The Chifeng Stations at both ends galloped side by side.
"Follow this road and go straight ahead, which is my Tianjiazhuang." The girl named 'Axiu' said in succession.
Teng Qingshan looked at Axiu: "What happened to your Tianjiazhuang, who did you save?"
"Axiu, what is it?" Teng Beast also asked.
The peasant girl cried and said: "A group of soldiers came to our Tianjiazhuang to collect tax money, but the tax is too high, our Tianjiazhuang can't afford it, so those soldiers are in our Tianjiazhuang, arresting young women everywhere to offset the money The village is in complete chaos, I crawled out of the dog hole in the fence and ran over."
"Tax collection?" Teng Qingshan frowned slightly.
In my hometown of Jiangning County, Yangzhou, those gangs of robbers will collect annual money. Once the annual money is not enough, they will appear occasionally to arrest some strong men to pay off debts, or arrest some young women to pay off debts. To the kiln, or for the gang of robbers to enjoy inside.
In short, in troubled times, strong men and young women can count money.
"Soldiers collect taxes, catch women? What's the difference between them and robbers?"
Teng Qingshan could already see Zhuangzi in front of him. The distance between this Zhuangzi and Crescent Moon Lake was not far, only about two miles away.
"Please, let me go, let me go!"
"Father, mother—"
"Ah... help my mother..."
"Damn it, get out of the way."
"Little bastard, I kicked you to death."
The hoarse cries of women, the wailing of children, and the scolding of many soldiers made chaos.
Teng Qingshan and the others rode Chifeng Zhanji, and when they came to the open space in front of the farm, they saw this scene, and there was even a lot of blood on the ground.
"Stop!" Teng Qingshan yelled angrily, the yell sounded like spring thunder, many people covered their ears in fright, and the originally noisy and chaotic open space suddenly became quiet.
Teng Qingshan saw clearly that the open space was mainly divided into two groups of people, one group was the locals of Tianjiazhuang, each of them suppressed their anger, holding machetes, guns and sticks in their hands, but did not make a move; Those who dialed were sergeants in simple and light armor, and these sergeants also grabbed many young women.
Some of these women struggled frantically, and they all obviously knew what a miserable fate they would face if they were taken away.
"Who are you?" The leader of the army, riding on a unicorn, looked at Teng Qingshan.
"Father, mother." The girl named 'Axiu' jumped off Chifeng Zhanji and rushed into the Tianjiazhuang crowd.
"Axiu, you, who told you to run out?" The head of the Tianjiazhuang, an old man with gray hair on his face, shouted angrily, he was in a hurry! He knew very well that even if the people Axiu recruited were strong enough to drive away these sergeants, the revenge of the sergeants would be even more terrifying in the future!
The gray-haired old man clasped his hands together and said, "I'm the head of Tianjiazhuang, Tian Weishan, you two, this child, Axiu, is not sensible..."
Teng Qingshan didn't listen, and looked directly at the sergeant leader: "You, what's going on here?"
The sergeant leader took a closer look at Teng Qingshan, and thought to himself: "These two people came out of nowhere, so arrogant... However, the one he sat down was Chifeng Zhanyan, and there were two ends! Tsk tsk, this is precious It's not an ordinary person who can ride the Chifeng and fight against the beast."
"Haha..." the sergeant leader laughed, "We came to collect taxes, but this farm refused to pay. According to the rules, it is only right and proper to take people to offset taxes. It is only once a year, not much at all."
"We have handed over three times this year." A woman caught by them yelled, "You black-hearted bastards, time and time again, we don't even have enough to eat, and let us hand in! We women and children all grow Making money everywhere is not enough for you guys..."
"Slap!" A black-bearded sergeant who was escorting her next to her slapped the woman with blood all over her mouth.
"Mother!" In the Tianjiazhuang crowd, a young boy's voice was already hoarse, but beside him, a burly man covered his mouth, and the burly man's eyes were full of tears.
"Once a year, but this woman said she paid it three times." Teng Qingshan just said.
"Hey!" The sergeant leader frowned, and shouted, "This tax collection is a matter for our army. You are a passerby, why don't you meddle in your own business, let me tell you a few more words for your sake, don't get in the way here!" Looking over at the head of the Tianjiazhuang clan, he shouted, "Old man Tian, quickly, hand over the kid who hurt my brother just now, otherwise, more than one person in your Tianjiazhuang will die today!"
"Damn it, I hate that I didn't kill you just now!"
A young man with a ferocious complexion and a red neck, who was held back by many men in Tianjiazhuang shouted: "Give me back my wife! Let go, let me go!" The young man struggled, but he couldn't break free at all. Not a group of strong men.
*****
On the snow field in front of Tianjiazhuang, the Tianjiazhuang people and the army were confronting each other, there was still a lot of blood on the snow, and Teng Qingshan next to him also guessed...he should be dead just now.
"If you are dying, you are still stubborn. The first team, go and capture him. Anyone who stands in the way will be killed without mercy!" The army leader sat on the one-horned monkey and ordered, and the people in Tianjiazhuang couldn't help being shocked.
"A Beast!" The peasant girl named 'A Xiu' yelled sadly, she had seen Teng Beast practicing boxing.
At this moment, we can only place our hopes on Teng Beast.
"A Beast, take him down." Teng Qingshan pointed to the army leader.
Whoosh! The Teng Beast turned into an afterimage, and moved forward over a distance of more than ten feet. The army leader was shocked, and immediately wanted to slash at the Teng Beast with a knife.
"Peng!" Teng Beast first punched the army leader in the abdomen, causing him to vomit blood. Then, as if carrying a dead dog, he turned back a few steps to Teng Qingshan's side, and threw the army leader away. on the ground.
"Hoo!" A piercing and sharp howling sound rose into the sky, "Boom!" Flying into the air, there was a sudden explosion.
The leader of the army was on the ground, hunched over, with bloodshot eyes on the corner of his mouth.
"You, how dare you—" the army leader's eyes turned red.
"Recruiting?" Teng Qingshan looked up at the exploding red powder, with a smile on his face, and looked down at the army leader below, "Little guy, you are the captain of the centurion, you should be more sensible, order, let Let go of all the women under your command, otherwise - you will die immediately!"
Teng Qingshan spoke calmly, but the leader of the centurion gritted his teeth and shouted at the soldiers: "Let go, let go of those stinky women!"
"A Beast, slap your mouth." Teng Qingshan said.
"Crack!" "Crack!"
Teng Beast slapped the leader twice, his mouth was full of blood, and two of his teeth fell out. The sergeants had angry expressions on their faces, but they still held back their anger and let all the women go. In their eyes—these Women are obviously not as good as their captain. A group of young women are running back to their own group one by one.
"mother."
"Brother!" These women were either hugging their own children, or hugging their own men, parents, and their faces were full of tears, but many people in Tianjiazhuang had worried expressions on their faces. It is clear that the two strong men riding the Chifeng Zhanjie in front of them will even repel these sergeants.
After they can, they will be even worse.
"My lords." The head of the Tianjiazhuang knelt down, crying, "I beg you, don't worry about this matter, we are already very grateful to you, please."
Teng Beast's face was ashen.
Teng Qingshan looked south, with a smile on his face: "Tsk tsk, it seems that many people have come."
clatter! clatter! clatter!
The sounds of hooves were so dense that the earth trembled, and on the road ahead, groups of knights galloped one after another, mighty and mighty, like a torrent of black steel, completely filling the open space in front of Tianjiazhuang in just a moment. There are also many knights riding camel beasts on the road.
Neatly, a team lined up.
"General!" Many soldiers saluted respectfully.
A stout-backed, ruthless man in black heavy armor was riding on a warrior also in iron armor, looking at the two of Teng Qingshan and Teng Qingshan in front of them.
"You two, please let me go." The cold man said.
Teng Qingshan waved his hand: "A Beast, let him go." Teng Beast immediately kicked the captain of the centurion, the captain immediately stumbled on the snow, got up and rushed to his army, The generals on the armored warrior saluted respectfully.
"General, when we collect taxes and use those women to offset taxes, these two people came out to stop us and force us to let go of those women."
The general nodded.
"Who are you two?" the general asked, "Why meddle in this business?"
"Friend." Teng Qingshan said, while pointing at the girl named 'Axiu' with a smile, "This child's friend."
Beside the general, there was a handsome young man also wearing heavy armor. The young man approached the general and said in a low voice, "Father, these two men are riding on the red wind to fight against you, and they are not afraid of us. Maybe they are some powerful Characters, it's better to ask clearly, causing a lot of trouble is not a good thing after all." The general nodded.
His son is very smart and has solved many problems for him.
"You two, we collect taxes and they have to pay taxes. It's a matter of course. You two should leave." The general said with a smile, obviously not embarrassing Teng Qingshan and Teng Qingshan. In his opinion, it was considered friendly.
Immediately, the general turned his head to look at the people in Tianjiazhuang, and drank indifferently: "Call out all those women just now within the time limit for your cup of tea, otherwise... all the men and women will be taken away as slaves!" The people of the Tianjiazhuang clan were completely dumbfounded.
Be a slave? That's it.
"Which family do you belong to?" Teng Qingshan's face showed a trace of anger, "Is it from the Wang family, from the Murong family, or from the Li family?" There are only these three families around Nanshan City.
The general was suffocated by Teng Qingshan's question.
The Wang family, the Murong family, the Li family? Teng Qingshan's tone really frightened the general.
"Is there still a time limit for a cup of tea?" Teng Qingshan glanced coldly at the general and the group of people, "I limit you for a cup of tea, and all of you will disappear for me, otherwise... all officers, prepare to be slaves," said the former general With a look of arrogance, he can arbitrarily judge the fate of everyone in Tianjiazhuang, but in a moment, it's the other way around.
"You, you..." Anger welled up on the general's face.
"By the way, tell your Patriarch that from now on, don't bother the villages around Mount Priest, just say, I, Teng Qingshan, said this!" Teng Qingshan said indifferently.
Everyone in the mighty army fell silent, and many clansmen in Tianjiazhuang also stared at this scene in a daze.
"Who is Teng Qingshan?" Those Tianjiazhuang people didn't know at all.
"Who is Teng Qingshan?"
Those ordinary sergeants don't know either.
"Teng Qingshan?" The general's complexion changed drastically, and he quickly looked carefully at the weapon in Teng Qingshan's hand, instantly confirming the identity of the other party, thinking of what the Patriarch said at the beginning, his body trembled with fright.