Chapter 380 Going up the mountain*
Xi Bei and Chu Mufeng, who were waiting further away, quietly followed the man up the mountain.
Meng Changqing sent people to imprison forty-two people in cells, and then returned to the foot of the mountain. After waiting for more than an hour, when the sky became dark, someone finally came down from the mountain to report the news.
"Come on, it's done!" Xi Bei walked up to Meng Changqing and said happily: "Take down everyone on the mountain. Yang Zheng asked me to come down and call you."
"Let's go."
"Let me lead the way." Xi Bei walked in front and introduced to Meng Changqing as he walked up the mountain. "This is the road. If someone hadn't been leading them, the government officials would have been able to forcefully rush through them. Even if they were all dead, they wouldn't be able to reach their stronghold."
The mountain road itself is very steep, and the people on the mountain have set no less than five levels of checkpoints on such a steep mountain road. The facts are exactly as Xi Bei said.
Seeing this, Meng Changqing asked nervously: "Are you and Mr. Bai okay?"
"What can happen to me? It's even less likely that Mr. Bai will do anything. He can run faster than a monkey when he enters the mountain." Hurry." Xi Bei kept talking, "Although these levels are easy to defend and difficult to attack, when we came up, there was no one in middle age guarding the levels, and they didn't even have decent weapons. There were even two levels without people. Guards, we can easily handle it with our skills.”
“The guards are all like this. I’m afraid there aren’t many people on the mountain.”
"That's not true. There are dozens of people on the mountain." Xi Bei pulled the hemp rope and climbed up first, then turned around and threw the hemp rope to Meng Changqing, "Pay attention to your steps and step on them firmly before climbing up."
< br>Before entering the stronghold, I saw dozens of people with their hands and feet tied and falling to the ground in front of the stronghold. With several of them tied together, there is absolutely no possibility of escape. The man who escaped before was tied up again and his face was ashen.
"These are all the people on the mountain." Xi Bei said, "The time we went up the mountain was clever. Most of these people were sleeping and no one escaped."
Meng Changqing only listened but did not say anything. , walked around the village, and met Yang Zheng, who was searching for secret passages and dark rooms.
"Our guess was good before. There is indeed a secret passage on the mountain." Yang Zheng pointed to the person huddled in the corner. "After some torture, everything was explained clearly. Several secret rooms were opened, but Found a lot of good stuff! ”
Meng Changqing followed Yang Zheng to look and saw a lot of gold and silver jewelry placed on a piece of silk.
Meng Changqing looked through all these things and said: "What good things can be found on the mountain? They are all gold-plated and silver-plated things. They are not worth much. Brothers, whoever likes them can take them. Don't leave them behind. The injured brother also asked them if they wanted anything." The yamen who only dared to hide one or two things secretly, his eyes lit up when he heard Meng Changqing's words, and he replied loudly: "Yes!"
When he walked out of the door and saw Yang Zheng following him, Meng Changqing asked him in a low voice: "Why don't you take two pieces home for the children to play with?"
Yang Zheng was a little embarrassed and coughed twice. Then he said, "I've already taken them. Leave those to the brothers."
"Seeing that the sky is getting brighter, brothers have worked hard all night. Don't relax at this time." Meng Changqing said, "Before I went up the mountain, I had already sent Cai Cai to Hongjia County to borrow people. When they arrive, we can decide what to do next. . ”
“Yes, with our manpower, if we escort these people down the mountain, there will not be enough people left on the mountain, which may put them in danger.
Although the mountain is empty, But the people on the mountain may not be dead.
It would be best if reinforcements come to help us defend the village.
Looking at the clothes the Ma family is wearing, it is obvious that they can be easily contacted. Go to the outside world." At this point, Yang Zheng lowered his voice, "Judging from the previous rampant banditry in Yangmen County, these people are probably the gangsters, and I don't know why they are safe."
"We don't care about the affairs of other counties." Meng Changqing said, "Who are the Ma family members? Point them out to me."
Looking in the direction Yang Zheng pointed, Meng Changqing saw a sturdy A middle-aged man, he was wearing a long gown, but it obviously didn't fit him. "According to people on the mountain, he is the current head of the Ma family."
"The current one?"
Yang Zheng nodded. , "How can this group of robbers be loyal to their master? The head of the Ma family who occupied the dangerous mountain here early in the morning was killed by his men when his savings were almost gone.
The so-called head of the Ma family now, He is a former servant of the Ma family.”