C326 Three Feet of Ice Not a Day of Cold

On that rainy night far away, Li Jizhen braved the heavy rain and failed to assassinate his brother's boss in the middle of the night. He was thrown off the cliff behind the mountain by his brother, Xu Fu, to feed the wolves.

However, four or five years later, at Old Man Li's funeral, Li Jizhen brought five or six men with him, armed with knives, and returned to the Fan Family in high spirits. This shocked Fan Zhengkun, Xu Fu, and the rest.

It was a cold day after the snowfall. Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Li Jizhen lay on the ground and kowtowed three times respectfully to his father, Old Man Li.

Then, his gaze naturally fell on Fan Zhengkun's face. With a slightly proud tone, he said coldly, "Uncle Fan, you didn't think of this, did you? Not only did my surname Li not die, but I even came back alive.

In front of a large crowd, facing Li Jizhen's mocking gaze, Fan Zhengkun's expression was very calm. He laughed coldly and said loudly, "It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back. This means that the life of a brat with the surname Li should not be ended. "

Although he said that, in reality, the moment Li Jizhen appeared, Fan Zhengkun was shocked and also secretly reminded Xu Fu and his brothers that if the brat surnamed Li wanted to cause trouble, they would immediately kill him.

After a short while, he asked with a smile, "Little Li, this time you went back to the Fan Family to show off your martial prowess. During your father's funeral, did you want to take revenge on me?"

Seeing Fan Zhengkun's calm expression, as if he did not put these people in his eyes at all, Li Jizhen suddenly felt a little scared in his heart. He secretly sighed. After all, he was a veteran who had gone through great storms and waves.

When he tried to force himself to calm down a little, he smiled coldly and said loudly, "Today is my father's funeral. I won't make things difficult for Master Fan. "

Then, he turned around and glanced at his father's memorial tablet, which was surrounded by smoke. There was a trace of pity and disdain on his face. Without any expression, he said, "Besides, my father's funeral will be handled by Sir Fan. I have to thank him. "

As he said this, he once again recalled that morning after the rainstorm. That painful experience of life and death, perhaps, he would never forget it in his entire life.

After being kicked heavily by Xu Fu, Li Jizhen's thin body was like a kite with a broken string, drifting slowly down the cliff. At this moment, he clearly heard Xu Fu and the others laughing complacently.

At this moment, he sighed with great disappointment and sorrow that he had not avenged. He closed his eyes and allowed his body to float down with the wind.

Ever since he was defeated by Tang Biao, the youngest son of the leader of the Camel Visitors in Liang Province, and was beaten up by Fan Zhengkun, he had followed his father, Old Man Li, to the back of the mountain year after year, and started to herd sheep for the Fan family. It had been three to four years.

Li Jizhen was very familiar with the terrain of this area in the back of the mountain. Where there was a rock, the shape and color, where there was a trench, how deep it was, what grass it grew, how long it was, it was very clear.

It was not an exaggeration to say that the familiarity of the environment in the back mountain, one stone and one grass, could be described as "like the palm of one's hand. " It was far better than the two rooms that he and his father lived in, where they were piled up into a very simple and crude house.

This place was not far from the Fan Family's ferry and the Yellow River, but it was deep in the mountains and valleys, a very remote and desolate place. Throughout the four seasons, other than the father and son, the two shepherd men, it was very difficult to see a third person.

It was precisely because of this that the back mountain had become a place where all kinds of wild beasts roamed for thousands of years. In broad daylight, wild wolves, foxes, pheasants and even rats were very bold and at ease as they walked across the mountain, as if they were taking a stroll in their own garden. They were not afraid of people at all.

Just like that, he closed his eyes tightly and randomly thought about it. No matter how the wind blew by his ears and his body fell down, he only knew one thing in his mind. That was, from now on, today would be his day of sacrifice.

After an unknown period of time, when Li Jizhen opened his eyes, he saw a few unfamiliar faces. Only then did he realize that he was not dead, and was still alive.

He knew that this small life of his was saved by these people in front of him. Thus, he hurriedly laid on the ground, kowtowed three times, and said a few words, "Thank you, sir, for saving me. "

From this moment on, Li Jizhen became one of them, and began to do the dirty work of robbing the rich and helping the poor at night. Later, because of his boldness and careful mind, he became a small leader and was called "Captain Li" by his subordinates.

"According to what you said, one day, you're going to make things difficult for me?" Fan Zhengkun stared at him and said calmly, "However, I will wait for you to come at any time. "

Fan Zhengkun waited for three whole years. It was not until the fall of 1949 A. D. That he saw Li Jizhen again.

After burying his father, Li Jizhen disappeared with his brothers. It wasn't until the day after he was released that he returned to his old home, the Fan Family. He first served as the militia commander, and then became the first secretary of the Fan Family.

As for where Li Jizhen was and what he did during this period of time, no one knew. They only heard from him once after drinking that he was a soldier in the army and had made military achievements. Because of his injuries, he had no choice but to return to his old home.

Soon, the people's government issued a series of policies. In the vast rural areas, they carried out a vigorous land reform movement. It completely destroyed the feudal land system in China for thousands of years and achieved the goal of "arable farmers have their own fields. " It caused a fundamental change in the appearance of the villages in old China. It was a great historical victory.

Therefore, Fan Zhengkun, who had been entrenched in the Fan family for many years, was the leader of the older generation. The leaders of the largest gangs on both sides of the Yellow River in the old society naturally became the primary targets of Li Jizhen's attack.

The gold, silver, and treasures accumulated by the Fan family for several generations, as well as the houses, land, horses and sheep, were distributed to the poor peasants within a few days. The entire family was also chased into a horse shed.

Today, after two hundred years, the Fan family had once again become a poor person with nothing, just like the time when the old grandmother led her grandson from beneath the great locust tree in Shanxi all the way to Da An. On this point, perhaps the old ancestor, Fan Shide, had. . . He had never dreamt of this.

And Fan Zhengkun was the number one. The motioneers, as well as a few of his key brothers, were all arrested and locked up in the county, awaiting the severe trial of the people's government.

According to what Li Jizhen said after the incident, in the middle of the night, taking advantage of the hazy moonlight, he led a few strong militia to capture Fan Zhengkun. The scene was very thrilling and almost killed him.

Hearing the light footsteps in the courtyard, Fan Zhengkun immediately woke up. Having been in the pugilistic world for so many years, and having been the leader of the gang for so many years, he had long trained to be very alert.

Otherwise, many years ago, when he took down the Gold Accumulated Fortress, he would have been like his cousin Fan Zhenggan, assassinated by the subordinates of the Heaven Flipping Young Sparrow, Shen Zhifa. He would have ended up in a pitiful state where he would have died without a burial ground.

Just as Fan Zhengkun nimbly jumped out of the house and was about to jump over the wall to escape, Li Jizhen pounced on him like a tiger. He tightly hugged Fan Zhengkun's legs, not letting him escape.

Fan Zhengkun's hands tightly held onto the wall, and he pulled out his right leg with all his might. A wild horse's hoof kicked heavily on his opponent's face. After that, he used all his strength and easily crossed over the wall.

Unexpectedly, just as its heels touched the ground, a few of the militia lying in ambush outside the wall rushed over at the same time. They quickly used a hemp rope as thick as a thumb to tightly tie it up.

At this time, Li Jizhen ran out of the yard and gave Fan Zhengkun a few loud slaps on the face. He roared again, "Take this traitor to the Big Team. "

At dawn, Li Jizhen brought the few militia and proudly crossed the Yellow River. He escorted Fan Zhengkun, who was covered in bruises and bruises, to the county.

A few days later, a piece of news spread like wildfire across both sides of the Yellow River. When Fan Youmin's mother, Wang Lan, heard this news, she rolled her eyes and fainted on the mud bed. It took her a long time to wake up.

This news was very simple. There was only one sentence to summarize it. That was, Fan Zhengkun, as the leader of the gang, had done too many bad things. He would soon be executed.

If this news made Fan Zhengkun and his family fall into great grief, it made Li Jizhen feel very proud of himself. He drank until he was dead drunk.

His father, Old Man Li, and himself, two generations of the Li family, had given Fan's family many years of long-term work. Today, the resentment that had been stifled in his heart had finally been released.

The night when he heard the news that Fan Zhengkun was going to be executed, the moon and stars were scarce, and the mountain breeze was very gentle. Li Jizhen took a bottle of wine and a stack of yellow paper, and secretly went to the back of the mountain alone.

Before his father, Old Man Li, died, he used a begging tone to remind Fan Zhengkun that he could not bear to part with those sheep. After he died, he buried him in the back of the mountain. Even in the Underworld, he would always herd sheep for the Fan family.

His father's last wish was that on the day of the funeral, Fan Zhengkun personally told Li Jizhen. He also said that your father had released sheep for the Fan family for the rest of his life. As the manager, I won't treat him badly.

Under the moonlight, the back mountain was still very desolate and cold. The two small houses, which were used to shelter from the wind and rain and piled up with rocks, were still standing there silently after so many years without any change.

The only change was the sheep collar. The two to three hundred sheep raised by the Fan family had already been assigned to the poor farmers. Now, under the hazy moonlight, the large sheep collar appeared empty and desolate.

"Dad, now we are free. The poor are in charge. My son, I have also become the secretary of the Fan family. Fan Zhengkun, that old bastard, will be executed in a few days. Our Li family has finally vented our anger. It's time for you to close your eyes.

Facing the mountain breeze, Li Jizhen lit up the yellow paper as he spoke. Looking at the paper ash fluttering in the wind in the night sky, he drank a large mouthful of wine and sprinkled the rest of the wine on his father's grave. Only then did he let out a relaxed and complacent laugh.

However, it was a little too early for Li Jizhen to be pleased with himself. A few months later, at dusk, Fan Zhengkun, under the escort of two militia, returned to the Fan household alive. He also began a very difficult life of endless fighting.

Later, there was suddenly a rumor in the village that before Fan Zhengkun was released, he risked his life to save a Sichuan man named Yao Kailei from the gun of the Ma family's army. He also said that this Yao Kailei was a soldier of the west army. Now, he was one of the main leaders of the city government.

At this moment, many people finally understood. When Fan Zhengkun was the leader of the guild, he had already seen the development prospects of the situation and had secretly left a way out for himself.

Thus, many people expressed their emotions at the same time. It seemed that the Fan family was much smarter than ordinary people. More than ten years ago, they had clearly recognized the situation after more than ten years. At the crucial moment, they saved a person that was worth saving.