Zhu Shenzui glanced at Sishanhu, then at his brothers, but said nothing for a while.
"Boss Wang..."
Seeing Zhu Shenzui's hesitation, Zuoshanhu couldn't help but plead again. Before he could say what was behind him, Zhu Shenzui suddenly burst into laughter: "Jin Wu, take this guy!"
"yes!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Jinwu put the knife back without hesitation, which surprised Sishanhu.
Zuoshanhu didn't react for a while. It wasn't until Wang Jinwu put the knife into its sheath and asked him why he couldn't get up with a smile that Zuoshanhu subconsciously touched his neck and realized what was going on.
Zuoshanhu didn't pick up the knife he threw aside. After getting up, he walked towards Zhu Shenzui. When Wang Chuer and others saw this, they immediately became vigilant. They were about to step forward to stop Sishanhu, but Zhu Shenzui raised his hand to stop him.
When he was a few steps away from Zhu Shenzui, Sishanhu stopped and without saying a word, he pushed the jade pillar on the golden mountain and bowed to Zhu Shenzui.
"Heroes don't have to be like this, get up..." Zhu Shenzhui quickly stepped forward to lift him up with both hands, but he couldn't lift him up. He even praised him in his heart. With more force on his hands, he lifted Sishanhu from the ground. Pulled up.
"What a strength!" Zuoshanhu was surprised. He didn't expect that this Zhu Shenzui looked weak, but he had a lot of strength in his hands. He had always said he was strong, but he had already experienced Wang Jinwu's magical power when he competed with Wang Jinwu just now. The strength of Zhen Lun is actually slightly inferior.
And now, Zhu Shenzui's strength is not small, even if it is not as strong as his own, it is almost the same. Look at the people behind Zhu Shenzui. They are all strong men. Many of the weapons they hold are of military standard. Especially their positions and postures clearly have the military posture. No wonder How dare you smuggle salt?
For a moment, Zuoshanhu really regretted that he didn't have the foresight to offend someone he shouldn't have offended today. He saw that there were few people on the other side, so he took advantage of the fact that he had more people, so he didn't observe carefully. Now he can see clearly, what if he really and Zhu Shenzui The group of people started fighting, and although Zuoshanhu felt that with his own ability and his brothers, he might be able to replace a few of the other party's men, the casualties on his side would definitely far exceed those on Zhu Shenzui's side.
"Master Tiger..."
"The younger one dare not call me Lord." Zuoshanhu shook his head quickly and said with a wry smile: "Boss Wang, the younger one's surname is Li, and his last name is only the character for tiger. Calling me Li Hu or Tiger is just like Tiger Lord. It's just a random joke. It’s just a number.”
"Hahaha, it doesn't matter." Zhu Shenzui laughed. At this time, he had already made up his mind. Although this Li Hu had a ferocious face and strong martial arts skills, he was not a bad person. Moreover, this man was very loyal and straightforward. Even though he was holding it on his neck, he still begged him for mercy for his brothers regardless of his own safety. Such a person would never go back on his word as long as he was convinced.
People today are no different from people in later generations. They are relatively simple.
Of course, this only refers to ordinary people. The so-called righteous people slaughter dogs, and the heart-breaking people are mostly scholars. If your guess is correct, this Li Hu should be from the frontier army. A man who has experienced fighting in battles. What he cares about most is a spittle. A nail.
The atmosphere softened.
He helped Li Hu up, found a rock to sit down on the side, and asked a few questions. As Zhu Shenzui expected, Li Hu was from the frontier army. He was not only a small flagman of the left guard of Datong Town, but also Former deputy guard Deng Guozhong's personal soldier (household).
In the forty-fifth year of Wanli, Tumut's troops went south to attack the Great Wall and plunder the Great Wall. The garrison fled before the battle. Deputy garrison Deng Guozhong led more than a hundred border troops to actively meet the enemy. Unfortunately, he was outnumbered and died for his country.
After the war, the Mongols entered the Great Wall and looted, resulting in heavy losses. In order to shirk responsibility, officials at all levels tried to shirk their responsibilities. Deng Guozhong, who died in the battle, was not honored, but was blamed. His family was sent to the army and his wife and daughter were sent to Jiaofangsi. The upright Li Hu complained about Deng Guozhong and was implicated. Under the pressure from the superiors, he was arrested and imprisoned, stripped of his military position, and was eventually convicted and sent to the Wuxiang Coal Mine to become a miner.
No one expected that fighting for the country would end like this, and Li Hu was heartbroken.
Life in the coal mines was even more difficult. Neither the mine tax collectors nor the managers below were good people. They treated miners like them as human beings. It was common for them to be deducted and exploited, and they were beaten and scolded at every turn.
As time went by, how could Li Hu hold back his anger? One time, the steward actually beat two miners to death in front of everyone because of a trivial matter, which immediately aroused the miners' resistance.
Li Hu, who was originally dissatisfied with this, suddenly burst out. After all, he had served as a frontier soldier and a low-level officer. Coupled with Li Hu's straightforward temperament and good skills, he was respected by everyone among the miners. For the big brother. Li Hu led his men to kill the mine manager directly, letting out a breath of evil in his chest.
Killing someone, and he was also a mine supervisor, was no small matter, but it was impossible to turn back after this was done.
Li Hu was a frontier soldier. Afterwards, he knew very well that he could not stay in this place any longer. If he stayed here and waited for the mine supervisor to come to his senses and mobilize his troops, none of them would be able to escape.
In this way, Li Hu decisively packed up his resisting brothers and escaped from the mining area overnight. Then he turned all the way south, hiding in Tibet for several months before running here from Wuxiang.
After arriving at Yangtou Mountain, Li Hu and his brothers temporarily settled down on the mountain. Although they were far away from Wuxiang and avoided the pursuit of the mine supervisor, how to survive next was the most important thing.
Apart from their belongings, these people can be said to have nothing. Even the foothold on Sheep Head Mountain was just found in the past few days, let alone other things.
It's getting colder now. If we don't have food, we will definitely not be able to survive this winter. In addition, if we want to stay here permanently, we have to find other ways besides food, all of which require money.
After thinking about it, Li Hu only had one solution at the moment, which was to occupy the mountain and become the king, rob the rich and give to the poor.
They were forced to do so, so Li Hu and others took up the banner of "Sitting Tigers" and started a capitalless business in Yangtou Mountain.
But I didn't expect that when I first opened my shop, I would run into Zhu Shenzui and his gang. Not only did they fail to scare them, but I accidentally fell into their hands. When the gunfire rang out and Wang Jinwu's knife was placed on Li Hu's neck, Li Hu felt despair and was ready to die on the spot.
After listening to Li Hu's story, Zhu Shenzui suddenly realized that no wonder he had thought that Li Hu and his group did not look like real strong men before, and this was actually the case after they had been making trouble for a long time.
"Sixth Master, I'm so young that I can't see Taishan. I offended Master Sixth today..."
"He who doesn't know is not guilty. There is no need to mention the past." Zhu Shenzui waved his hand and then asked Li Hu how many people there are now and where they settled.
Li Hu told Zhu Shenzui that there were more than a hundred of them, and only most of the young men who came out with him today, while the rest and their family members who followed him were settled in the mountains.
As for where to stay, Li Hu sighed and said he would stay temporarily at Laojun Temple.
I accidentally found this place when I went to Yangtou Mountain. Although the Laojun Temple has long been abandoned, there are still some ruins that can be sheltered. These days, Li Hu and his people built some thatched huts at the Laojun Temple. Hope I can survive this winter.
"It's not easy." After patting Li Hu on the shoulder, Zhu Shenzui sighed with emotion. After thinking about it, he turned back to Wang Jinwu and said, "Go! Get some rice!"
Wang Jinwu responded, but then did not leave immediately. He asked Zhu Shenzui blankly how much he should take.
Zhu Shenzui smiled and cursed, and simply said that he would leave everything he needed for three days and get the rest. Wang Jinwu agreed with a grin and ran back.
"Master Liu, what are you...?" Li Hu understood clearly the conversation between Zhu Shenzui and Wang Jinwu, and he asked in disbelief with his eyes widened.
"I didn't bring much rice with me when I went out, so I can only leave some for you now." After saying that, Zhu Shenzui waved Wang Chuer over, and took the money from Wang Chuer's hand just now. , weighed it in his hand and stuffed it directly into Li Hu's arms: "Take these first, wait for me to return in a while, and then give you some grain, rice and farm tools."
"This this……."
Li Hu didn't know what to say for a moment. He held the broken silver and leather money that Zhu Shenzui gave him in both hands. Hearing Zhu Shenzui's words in his ears, he, a majestic seven-foot strong man, actually had red eyes. Thinking about the previous In response to Zhu Shenzui's disrespect, Li Hu knelt down with a plop and kowtowed to Zhu Shenzui.
"Brother...!"
Li Hu's actions caused a sudden commotion among the people not far away. They thought something had happened. A few anxious men couldn't help but shouted loudly and walked toward this direction.
Afraid that Zhu Shenzui would misunderstand, Li Hu quickly turned around and shouted to his brothers, then stood up and raised his hand to wipe the corners of his eyes, and then walked towards his brothers.
When he got closer, Li Hu told his brothers what had just happened. After hearing Li Hu's explanation, everyone looked at each other in shock at first, and then became happy.
They never expected that there would be such a result. Logically speaking, Zhu Shenzui spared Li Hu's life, which was a great kindness. But now Zhu Shenzui actually gave them money and rice. This... This is really….
