The people in Hai'an pay attention to Feng Shui. Whether building a house or burying ancestors, they must ask Mr. Yin and Yang to see Feng Shui. But the land is the fate of the people. Whether it is a wealthy family or an ordinary farmhouse, if someone dies, he will not be willing to bury it in a good place. Most of them are buried by the river, and the ancestral tombs are not as important as those in the north.

There is a cemetery on the river port at the junction of Tianjiazhuang and Hujiashe. There are new tombs that have been buried in recent years, and more are old tombs that have been buried in more than ten or even decades. Some tombs were buried under the slopes, and the river bank continued to collapse due to rain. When the boat passed by here during the day, you can clearly see that the coffin was rotten or even collapsed naked outside.

The north bank is Liujiadun, Qilidian. It is said that there were several families earlier. Later, because more and more people died on the south bank, the families did not dare to live there and moved away one after another. Like the south bank, they became cemeteries, and this area gradually became a famous "scrambled house" (mass burial post) with a radius of dozens of miles.

There were too many dead people buried and the yin energy was too heavy. Not only did the people nearby dare not live along the river, but they even did farm work in the fields on both sides of the river until too late. The river port was covered with reeds, and because the place where these reeds grew was wrong, almost no one dared to cut them back and weave mats or burn fire.

The reed-covered river surface can barely sail. If you walk five or six miles southwest, you will be a big river facing east and west, and Rugao County is on the south bank of the river.

This was the second time Li Zhaoshou passed by here. He closed his eyes and lay in the cabin and listened to the sound of firecrackers in the distance. He yawned Lian Tiandi and said, "This section of Rugao is easy to walk, and it is a bit troublesome to enter the river. Then check if the gate is easy to pass. If it is not easy, go around and find a place closer to carry the salt over."

"Brother, are you saying that you carry salt to the riverside?"

"You can't do a one-time business. If you can, don't use swords and guns." Li Zhaoshou turned over and said listlessly: "Third brother, then you can pass the lock with the ship, and I will go with Yan. When the ship passes the lock and enters the Yangtze River, find a place to meet."

"That's fine, there's nothing to be afraid of when you get on the river."

...

As he was talking, a burst of rapid footsteps came from the shore.

Li Zhaoshou went to the shore for a walk in the afternoon, remembering that the nearest home was three or four miles away, and thought he had misheard. Just as he was thinking about whether to go out to see it, there was a "dong dong dong" drum sound coming from the shore, and the drum beats were so rapid that it was terrifying.

"Brothers, scout guys!"

Li Zhaoshou realized something was wrong, so he didn't even bother to wear clothes and picked up the musket at his hand and got up. As a result, he climbed to the bow of the boat and saw that there were vague figures on both sides of the north and south. He was about to ask where to deal with it. A fire appeared on the north bank. A figure rushed down the river bank with a torch, and then a "bang bang" sound of gongs came.

"Listen to the people on the boat, the yamen will handle the matter and will not surrender!"

"The official arrested the thief and didn't let down the sword and gun!"

"Put down your weapons, hold your head and go ashore, dare to commit rebellion, and kill them without any hesitation!"

Zhang Dadan, Yu Youfu, Jiang Huai and several foreign soldiers appointed by the foreign commission led a team of gangs who were still criminals surrounded from the south bank in the afternoon. They used the firelight on the other side to disperse, and held swords, guns and sticks to scold the private owls and boatmen who had just gotten up.

I couldn't see clearly in the middle of the night, for fear of hurting myself by accident. In order to shock the private owls, Zhang Jingjun and others had a white cloth with the word "王" written on the chest. Pan Er and Chu Chenggui had already touched the other side of the river, and together with Baozheng from three villages, Chief A led the young and strong men who were called to the evening and beat the drums and drums, bluffing.

It is worth mentioning that when Pan Er was in the capital, he not only donated the official office but also bought a set of official uniforms. He put it on tonight, waved his oxtail knife and shouted at the top of his throat: "Did the people on the boat hear it? If you don't surrender, you will be killed without any hesitation!"

"Come here. As for the torch, light up all the torches quickly, and no one of them can be allowed to run away!" Chu Chenggui was extremely nervous, but he still shouted.

Li Zhaoshou finally saw clearly that there were many people on the south bank, but there were more people on the north bank. While signaling his subordinates and boatmen to unlock the cables quickly, he held up his gun and shouted: "The master on the shore is just passing by the treasure land and does not want to cause trouble. Can you put the small ones with your hands? The small ones will be rewarded."

Zhang Dadan clearly saw the bandit leader having a bird gun, and quickly kicked the Green Camp soldier from Taizhou, then hid aside and shouted: "It is natural for officers and soldiers to catch thieves. Don't talk nonsense, put down the bird gun for me!"

Li Zhaoshou couldn't see the shore clearly and was about to let his subordinates fight with these officials. Suddenly, there was an explosion. Only the third brother standing in front of the left screamed and ran into the river. He also staggered and was knocked off the boat and fell into the river with a thump." Bang!"

The Green Camp soldiers fired a second shot, and three more private owls who were about to take the boat were knocked over.

Zhang Dadan didn't know how many muskets the private owls had, so he didn't dare to hesitate anymore. He waved his sword and shouted: "Brothers, come on me! Whoever dares to resist stubbornly, greet me to death."

"Kill!" Ma Guozhong had already been excited by the rapid drum beat. In addition, the officers and soldiers were able to win the flag, and several shots were knocked down, and they rushed down the river bank with a hot head.

Chen Jingjun was hesitating, and the two behind rushed down. Thinking that Mr. Han was beating the drums behind him, he didn't dare to rub his head anymore, so he hurriedly raised his stick and rushed towards the nearest boat.

"I'll fight with these dog officials!" A salt owl realized that it was impossible to carry the boat away. He swung his knife and slashed over the dark night that rushed in front of him. He was about to deal with the second one, but suddenly his eyes turned dark and was knocked unconscious by a man who rushed down.

"Lao Liu, you guys go west and don't crowd them all here!"

"Brothers, come with me!"

Liu Dadan confirmed that the salt ships were all here. Seeing that the private salt on the third boat in the east became more and more fierce, he actually rushed over from the boat and waved his sword.

Han Xiufeng, who was beating a drum in front of a grave, also realized that he could only suppress the private owls and kill them, and he would never let them fight to the shore. Otherwise, these rogues who could only fight with the wind would easily disintegrate, and hurriedly said, "Bigou, you go over, hurry up and help Mr. Zhang!"

"Fourth brother, what should you do if I leave?"

"When is it now, stop talking nonsense."

"Okay."

Datou didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore, so he picked up the shoulder pole and rushed to the east.

The private owls on this boat were the most difficult to deal with. They cut three or four thugs. Zhang Dadan dealt with two of them alone. He was waving his oxtail knife and desperately blocking them. Datou took a shoulder pole down and knocked down one of them. Then he rushed to Zhang Dadan and took another burden to the private owl who was screaming.

One force reduces ten times.

Although the private owl quickly raised his sword to block it, his whole person was chopped over. How could Zhang Dadan miss this opportunity? He rushed forward with a knife...

The official not only came prepared, but also occupied the land and rushed down the dike. Some were caught off guard at the narrow bow or stern, and some were standing in the cold mud. The leader was shot and rolled into the river. For a moment, the dragons had no heads and were killed by a group of rascals without a fight.

Han Xiufeng beat the drum desperately to cheer up his subordinates, and there was no guard around him. Xu Lequn was so nervous just now that he breathed a sigh of relief until the private owls who had killed from the boat to the slope were chopped over by Datou and Zhang Dadan.

Pan Er was still beating the gong on the other side. The young man he and Chu Chenggui found were still holding sticks and shouting desperately on the river bank. The rogue who had already rushed to the boat was red in his eyes. In the middle of the night, he couldn't tell who was the private owl and who was the sailor. As long as he saw someone, he would slam the stick and greet him to death. The boatman sailors were so scared that they jumped into the river to beg for mercy.

"Bang!" The Green Camp soldiers installed gunpowder and iron sand, and saw that several private owls who wanted to run away shot him again.

The gongs and drums were loud, the sound of killing sounds, and the sound of moans were endless. This was the first time Han Xiufeng experienced this situation, and he was nervous and desperately beating the drum, as if the drumsticks were not cowhides but private owls.

"Master Zhang, three ships here have been taken down."

"Go over there, there are two more people who are desperate!"

"Brothers, go!"

...

Xu Lequn could see clearly and couldn't help but turn around and said, "Master Han, Master Han, the task was completed. Unexpectedly, the private owl here was vulnerable!"

"Have it all taken down?" Han Xiufeng asked, still not stopping his hand.

"The ships were all taken down, and it seemed that several people had run away. Some had gone into the reed marsh, and some ran to Tianjiazhuang while the chaos."

"Tell me the order, do not pursue the enemy."

"Okay, I'll call Mr. Zhang now."

Han Xiufeng put down the drumstick and walked down the river bank. Then the light of the torch just lit was seen. The river bank, especially the reeds on the side of the boat, were filled with people. Some were motionless, some were holding their arms and legs or rolling with headaches. The river bank was stained with blood. Zhang Dadan, Datou and Jiang Huai and others were covered in blood. Looking around, they were almost all covered in blood.

Zhang Dadan wiped the blood from his face and said with lingering fear: "Master Han, I didn't expect that these dog gods also had bird guns!"

"Where is the gun?"

"I found two shots on this boat, one shot on that boat, and another shot was held by the bandit leader. The bandit leader fell into the river. I asked the fourth brother and the others to fish, and I don't know if he died." Zhang Dadan took the private owl's bird gun from his subordinates, and then raised it to Han Xiufeng and said, "Mr. Han, look, this is a fire-fire (firelock rifle). You can tell at a glance that it was bought from foreigners. It is not only shorter than the bird gun in our Green Camp, but also sharper than the bird gun in our Green Camp."

"Fortunately, if you do it at night, you may not be able to take down these salt owls if you do it in broad daylight."

"Yes, these ruthless people are so cruel, so we have many casualties."

Han Xiufeng recovered and hurriedly said, "Save people quickly, save our people first! Look at the few who died in battle, carry all those who died on the shore."

"Master Han, why don't you let Pan Er and Chu Chenggui bring all the young men and ask them to save people and collect corpses. A lot of them ran away just now, but the bandit leader has not found them yet. He has not seen anyone alive or died. We should guard the salt ship first, in case they kill us, and they will shoot us back."

"Okay, you have to be careful." Han Xiufeng climbed onto a salt boat and rushed to the other side and shouted: "Changsheng, Chenggui, I have someone let the two boats in the river cross the river, come all over."
Chapter completed!