he didn't know who was the blind man who blocked his way, so he shouted without saying a word: "Pan Lin! Kill!" Immediately, Pan Lin, wearing two sets of iron armor and holding a mace, led two hundred long-haired men and sword and shield soldiers to charge.

The other side relied on their numbers and dared to fight back.

"Boom, boom, boom" the drums beat rapidly, and more than a thousand people rushed over in a fan shape.

Pan Lin and others were like triangular cones, piercing this simple fan with one end.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the group fled in all directions, leaving behind more than a hundred corpses, and the casualties of the Baiyue army were minimal.

"My Lord, I have captured a man alive. He is the leader of this Shanyue tribe."

Pan Lin, who had fought bloody battles, still had bloodshot eyes, the blood on his body was pungent and could be smelled from afar, and when he smiled he looked like a Shura.

"These people should be from the Shanyue nearby. I know their lair." Pan Lin raised his fist and asked, "Are you going to destroy them?"

Jin Mao never got off his horse and waved his hand, saying, "Just find out who ordered this."

"Here."

Pan Lin took the order and went down. After a while, he returned to report: "Lord God, the messenger is Si Cong, a wealthy family in Shan County."

Jin Mao frowned, unable to remember who this person was, and asked, "Why did you come to attack us?"

"I don't know. He only said that Si Cong paid him a tribute of ten gold coins and a beautiful woman, and asked him to ambush people coming to Shan County outside the county town."

Pan Lin scratched his head and recalled carefully: "It is said that they have robbed and killed a caravan in the past two days, and a..."

"That's enough!" Jin Mao raised his hand to interrupt: "Kill him!"

He waved his hand again: "Go into the city!"

Shan County is a small county, not much bigger than Taimo County.

The so-called urban area is a town where mud and stone houses are gathered together.

The East Gate is located on the west side of Shanxi River. Jinmao came from the east and had to cross the river to enter the city.

At the East City Gate, Si Cong and his servants looked out.

Seeing a large army coming, Si Cong was overjoyed: "Quick! Carry me across the stream, my brother has returned victoriously."

In the past two days, Si Cong, relying on the power of Shanyue, has been showing off his power in Shan County. Even the county lieutenant did not dare to provoke him.

After Si Cong crossed the stream but had not yet reached the shore, he hurriedly told the people to turn the boat around: "Quick, quick, quick! Go back! Go back!"

late.

Pan Lin was the first to arrive at the stream, and he felt suspicious as soon as he saw Si Cong and others.

However, Jin Mao strictly ordered that no innocent people should be injured. Pan Lin knew that a boat was needed to cross the river, so he ordered people to hook the boat and then said, "Boatman, we want to cross the river."

"Is it convenient to carry people?"

Si Cong rolled his eyes and said, "It's convenient. Of course it's convenient to kill people."

Pan Lin was overjoyed, but he was disdainful in his heart: "Just by the way you are dressed, I know you are not an ordinary person."

Sure enough, after Jin Mao arrived, he was able to extract information from Si Cong's servant in just a few words.

Sensing something was amiss, Jin Mao immediately began interrogating the man.

In order to save his own life, the servant quickly betrayed Si Cong.

"Are you Si Cong?"

Jin Mao clapped his hands with his whip and asked condescendingly: "Why did you send people to kill me?"

Si Cong relied on Zhu Fu's support and said with his neck stiff, "I am the county magistrate of Shan County. You have no right to kill me?"

Jin Mao thought so too. After all, the Jiao family had no official status, so he picked up the portable loudspeaker and shouted, "Where is the Shan County Magistrate?"

Soon a small boat came from the other side. Two middle-aged men in official uniforms jumped out of the boat and hurried over, bowing and knelt.

"Your humble servant is the magistrate of Shan County..."

"I am the lieutenant of Shan County..."

"Greetings to Jin Wushang."

The county magistrate said first: "Golden Crow is injured. The county magistrate of Shan has left his post since last year and has not yet been replaced. I will take care of all the affairs in the county for the time being."

Jin Mao pointed at Si Cong and asked, "Has this person ever done anything illegal?"

"Yes!" The county magistrate took out a bamboo slip from his sleeve. After listening to only three or four serious crimes, Jin Mao raised his hand to interrupt: "Enough!"

He is also a bully, which makes him even more worthy of death!

"Clang!" Jin Mao drew the sword from his waist.

Si Cong was so frightened that he fell to the ground and screamed: "I am Mr. Zhu's man, you can't kill me!"

"Red Talisman!"

When Jin Mao uttered these two words viciously, the two Shan County officials present trembled and lowered their heads, not daring to look.

"Si Cong's crime is extremely heinous! Pan Lin has him executed!"

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