Chapter 1583 Lao Yang’s Glorious Past

[In the third month of the war, the jackdaws gather in the hall, the willow flute plays, but no one returns. The setting sun and evening breeze, how many letters from home - watching period drama]

Lao Yang laughed several times, his face as pale as a ghost, and his shrill laughter was like a rusty iron nail scraping across a bluestone slab, harsh, desolate, and miserable. The sound does not seem to be laughter, but contains a kind of helplessness and ridicule of life. Lao Yang used his strange life to explain what life and death mean.

Sometimes, there are things that he may not necessarily be willing to do, but since he says that he has chosen these things, he must bear a certain price for such an issue.

But Lao Yang himself didn't know that the price he had to bear was so heavy. If he could have his life over again, he would rather die than live like this.

When Lao Yang was born, in 1876, the second year of Guangxu, many memorable things happened in the world. For example, in Europe, France, which always liked to quarrel with Britain, gave it to the Americans. The Statue of Liberty was sent to the United States on the grounds that celebrating the 100th anniversary of American independence would definitely cause trouble for the British. Also, Bell invented the telephone.

Of course, for Lao Yang, this year was the year he was born. He was born into a blacksmith's family. Naturally, he was born to be a blacksmith.

The ancients said that there are three hardships in life: boating, forging iron and grinding tofu. This means that these three professions are the most difficult.

However, Lao Yang did not feel that his life was very difficult. His father was a very famous blacksmith with a reasonable income. His mother was also very hardworking and capable, and took care of the family in a very orderly manner. Life can be considered above average.

As long as craftsmen are willing to endure hardship, they will generally not go hungry.

Lao Yang also lived in such a family since he was a child. In fact, it was relatively sunny. But later, when he was in his twenties, the Qing Dynasty naturally ended, and the war began, and Lao Yang had already married a wife and had children. , As a result, he was born in troubled times. Although his life was hard, he still lived a very satisfying life. At least Lao Yang thought his life was good. But when the war started, everything came to nothing.

At this moment, Lao Yang said in a miserable voice: "During the lesson plan that happened at that time, all twelve members of my family, including my daughter who was only three years old, were killed. From then on, I became lonely and helpless. There was nothing to rely on, and from that moment on, I realized that in troubled times, human life is not as good as that of a dog. If you don’t kill people, others will kill you. Killings come and go, and the people suffer. Therefore, from that moment on, I I vowed not to let myself cry again, and if I wanted to stop myself from crying, I would let others bleed. So, I joined a group of bandits and started a business without capital."

Lao Yang later became a bandit, and was actually quite successful, because Lao Yang was a good blacksmith with good craftsmanship and was passed down from his father. It was precisely because of his craftsmanship that he had a high status in the village. Quite high.

You know, there were very few foreign guns at that time. In a cottage, it was considered good to have three or five foreign guns. Therefore, most bandits still use cold weapons, such as swords, guns and sticks.

Therefore, a good cold weapon can save lives at critical times.

As a blacksmith, Lao Yang naturally had a very high status in the village. Later, Lao Yang actually learned how to imitate foreign guns by himself. He used a hammer to forge the foreign guns, and he could even forge the barrel. Although the gun barrel made by Lao Yang was relatively inferior, it was equally popular.

At this moment, Lao Yang said with some pride: "Although the barrel I made at that time was relatively poor, the first twenty shots can guarantee no problem. The first forty shots, the chance of the barrel exploding is half and half. If it exceeds forty shots, , it hasn’t exploded yet, it’s because the smoke is rising from this person’s ancestral grave. But even like this, my status in the village became very high at that time, and later I was promoted to the second in charge, with one person and ten thousand people. Above all, except for the head of our family, I am the person with the highest status in the village, and even the military advisors will act based on my expression."

Among the bandits who mainly used cold weapons at the time, there were actually people who said that they could make foreign guns using local methods. Although there was not much guarantee in terms of quality and the lifespan of only forty guns, it was already considered a magic weapon at that time.

Ye Ming also nodded and said: "Under the conditions at the time, you were able to build your own guns with a few foreign guns. You are indeed considered a pretty good talent. According to your conditions at the time, it should be said that you should be very good." It's pretty good. No matter what you do, even if you are a bandit, you can live a very comfortable life. Twenty-gun guns were also very rare at that time. At least there should be no problem in killing bandits within a few hundred miles. ?”

Lao Yang nodded and said: "That's right, our village was indeed developing very fast at that time, with big bowls of wine, big chunks of meat eaten, and big scales to divide gold and silver.

Anyway, the life was very moist.

However, because our village has no rivals within a radius of 500 miles, our boss is also confused and doesn’t know what his last name is. He actually started a fight and attracted the attention of the foreigners. At that time, there was a joint expedition team from Britain and Japan. They said they wanted to investigate a mysterious cemetery. The leader of the guide was a Chinese, Ma Laosan. At this point, Ye Ming frowned and said, "So, Ma Laosan is at least over a hundred years old?" "

Lao Yang said with great certainty: "Ma Laosan is more than a hundred years old. In fact, when I first saw him, he looked like this. He looked about the same as me now. He is in his fifties or sixties. His legs and feet are quite nimble, but if I see Ma Laosan now, he still looks like he is sixty or seventy years old. I don’t even know how old Ma Laosan is, but he is definitely older than me. many.

It is even said that those Japanese and British people were tricked by Ma Laosan. In fact, before I met Ma Laosan, my life was relatively normal. Even though I became a bandit, my life was even more fulfilling than when I was a blacksmith.

With my own wife and my own children, at that time, maybe I would be satisfied if I could continue like this for the rest of my life. However, everything started to change the day I met Ma Laosan.

To this day, I still remember every detail of the day when I met Ma Laosan. At that time, our boss received a tip and knew that an expedition team had entered the mountain. Originally, we generally don’t move against foreigners, and those of us on the path also know that it’s best not to mess with foreigners. But it is said that the expedition team was relatively wealthy. When those foreigners arrived at the county town at the foot of the mountain, they scattered a lot of money. And at that time, our boss fell in love with a woman in the team, a foreign woman, and said he wanted a change of taste. Therefore, our copycat finally decided to do one thing. At worst, after doing this thing, we would just transfer it. "

Lao Yang remembered it very clearly. It was a sunny day after the plum rain. It was a rare sunny day. God seemed to think that this was a good time to rob homes and homes. The boss, Cao Shangfei, led his men to ambush beside a valley.

At this moment, Lao Yang glanced at the entrance of the valley with some worry and said: "Boss, this time, I feel a little dangerous. This foreigner is not easy to offend. Some time ago, the guys from Guo Shanfeng were... He robbed a foreign godfather, so he was surrounded and killed by the officials and foreigners. If we attack the foreigners, we will have a lot of trouble." Lao Yang is the kind of person who has been a bandit for many years. He knows who can offend and what No one can be offended. In the society at that time, foreigners were the first people who could not be offended.

Who knows, Guo Shanfeng said very disdainfully: "What are you afraid of? It's not a big deal. What does that idiot Guo Shanfeng know? He let the foreign devil go after the robbery." Now, is this the time to show loyalty?

You are a bandit. There is nothing wrong with being loyal to your own people, but foreign devils are not good people in the first place. Therefore, you are definitely a fool to talk about loyalty to foreign devils in such a situation.

Therefore, regarding such a problem, at this time, I feel that no matter what happens, all the foreigners should be killed and no one will be left alive. Who knows it was us who did it. Don't you like antiques?

I heard that there are a lot of interesting things in there. It is said that the foreign devils from the expedition team brought them here from the capital for research. Anyway, I don’t know anything about it. If you like it, do it well, and I will reward you with all the messy things later. "

As the head of the cottage, cruelty and cruelty are the most important thing. Cao Shangfei knows this deeply, and he does it this way. This is a very dangerous thing to deal with foreigners. How could Cao Shangfei not know about it? Not only did he know about it, but he had already thought of a way out.

It is not good to offend foreigners, but if all these foreigners are killed, then at this time no one knows that it was Cao Shangfei who led the people to do this, which naturally means that there is no danger in this matter.

I have to say that although Cao Shangfei's approach was cruel, in those troubled times, it was indeed a good way to solve the trouble. Anyway, flying on the grass seemed to be killing foreigners, so he didn't have any psychological burden at all.

It is precisely because most of the ambush expedition team this time are foreigners, and they are not targeting their own people. The morality of the world is only used to speak to their own people.

As for talking about moral principles to foreigners at such a good time, there is no big difference between that and seeking death.

When it comes to a problem like this, a qualified bandit will know what to do to be safest. When Lao Yang heard this, he knew that the boss had made up his mind and there could be no change in this matter.

Therefore, at a time like this, what Lao Yang can do is to try to do such a thing as neatly and neatly as possible.

In the words of the boss, in such a matter, only by killing no one left and eliminating hidden dangers can we ensure that the cottage will not be retaliated against.

As for Cao Shangfei, except for gold, silver and jewelry, the remaining antiques are all messy things. What he wants is gold and jewelry. As long as he, the boss, masters these things, then he can drop one like this As for the problem, there is no need to worry about the visit of his brothers. After all, everyone becomes a bandit just for money.

In this situation, Cao Shangfei is quite relieved about Lao Yang. As long as a person has shortcomings, he is an easy subordinate to control. For example, Lao Yang is capable but very interested in antiques. What's so good about those bottle and can shops and the like? There is gold hidden in troubled times, so at this time, Cao Shangfei was still very relieved about Lao Yang.

Even during the robbery, more antiques other than gold, silver and jewelry were usually thrown to Lao Yang. Anyway, other people in the cottage don’t understand this. Of course, Cao Shangfei also heard that it was the wife that Lao Yang snatched away, and it seemed that his family owned an antique shop.

Therefore, these things may not be what Lao Yang wants, but what Lao Yang uses to please his wife.

On this point, in fact, Cao Shangfei is too lazy to care. If a subordinate has shortcomings, it is normal and easy to manage. This robbery went very smoothly at first. More than 30 guns were deployed in the village, and some people were carrying bows and arrows.

Anyway, at this time, in less than two minutes, more than half of the expedition team was killed, and the remaining people were surrendered by the bandits almost in the same charge. This kind of fighting power is the scum of Zhan Wu. Even Lao Yang felt that this expedition team was definitely a weakling.

But in fact, the good luck flying on the grass means that it has ended at this time.

Because this time, the person Cao Shangfei wanted to kill was the Chinese leader of the team, Ma Laosan, a Chinese farmer who looked to be in his fifties or sixties and was very honest.

This time, because the robbery was aimed at foreigners, in fact, the rules were agreed upon early on, which means that in such a situation, no one will be left alive. As long as one is left alive, then in this case A period of time is a disaster for the village.

All the people in the cottage are actually very clear about this.

Therefore, even though Ma Laosan is a Chinese and seems to be harmless to humans and animals, in such a situation, this stick bandit flying on the grass has no mercy at all. I want to kill this guy Ma Laosan directly. (To be continued)