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How could these thieves outrun a horse's four legs with only two legs?

They were quickly caught up by the Liangshan soldiers and stabbed to death one by one.

Murong Yanda, who was on the city wall of Qingzhou, had already sent men to arrest Qin Ming's entire family and was about to execute them.

But seeing this scene before him, he was suddenly confused.

After seeing Qin Ming kneeling and begging for mercy below the city wall, only to be hacked to death by the giant axe,

Murong Yanda finally discovered the problem.

Qin Ming was someone he specifically asked someone to recommend to him for assistance when he came to Qingzhou to take up his post.

Regarding Qin Ming's fiery temperament,

Murong Yanda was naturally very familiar with the details.

Thinking about it carefully now...

Qin Ming had a family in Qingzhou, so why would he easily surrender to the bandits?

Furthermore, given Qin Ming's fiery temper,

Even if you are no match for them, you shouldn't be so humble and begging for mercy!

When they reached the foot of the city wall,

The soldiers who suddenly rushed out chased after the bandits and drove them away.

Murong Yanda didn't dare open the city gates, so he immediately sent someone to fetch a hanging basket.

Release a soldier outside the city.

He was then instructed to carry Qin Ming's body to the city wall.

Although Bian Xiang had smashed the skull of that golden-haired tiger...

But most of his face was still there.

Murong Yanda suppressed his nausea and went forward to check on him.

Sure enough, it was discovered that this person was not Qin Ming at all!

"Those despicable bandits! We almost fell for their trick!"

Prefect Murong angrily raised his hand and slapped the city wall.

"Someone, take General Qin's family home!"

......

On Qingfeng Mountain,

Yesterday, Wu Yong set up the ambush, and everyone contributed their efforts.

After capturing Qin Ming, the Thunderbolt, alive...

Song Jiang, the timely rain, saw that this man possessed the courage of ten thousand men.

Hua Rong pleaded for him, which aroused his interest in talent.

But this Song Jiang was ruthless.

Even though he was a criminal and a fugitive, he refused to become an outlaw.

Now that they've set their sights on Thunderbolt, they're trying every trick in the book to get it to settle down in Qingfeng Mountain.

He immediately came up with a plan: first, to have someone get Qin Ming drunk.

As darkness fell,

He then sent Yan Shun and Zheng Tianshou with the henchmen of Qingfeng Mountain to the city of Qingzhou.

They harassed the city, killed civilians, and forced the prefect Murong Yanda to execute Qin Ming's entire family.

Only in this way can we cut off his escape route.

When he fell, Qin Ming had nowhere to turn.

There's no need to worry about him refusing to join Qingfeng Mountain!

Song Jiang, along with Chao Gai, Hua Rong, and others,

In the main hall of the mountain stronghold, they ate and drank while waiting for Yan Shun and Zheng Tianshou to return.

I didn't want to wait for most of the day,

But all that could be seen was the fair-faced young man, Zheng Tianshou.

Alone, he fled back to the mountain stronghold in a panic.

Song Jiang quickly got up, supported Zheng Tianshou's shoulder, and asked in surprise, "He..."

"Brother Zheng, why are you the only one who came back alone? Where is Brother Yanshun?"

Zheng Tianshou took a few breaths, then said with a mournful face,

"We were slaughtering civilians under the walls of Qingzhou City, forcing Murong Yanda to kill Qin Ming's family, when suddenly a group of cavalrymen appeared, extremely fierce! None of us from the mountain stronghold were a match for them!"

"Seeing that something was wrong, I hurriedly fled, but I haven't seen Brother Yanshun along the way."

Chapter 344 Are they all dead?

"What did you say? Where did this large cavalry force come from in Qingzhou?" Song Jiang asked in surprise.

"Brother Gongming, I don't know either,"

Zheng Tianshou said with a mournful face,

"When those people saw us, they immediately charged at us. Judging from their attire, they shouldn't be government troops!"

Wu Yong, who was standing nearby, heard this.

Suddenly, a thought struck him, and he asked,

"I wonder what color and style of uniforms those soldiers are wearing?"

"Blue! Those cavalrymen are all wearing blue short robes with belts!"

Zheng Tianshou thought for a moment and recalled,

"They wore iron helmets and carried long spears. Oh, and they also had small leather shields strapped to their arms!"

After he finished speaking,

Chao Gai and the others had all changed color.

Song Jiang, who was standing nearby, noticed something amiss.

I was just about to ask what happened.

At that moment, another person rushed into the hall.

Upon seeing the crowd, he immediately knelt down.

　237 "Brothers, Brother Wang Ying has been murdered!"

"what?"

Song Jiang was startled.

Yan Shun is still nowhere to be found.

Why is it that the short-legged tiger Wang Ying, who came down the mountain earlier, died first?

Song Jiang hurried forward and immediately saw clearly that the person kneeling on the ground...

It was none other than the little tyrant Zhou Tong!

Zheng Tianshou, his face contorted with malice, reached out and grabbed Zhou Tong by the collar.

"What exactly happened? Didn't you two go to Peach Blossom Village? Did those villagers kill my brother Wang Ying?"

"no,"

Zhou Tong answered with a mournful face.

“When Wang Ying and I rushed to Peach Blossom Village, Liu Taigong’s daughter was about to get married. Wang Ying and his brother had someone add sleeping potion to the wedding wine.”

"When everyone in the village was lying down, we rushed into the village, intending to snatch Liu Taigong's daughter, but unexpectedly... the Liangshan cavalry appeared in Peach Blossom Village!"

"What did you say? The Liangshan army has arrived?"

Song Jiang exclaimed in surprise,

"Could it be that Brother Wang Ying died at their hands?"

Zheng Tianshou, who was standing nearby, had originally intended to help Wang Ying avenge his father.

But upon hearing the name Liangshan, he immediately felt a pang of bitterness in his heart.

This Liangshan Marsh is now a powerful force in Shandong.

Not to mention the various bandit strongholds,

Even the officials in Shandong didn't dare to provoke them.

If it really was Liangshan who killed Wang Ying

Then Zheng Tianshou can only wait until the next life to avenge him.

Fortunately, at this moment, after hearing Song Jiang's question,

Little Tyrant quickly shook his head.

"No, we heard Chao Tianwang say that Liangshan hates people who bully villagers the most. So after we saw them, my brother Wang Ying and I quickly took the young lady from the Liu family and slipped out of Peach Blossom Village, wanting to run back to Qingfeng Mountain."

"Unexpectedly, halfway there, he was caught up by the son-in-law whom Old Man Liu had taken in as his son-in-law,"

Little Tyrant said with a horrified expression,

"That fellow was extremely vicious. In just one round, he yanked the Wang brothers off their horses and then let the horses trample them to death..."

"Damn it! These damned villagers dared to kill my brother!"

Seeing that it wasn't Liangshan who killed Wang Ying,

Zheng Tianshou immediately thought of brotherhood again.

"I'll go and gather the henchmen now. Zhou Tong, you lead the way. We'll go to Peach Blossom Village together to avenge Brother Wang Ying!"

The little tyrant's tearful complaint was actually intended to get the leaders of Qingfeng Mountain to help him vent his anger.

Hearing Zheng Tianshou say this, he immediately nodded in agreement.

But at this moment,

Wu Yong coughed lightly.

"Chief Zheng, it would be best if you didn't leave Qingfeng Mountain right now."

"Why?"

Zheng Tianshou roared, "Shouldn't I avenge my brother Wang Ying?"

"Well... the Liangshan troops will probably be coming up the mountain soon,"

Wu Yong kindly reminded him,

"With the terrain of Qingfeng Mountain, Chief Zheng might be able to hold off the Liangshan cavalry."

"If we go down the mountain now, wouldn't we just run into them?"

"Aren't the Liangshan troops in Peach Blossom Village? My Qingfeng Mountain has never provoked them, so why would they come here...?"

Zheng Tianshou suddenly realized what he had just said.

"Could those cavalrymen outside Qingzhou City just now be from Liangshan?"

Chao Gai, Wu Yong, and the others nodded silently.

"Although we have never seen the Liangshan cavalry, we did see that all the Liangshan soldiers were wearing dark blue short robes in the military camp by the marsh."

"besides,"

Wu Yong said in a deep voice,

"Chief Zheng has been back for a while now. If Chief Yanshun were safe and sound, he should be back at the stronghold by now, but there's no sign of him..."