Chapter 50: Kill if you want to
Chen Changping was stuck on the ground like a nail. A horizontal knife was inserted on the snow in front of him, a strong bow was carried on his back, and two quiver pots were hung on his left and right waist, with feather arrows densely filled with feather arrows. An old sheepskin coat on his body was covered with scars of swords and guns, and several pieces of his pants were torn off. His furry thighs were almost exposed, and he was wearing only a pair of straw sandals on his feet. A cloth strap was tied to his head, tying his hair like a mess, with only a pair of eyes staring at the front with bright eyes.
Behind him were more than a hundred equally ragged men, some holding swords and guns, but most of them were just carrying farm tools such as sheep forks, some with sickles hanging around their waists and holding some sharpened sticks in their hands.
A horse ran from afar, and many men who were originally sitting on the snow stood up one after another, with a look of concern on their faces.
A young man with a stunted figure jumped off the horse and only glanced at the young man's face. Chen Changping's heart sank.
"Brother Changping!" As soon as the young man opened his mouth, he actually cried.
"Changfu, where are your brother Chang'an and others?" Although the hope was slim, Chen Changping asked with a hint of hope.
Chen Changfu's tears flowed down, "Brother Changping, the officers and soldiers chased after him, I didn't see Brother Chang'an and the others."
Chen Changan lowered his head and suddenly grabbed the handle of the long knife in front of him.
"Did Brother Chang'an and others avoid the enemy by themselves when they saw that the enemy was powerful? There might not be any surprises." Behind Chen Changping, an older man whispered.
"Fart!" Chen Changping raised his head suddenly, "Don't Chang'an and the others know that if they escaped, the people here would face the pursuit of the officers and soldiers. Now, since the officers and soldiers have already caught up, it only means that Chang'an and Changgui and the others have already had an accident. Changfu, who is the person leading the officers and soldiers?"
Chen Changfu wiped his tears, "It was under the banner of Zhu, but I saw that Liu Chenglin was in front."
Chen Changping's expression suddenly dimmed, "It turned out to be him, he actually came back?"
"Brother Changping, what should we do now?" Chen Changfu asked.
Chen Changping sighed to the sky, "Since it is Liu Chenglin, Chang'an and the others are probably gone, leaving ten people behind, and the remaining people will go and tell the villagers that they will throw away all the food, clothing, and the remaining things, and speed up into the mountain. Only by entering the mountain can there be a way out."
"Brother Changping, Liu Chenglin is so powerful, what can ten people do?"
"What's the use of a hundred people?" Chen Changping lowered his eyelids, "You can help those who are not moving fast to speed up. As for the ten of us, since Master Liu is in hand, at least he will be afraid of the mouse. No matter how powerful Liu Chenglin is, he will never dare to ignore his me, mother, and sister!"
Several people were dragged over by horizontally and vertically, and threw them roughly in front of Chen Changping. Chen Changping squatted down, pulled out the knife inserted in the snow, and placed it on the neck of one of the guys with neat beards.
"Chen Changping, don't kill me. If you kill me, Cheng Lin will not let you go. He will tear you into pieces." Bazi Hu shouted in panic.
Chen Changping smiled and said, "Master Liu, let me tell you good news. Your son is back and will catch up with us soon."
The eighth son, Mr. Hu Liu, eyes lit up, "Chen Changping, you are also a famous hero in our Jingzhou. If you let me go, I will not blame you. What if I promised it? As long as it is something I promised, Cheng Lin will definitely agree to you."
Chen Changping smiled tragically and said, "Master Liu, what's the use of saying this now? Liu Chenglin is just a captain in the Henghai Army, so what can he do? This time the Henghai Army governor wants our brothers to kill all of us. Do you think I don't know? At this time, he will still deceive us?"
Mr. Liu swallowed, "There is a lot of room for operation here. At that time, we will report that one of you has killed you. Could it be that the Jiedushi really have to see your head with your own eyes? Chen Changping, in the eyes of the Jiedushi, you are just a little person like an ant."
"Although Chen Changping is a small person, he never dared to place the lives of these more than a thousand people on you officials and masters." Chen Changping sneered: "If you hadn't levy and forced the people to die and not survive, how would I have come to this point?"
"I'm also on order!" Master Liu shouted injustice again and again, "Why do I dare to refuse to obey the order from the superiors?"
"Master Liu, how many of these levies and taxes have been sent to Cangzhou, and how many of them have been put into your Mr. Liu's pocket, you can count it very much." Chen Changping stood up, and the cold blade patted Mr. Liu in the face, which almost scared Mr. Liu to faint. "Let's bet on life, see if your son wants the heads of us or his father's life? If we want to live, let's live together. If we want to die, let's die together."
He stood up, straightened his backbone, and looked at the direction he came.
In the snow, several fast horses trampled into the snow dragon and rushed towards this side. Behind them, more infantrymen also appeared in Chen Changping's vision.
Chen Changping dragged Mr. Liu from the ground and placed his big knife on Mr. Liu's neck.
The rushing war horse neighed with a long neigh, and the horse's hooves fell heavily, and countless snow splashed and rose. When the snow dust fell, a general in his early thirties with armor appeared in front of Chen Changping.
"Chen Changping!" Liu Chenglin stretched out the long cherry gun in his hand and pointed at Chen Changping.
"Liu Chenglin, we're meeting again." Chen Changping laughed, "If you don't want your mother and sister's life, just let it come over!"
"Chenglin, don't." Mr. Liu shouted loudly.
"Brother!" A young woman was next to Mr. Liu, holding another middle-aged woman with a haggard face.
Liu Chenglin's eyes were almost bleeding, and he turned over and dismounted, and walked forward with a red cherry gun, but when he saw the knife in Chen Changping's hand, he tilted slightly, but stopped helplessly.
"What do you want?" Liu Chenglin said angrily.
"I didn't think about it, I just want you to go back today. When we arrive at a safe place, we will naturally put your family back." Chen Ping'an said.
"Impossible." Liu Chenglin flatly refused.
"Then we can only break up in one beat. Everyone will die and pull it down." Chen Changping laughed and said, "We are a group of poor men with low life, and they will die if they die. They are different, I'm afraid they can't bear to die, right?"
"Chenglin, save me!" Mr. Liu shouted wailingly.
"Deputy Commander Liu, why haven't you done anything yet? Why are you talking nonsense?" Several horses rushed over and immediately roared, "What are you talking about to these thieves?"
"Person Zhu, my family fell into the hands of these thieves." Liu Chenglin turned around and said to the general immediately.
The later person was named Zhu Jun, who was the real commander of this army. Although Liu Chenglin, who was the sixth-rank rank, was also the deputy lieutenant under the sixth-rank rank. He was the deputy of Zhu Jun.
"Suppressing bandits and destroying bandits is a military and national event. Deputy Commander Liu. After destroying these rebels, we must quickly return to Jian to prepare for a war. If there is time to delay here?" Zhu Jun shouted: "These rebels are so harsh, how can they have the courage to harm your family? Moreover, your father was the magistrate of Shiyi County, but now that such a big disaster has happened, the Jiedushi is already furious. How could he miss the serious matter for him?"
"Person Zhu, this is my father!" Liu Chenglin's eyebrows stood up, "Do you want me to be an unfilial and disobedient person?"
"You don't need you, I'll do it. Let me fulfill your reputation of destroying relatives for the sake of the military governor." Zhu Jun laughed and ran forward. As soon as the war horse ran out, he whined and fell to the ground with a whine. Zhu Jun rolled on the ground in a mess for several times before getting up. He happened to see Liu Chenglin pulling out the bloody spear from the horse's neck.
"Liu Chenglin, do you want to rebel?" Zhu Jun was furious, picked up his sword and came to Liu Chenglin. After walking a few steps, he stopped again, pointed at Liu Chenglin and shouted: "Take this thief accomplice for me."
The sound was very loud, but no one except the few guards around him responded. Even the few guards, after walking a few steps forward, stopped timidly.
"Person Zhu, I know how dissatisfied you are with me on weekdays, but at this time, if you want to harm my family, don't blame me for being rude to you." Liu Chenglin said angrily.
"Do you want to rebel?" Zhu Jun was so angry that he knew that using his skills to face Liu Chenglin would be really a birthday boy, and he would be too long to be hung.
The infantry behind them followed one after another, and saw that the two chief officials were facing each other, looking at each other for a moment, not knowing what to do.
"Person Zhu, after this matter is resolved, I will apologize to the Jiedushi." Liu Chenglin clasped his fists at him, threw down a coldly sentence, and turned to look at Chen Changping: "Chen Changping, Chen Anchang and Chen Changgui are both in my hands now, and are not dead. I will exchange them for my family. How about it?"
Chen Changping's face changed, "They are still alive?"
"Of course you are alive. Come and take them up." The infantry formation behind broke apart, and two blood-filled people were dragged to the front of the formation. It was Chen Changping's younger brother Chen Chang'an and Chen Changgui.
Looking at the two brothers opposite, Chen Changping's eyes were red. He lowered his head for a moment, but he resolutely looked up and said, "If you don't change, Liu Chenglin, if you want to kill you, kill me, the lives of my two brothers are not as good as the lives of the thousands of people behind me."
Liu Chenglin was stunned for a moment before angrily saying, "What do you want?"
Chapter completed!