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Chapter VIII The General's Respect

Wild grass and flowers beside Zhuque Bridge, and the sunset at Wuyi Lane is slanted.

In the old days, the swallows in front of the King and Xie Hall flew into the homes of ordinary people.

Liu Jianfeng said to Liu Yong following behind, "Liu Yong, take ten taels of silver." Liu Yong quickly took out a ten tael of silver from the package and handed it to Liu Jianfeng. Liu Jianfeng took it, turned over and handed it to Ma Yin, and said, "This is just for your family settlement." Ma Yin hurriedly said, "The general is generous and released all the villagers. The grass-roots people dare not accept it." Liu Jianfeng said coldly: "What, do you think you are missing?"

Seeing that he was unhappy, Grandma Ma had to take it over and said, "Thank you, General. Yin'er, you must listen to the general in the future. But you must not kill innocent people indiscriminately. If you can save one more person, you will save one more person. Good intentions will be rewarded. Remember!" Ma Yin agreed with tears and told Ma Cun to take good care of his grandmother. Then he knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Grandma Ma three times. Grandma Ma held back her tears, helped the two up, and urged them to go quickly. Ma Yin and Ma Bin had to turn around and leave Grandma Ma. The others were the same, and reluctantly left their relatives. There was a crying sound by the Liu Ye River. The people kept watching Liu Jianfeng escorting these young and middle-aged men away until they disappeared before they turned around and went home.

Liu Jianfeng walked with the army for a while, and asked Liu Yongren to bring Ma Yin and the other four who were blocking the road. After a while, Liu Yong took Ma Yin and the other five people to pass by. Liu Jianfeng said to Ma Yin: "Aren't there only four people sitting on the bridge and blocking the road? Why are there one more now? What are the names of Ma Yin and the others?"

Ma Yin hurriedly introduced it to Liu Jianfeng one by one. The one who was similar to Ma Yin's age was Yao Yanzhang, who was Ma Yin's neighbor who had been playing with since childhood. The younger one was Li Qiong, and the other was his younger brother Li Tang. The two brothers had always had close contact with the Ma family and learned some martial arts from Ma Yin. The other one was Ma Yin's younger brother Ma Bin.

Liu Jianfeng said, "You guys follow me for the time being. Ma Yin, as we go, you tell me about your family affairs one by one." Ma Yin bowed to accept the order and told Liu Jianfeng about his family background.

It turned out that Ma Yin was one of the descendants of Ma Yuan, the general of Fubo of the Eastern Han Dynasty. He had lived in Yanling, Xuzhou for generations. During the Anshi Rebellion, the whole family moved to Shangcai to avoid the war. Because Ma Yin's grandfather passed away too early and Ma Yin's parents encountered an accident, his originally affordable family situation plummeted and his life was difficult to maintain. Ma Yin relied on the carpenter skills he learned from his father to sit for furniture everywhere and barely survived. When Liu Jianfeng led his troops to the village, Ma Yin came back from working outside. On the way home, he met Yao Yanzhang and Li Qiong, and the three of them walked together.

Soon after, he met Ma Bin who escaped from the village. When Ma Bin told the matter, Ma Yin was shocked. After discussing with Yao Yanzhang and Li Qiong, he estimated that Liu Jianfeng and others were going to Caizhou. The stone bridge of Liuye River was their only way. So the four of them picked up shoulder poles, files and branches, and took a small path to get to the stone bridge of Liuye River first.
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