In front of Hongmakan Village.
Ren Zhanbiao and Ma Longtan fought for more than a hundred rounds, with neither victory nor defeat.
"Brother, wait a minute, listen to me," Ma Longtan's horse jumped out of the circle, "I have learned the skill of the first step, it is indeed amazing, we don't need to fight anymore, you can come with me into the hall to meet me Lord of the Dazhai, I ask the Lord of the Dazhai to accept you."
"That's very good, then I'll help you." This Malongtan is not aggressive. This is the first time Ren Zhanbiao has encountered such a strong enemy, and he is indeed a little tired.
"You're welcome. We don't know each other unless we fight. From now on, we will be brothers of life and death," Ma Longtan said. "It has been a long time since I fought as happily as I did today."
"Me too." After the two of them said it, they laughed loudly and joined hands to meet Wang Shubao, the leader of the Dazhai.
After the two came to the meeting hall, they saw Ma Longtan bowing and saluting, and said: "Master of Dazhai, I have fought with Ren Zhanbiao for more than a hundred rounds, and there is no winner."
"Oh, it's really rare that he has such skill." Wang Shubao praised on the surface, but he was jealous in his heart.
"Master of the Dazhai, you've given me a reward. It's because Instructor Ma showed mercy and let me go." Ren Zhanbiao said.
"Any strong man, you don't have to be too modest. I have never seen anyone who can fight with a horse instructor for a hundred rounds. You are the first." Wang Shubao said.
"Master of Dazhai, I sincerely come to join your village, and I hope that Master of Dazhai can take him in." Ren Zhanbiao saluted again.
"This." Wang Shubao twirled his beard and looked a little hesitant.
"Master of the Dazhai, Ren Zhanbiao is proficient in swordsmanship and martial arts. If you take him in, he will be like adding more wings to our copycat. In my opinion, you can take him in and let him become a copycat." The gunner," Ma Longtan said.
"Ma Longtan, please take him down and arrange a good room for him to rest and entertain him well," Wang Shubao said. "Let's talk about joining the gang later."
"Yes." Seeing that the leader of the village had spoken, Ma Longtan couldn't continue.
The next day, Wang Shubao discussed with several gunners: "Although Ren Zhanbiao is outstanding in martial arts, we know very little about him. For example, who is his master, what he did before, and why he left his previous job in Aozi." , and why do you want to join us? Judging from his dress and outfit, this person is not short of money, but has other plans. Moreover, I look at this person's face, and he is definitely not a kind person. "
"Master Dazhai, are you worrying too much?" Ma Longtan said.
"It's not that we are overly worried, but that the world is dangerous and people are unpredictable. We must be cautious," Wang Shubao said. "If you don't read history, you don't know everything. In history, there are examples of deaths and country destruction due to improper employment of people. It's too many to mention, so let's do this, you first have good food, drink and entertainment, stabilize him and don't offend him, we will secretly send a few brothers out to find out his details carefully, and then we will make a decision after we find out his situation. "
"Yes, the leader of Dazhai is wise." Everyone said.
Ten days later, the sentinel sent out came back, got a clear picture of Ren Zhanbiao's situation, and made a truthful report to Wang Shubao.
"Everyone, you all heard this clearly. Ren Zhanbiao was greedy for money, lustful, ungrateful, and cruel. Not only did he kill Qian Guizi's family, he also killed Butler Zhu, who was kind to him. It seems that such a cruel person Man, how can our village take him in? If we keep him, won’t we all suffer at his hands in the future?” Wang Shubao thought for a while and said, “Well, we don’t need to offend this man. Let him go down the mountain tomorrow. Well, I will see him off personally and give him fifty taels of silver as a payment."
"Master of Dazhai, I'm afraid this person can't be spent with these small sums of money." Sun Baojin said.
"Then what else does he want? Our village is not very wealthy, so this is already polite." Wang Shubao said.
In the evening, Ma Longtan and Xia Houzhong came to visit Ren Zhanbiao.
The three of them started drinking in Ren Zhanbiao's room.
After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.
Ma Longtan let out a long sigh and said, "I think back then, when I was an official in the government, I once led a battalion to fight against the Mongolian bandits. Each battalion consisted of 500 people, and the Mongolian bandits had about 2,000 people at that time. It was four times as many as ours, and I tried every means to annihilate almost all the Mongolian bandits under our extremely unfavorable circumstances."
"Brother, I didn't expect you to be so good at fighting," Ren Zhanbiao couldn't help but praise, "Then the court should reward you heavily."
"Don't mention it. It's good that the head has not been moved." Ma Longtan waved his hand, "Someone reported to the court that we had more than 400 people dead, too many people died, and they must punish me severely."
"This is really unreasonable!" Ren Zhanbiao said, "How can you say this? You must know that there are two thousand Mongolian bandits. It is already very rare to avoid being annihilated. What's more, the battle is won by defeating more with less. , he should be heavily rewarded, how can he still be punished?"
"However, the imperial court was too big-mouthed and we were small-mouthed, so they put me in jail. Later, I asked someone to look after me and smooth the relationship, and then I was released from prison. I finally saved my life. From then on, I was disheartened by the imperial court," Ma Longtan said. "Later, the Mongolian bandits came again, and the officers and soldiers suffered heavy losses. The imperial court came again to invite me to come out. I refused, and the court saw that I was unwilling to come out. There are also villains who have made accusations against me, saying that I have colluded with the Mongolian bandits, have second thoughts about the imperial court, and want to arrest me again."
"This can be said to be about using people to move forward and not using people to move toward the back." Ren Zhanbiao said.
"No, our horse instructors have a good way of dealing with Mongolian bandits. How could they suffer a big loss if the imperial court reuses horse instructors?" One-eyed dragon Xia Houzhong said from the side.
"This reminds me of Bai Qi, the famous general of the Qin State during the Warring States Period. He made great military exploits for the Qin Dynasty. In the battle of Changping alone, he killed more than 400,000 troops of the Zhao State. From then on, the Zhao State was unable to recover and lost its relationship with the Qin State. At that time, he advocated seizing the opportunity to pursue the victory and capture the Zhao State in one fell swoop. However, Qin Prime Minister Fan Ju was afraid that his contribution would be too great and would steal his limelight, so he persuaded the King of Qin to retreat. The King of Qin actually agreed. From then on, Bai Bai He was so disheartened that he refused to fight whenever there was a war. As a result, the King of Qin was angry and gave him a sword to commit suicide. So, I thought, am I going to follow in the footsteps of Bai Qi? Later, I was so angry that I resigned from my job. "I came here to be a beard," Ma Longtan said. "I originally thought Wang Shubao, the leader of Dazhai, was a wise man. However, through contact, I discovered that he appeared to be courteous and enterprising, but in fact he was jealous of talents, narrow-minded, and short-sighted. The villain."
"Instructor Ma is right," One-Eyed Dragon also said, "If we brothers follow him, not only will we have no future, but our lives will be in danger."
"In today's situation, Mongolian bandits are rampant, and various villages are springing up one after another. This is a world where the weak and the strong prey on the strong. For example, we in Hongmakan still have less than a hundred people, but looking at the surrounding areas, there are more than a thousand in Heiyun Village. People, you have 3,000 people in Qingfeng Village, and even the newly established Chenjiayu Security Team has more than 300 people. We, the leader of the village, don’t want to make progress, and we don’t want to find ways to increase our strength, but we spend our days drinking and following such a master. "If you don't look for bad luck in the future, what are you waiting for?" Ma Longtan sighed and said, "I'm afraid that we will all die without a burial place in the future."
"What Instructor Ma said is true, I feel the same way." One-Eyed Dragon said.
"Since we are brothers who have never known each other without fighting, and we hit it off like old friends, then if there is any use in getting me, just ask." Ren Zhanbiao said, "However, I would like to ask, how did you know that I was originally from Qingfeng Village? "
When Ma Longtan heard this, he laughed and said, "You are still in the dark. Then Wang Shubao has sent someone to find out what you are doing."
"Oh, that's it." When Ren Zhanbiao heard this, he was very unhappy. He thought that no wonder he had been left here to dry for so long. It turned out that he had gone to pick his bottom secretly.
The next morning, after breakfast, Wang Shubao, a scholar in black, led Ma Longtan, Sun Baojin, Xia Houzhong and others to bid farewell to Ren Zhanbiao.
"Zhuangshi Ren, you are superb in martial arts and have a bright future," Wang Shubao said with a smile. "It stands to reason that we should take in an outstanding talent like you and put him to good use. However, I am worried that our temple is small and cannot accommodate the great Bodhisattva. It has delayed your future, so I will give you fifty taels of silver as a token of my appreciation."
"So, the leader of Dazhai is issuing an eviction order to drive me away." Ren Zhanbiao said.
"I'm really sorry, Mr. Ren. We also have our own difficulties," Wang Shubao said, taking a tray from a guard. In the tray was fifty taels of silver. "This is just the thoughts of my brothers and I. Just accept it and treat it as a nuisance on the road."
"I thank the leader of Dazhai," Ren Zhanbiao said, "but I'm not bragging about Haikou. Don't say it's fifty taels of silver. Even if it's five thousand taels of silver, I can still get it. I'm here this time. , not for money, but to invest with all my heart. Since the leader of the village is unwilling to take you in, I won’t bother you and go down the mountain."
"Anyway, please accept this money." Wang Shubao said as he handed the tray containing the money to Ren Zhanbiao.
Ren Zhanbiao stepped forward as if to take the silver, but Wang Shubao was not at all defensive against him.
Just hearing a "pop" sound, Ren Zhanbiao kicked the tray away.
"What do you want to do?" Wang Shubao, a scholar in black, was surprised.
"You stay here." At some point, Ren Zhanbiao had already taken the one-eyed dragon's sword in his hand and slashed at Wang Shubao's head. How could he escape in such a hurry?
The sword flashed, and Wang Shubao's head rolled down like a watermelon, fell to the ground, and rolled far away.
Wang Shubao's dead body spurted out a stream of blood and fell to the ground.
Everyone present was shocked. They were stunned for a long time, and they all pulled out the guys to fight with Ren Zhanbiao.
