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The passenger boat set off overnight, relying solely on a few lanterns to observe the river.

Zhang Tieniu put the ax back into his waist, took out another cloth bag, and put the heads of the Sun brothers in it.

Zhao Han introduced: "This is my mentor, Mr. Pang, and this is Zhang Tieniu from the Iron Foot Society."

Pang Chunlai did not despise the common people at the bottom, clasped his fists and said, "It's a pleasure to meet you!"

"I don't belong to the Iron Foot Society," Zhang Tieniu said angrily, "The current Iron Foot Society only has a bunch of ungrateful bastards left!"

Zhao Han said with a smile: "Brother Tieniu is really righteous, he dared to take the risk to get his head back."

"The heads of the two elder brothers are different. Even if I die, I have to return their bodies," Zhang Tieniu slapped the table and said, "On the contrary, your little husband, with delicate skin and tender flesh, is not afraid when he sees the head. Have some guts."

There was no one around Zhao Han, so he had the idea of ​​accepting his younger brother, and deliberately laughed: "If you go to the county town to inquire, you will know what courage is."

Zhang Tieniu said disdainfully: "Could it be possible that you help someone get their head back in the county?"

Zhao Han took the kettle from the charcoal stove, made a cup of tea for the two of them, and said, "Master and Dianshi swallowed my money and wanted to arrest me and put me in jail. The yamen servants burned the county government to nothing. The household registration yellow book, fish scale book, and tax booklet in the whole county have now been turned into fly ash."

Zhang Tieniu drank tea with a smile, spat it out again, pointed at Zhao Han, and said, "You little gentleman, you really know how to brag."

Holding the teacup to warm his hands, Zhao Han smiled and said, "If you don't believe me, you can go to the county government office to have a look...Of course, if the county government office is not burned out."

Zhang Tieniu only took it as a joke, and said to Pang Chun, "Mr. Pang, do you believe it?"

"I believe," Pang Chunlai understood Zhao Han's intentions, "if such a disaster happened, we, master and apprentice, could only flee in fear of crime."

Zhang Tieniu looked at Pang Chunlai, then at Zhao Han, and suddenly felt that it was true.

Otherwise, why did the master and apprentice leave the river mouth by boat overnight?

Zhang Tieniu was dumbfounded. He felt that taking the head in the dark was already a very "Water Margin" behavior, and he never expected to meet someone who murdered and set fire in the county government.

"Xiao Xianggong," Zhang Tieniu gave a thumbs up, "You are a man, Tieniu is convinced!"

Zhao Han asked, "You want to take the heads of the two grandsons to Henglin Town?"

"If you haven't reached the town, go back a little," Zhang Tieniu said. "The two elder brothers of the Sun family are from Henglin Township. I can't get along anymore, Fei Huan is sending people to look for me everywhere."

"Is there a place to go?" Zhao Han asked again.

Zhang Tieniu shook his head and said, "I haven't figured it out yet, it doesn't matter where I go, at worst, I'll change to another dock and do coolies."

Zhao Han smiled and said, "Follow me from now on."

"Are you going to be a scholar with you? I can't be a school boy." Zhang Tieniu waved his hands repeatedly.

Zhao Han asked back: "I burned down the county government office, do you think you can still be a scholar?"

"Uh." Zhang Tieniu was at a loss for words, rubbing his head and giggling.

Zhao Han asked again: "I plan to rebel in another place, are you interested?"

"To rebel is to rebel... what? You want to rebel!" Zhang Tieniu stood up in shock.

The sound was so loud that even several boatmen heard it. They were so frightened that they trembled and had the urge to jump into the river to escape.

Zhao Han sighed: "Oh, keep your voice down, sit down and talk."

Zhang Tieniu hastily lowered his voice, sat back and asked, "Little Xianggong really wants to rebel?"

Zhao Han didn't answer, but asked, "How many people are there in your family?"

"All of them died, and I was the only one," Zhang Tieniu recalled. "More than ten years ago, there was a catastrophe in Qianshan Mountain, and all the family members starved to death. I was only fifteen years old at the time. Fortunately, I learned that the county master was kind enough to let me make ends meet by building water canals. Later, I went to Hekou Town to work as a coolie. Unfortunately, I lived to be almost thirty years old, and I met such a good official."

Zhao Han began to guide: "If we rebel and seize the world, no corrupt officials are allowed to harm the people! Do you know how Emperor Taizu dealt with corrupt officials?"

Zhang Tieniu shook his head and said, "I don't know."

Zhao Han said: "Emperor Taizu also came from a bitter background. His parents starved to death. He grazed cattle for the landlord to make a living. When he encountered famine, he had to become a monk. He couldn't eat enough in the temple, so he went to be a beggar. You Can he not hate corrupt officials?"

"That must be hateful, as miserable as mine." Zhang Tieniu slapped the table and said.

Zhao Han continued to guide: "That's why, when Emperor Taizu won the world, there was a rule for officials. If anyone is greedy for more than sixty taels of silver, peel off the skin and fill it with grass!"

Zhang Tieniu was speechless: "Really so powerful?"

Zhao Han nodded and said, "That's really powerful. Later, too many corrupt officials were killed, and there were not enough officials in the prefectures and counties. The Taizu let the officials who were not corrupt continue to govern the region with shackles. At that time, the trial Prisoners wear shackles and kneel in the hall, and officials wear shackles and sit in the hall.”

"Hahahaha, that's very rare." Zhang Tieniu thought about that scene, and the more he thought about it, the more interesting he became.

"So, how about rebelling against me? I will be Emperor Taizu, and you will be Chang Yuchun." Zhao Han seduced.

Zhang Tieniu patted the ax on his waist: "I want to be Li Kui, so I specially made two axes."

Zhao Han scolded: "Look at your future, Li Kui has a shit, Chang Yuchun is the king, don't you want to be the king in the future?"

"Feng Wang?" Zhang Tieniu swallowed, doubtful, "Just the three of us, can the rebellion succeed? You are still a scholar, and people say that a scholar can't rebel for ten years."

Zhao Han said in an unquestionable tone: "Taizu can sit in the world as a beggar, why can't I!"

Zhang Tieniu muttered: "Emperor Taizu descended from the stars."

"How do you know that I am not the descendant of XingXiu?" Zhao Han questioned.

"This..." Zhang Tieniu could only scratch his head.

It doesn't seem very smart, but it's a pity that our family is not rich enough, and smart people can't be recruited for the time being.

Zhao Han said: "I will help you bury the heads of the two grandsons, and you will rebel with me and conquer the world. How about it?"

Zhang Tieniu nodded immediately: "Okay!"

The passenger ship has been traveling westward, and soon you will be able to see Henglin Town in the distance.

Zhang Tieniu walked out of the cabin, observed for a while, and suddenly shouted: "Dock in front!"

Pang Chunlai stayed on the boat and waited, while Zhao Han and Zhang Tieniu went ashore together to bury people...well, bury their heads.

Zhang Tieniu seemed to be very familiar with this place, and came to a small forest in the dark, pointing to the place where a stick was planted under the tree: "The two elder brothers are buried here, and they dare not raise a grave, and there is no monument."

Zhao Han groped in the dark for a while and asked, "Didn't you prepare a hoe in advance?"

"Forgot," Zhang Tieniu slapped his head violently, and handed Zhao Han an axe, "Use this one, the newly buried ground is very loose."

Zhao Han really wanted to strike at it with an axe. How long will this shit be digging?

The two had no choice but to dig the soil with an axe. In the winter night, they were soon tired and sweaty.

Suddenly, Zhao Han whispered, "Don't move, someone is coming."

Zhang Tieniu immediately stopped his movements, lying behind a tree to observe secretly, and saw several lanterns moving from far to near.

Those people also entered the grove, a total of four people, two of them carried sacks, and the other two carried hoes.

"Just bury it here."

"In the middle of the night, why bury it? Just throw it in the river."

"Yes, throw a few big rocks into the river and it will sink."

"It's dark, where can I find a big stone? Just throw it like this, and it will rot after a few days of soaking. Even his own mother can't recognize it."

"..."

These guys headed towards the river, passing Zhao Han not far away.

Zhang Tieniu said in a low voice: "Who kills and throws away corpses, don't care about this business?"

"It doesn't matter," said Zhao Han, "don't make extra trouble."

Suddenly, another person said: "Hey, it's still moving, this guy's life is really hard, he didn't die after being beaten like that."

"In the twelfth lunar month of winter, if you throw it into the river, you will freeze to death if you don't drown. Let's see how tough his life is."

"Let me tell you, the old lady is too cruel."

"What's so cruel? This guy seduced the master first, and then got into the young master's bed. It's no wonder he didn't get beaten to death by the old lady!"

"..."

Zhang Tieniu was dumbfounded when he heard it, the amount of information in the words was too much, actually father and son slept together with a woman, if it spread, it would definitely cause a sensation in the entire Qianshan Mountain.

"He's not dead yet, can he be saved?" Zhang Tieniu asked.

Zhao Han had already put down his axe, and rushed out with two heads in his hands.

"Who?" The other party was shocked.

Zhao Han straightened his hands and raised his two heads in front of him to cover his face. Regardless of whether the other party can understand it or not, he jumped up and down to play the role of a zombie, and let out a creepy laugh.

Those guys were already terrified, and they carefully looked forward with the lantern, and suddenly found that it was two heads.

"Ghost!"

"Run, it's a mandrill that wants to eat people!"

Throwing down sacks and hoes, they all ran away in a panic, and one guy even threw away a lantern.

Zhao Han picked up the lantern, lit it again with a torch, and untied the sack to check the situation.

His face was covered with blood, he couldn't see his face clearly, and he was still angry when he stretched out his hand.

Zhao Han threw the hoe over and said to Zhang Tieniu, "You dig the soil yourself, and I'll carry you back to the boat."

"Go ahead."

Zhang Tieniu came happily to pick up the hoe, he was almost exhausted from digging the soil with the axe.

Zhao Han returned to the cabin with the sack on his shoulders, and warmed the man first, otherwise he would definitely freeze to death.

Pang Chunlai asked, "Who is this?"

Zhao Han replied: "I don't know, someone dumped his body and he's not completely dead yet. Can he see himself alive?"

Take off the sack, the person is covered in blood.

Zhao Han soon found a wound on his head, which seemed to have been hit with a stick, and there was a big gash at the hairline of his forehead. There were several bags on his head, all of which were beaten out with sticks.

There were no medical supplies on board, so Zhao Han could only work with his bare hands, pressing back the opened scalp.

As for the rest, leave it to fate.

He also took out a piece of clean clothes and tore off pieces of cloth to use as bandages, which was more perfunctory than treating wounds of animals.

Another piece of cloth was torn off, and Zhao Han wiped the blood on this person's face.

Suddenly, Zhao Han's expression became weird, and he couldn't help complaining: "Today's encounter is really bizarre. In the morning, people killed and set fire, and in the evening, they met acquaintances one after another."

Pang Chunlai asked, "Do you know this person?"

"We talked," Zhao Han explained, "Dan Jiao in the troupe is also a hard-working person, I forgot his name."