"My lord, as the saying goes: the mountain is high and the emperor is far away. In this Jingxiao County, what kind of country is not the law of the king, and you have the final say?" Tan Zhong flattered.

When the tall man heard this, he suddenly became serious.

He bowed to the north and said, "I have received the emperor's favor, how can I do such an illegal thing?"

"My lord!" At this time, the head of the Zhong Court said, "Wei Yi is a good martial artist, and now he is escorting materials over the Bashan Mountain, which can help us, isn't this serving the emperor for your lordship? ”

As soon as the words fell, Zhong Tingdao got up and saluted.

Tan Zhong hurriedly kept Daoist Zhong Ting, and said to Master Gao: "If the adult doesn't agree, the villain has to resign from this errand, even if he wants the villain's head, he will not hesitate." ”

"You dare!" Master Gao stomped his feet in a hurry, and then said in a softened tone, "Si Cang, Zhong Daochang: If you have something to say, say it slowly." ”

"My lord, I can't hide it: the villain asked Zhong Daochang to come to help this time, and he will be seventy percent sure of passing Bashan, and if Wei Yi is added, he should be ten percent sure. Tan Zhong said solemnly, "Which of these two things is more important, my lord, you should watch and do it." ”

"Well, no matter what, who told Lord Ben to rely on you...... He Wei Da is bored and doesn't know where to go! This matter, Lord Ben, I will take care of it, but you must do a good job of this errand, if the materials can't be sent back to the state capital, I will cut off your head first!"

As the old saying goes: the light of the two evils is the light, and the two benefits are the heavy.

The materials transported to the Guizhou Prefecture can be related to the lives of the county's officials, compared to Wei Yi's rotten life, which is more important, how can the tall man not know?

Therefore, after he weighed it, he had to compromise: release Wei Yi first, and then find a way to do the rest.

Tan Zhong was overjoyed when he heard this, and said loyally: "Please rest assured, as long as Wei Yi is released, we will set off tomorrow morning, and with the help of Zhong Daochang and Wei Yi along the way, we will definitely be able to send the supplies to the Guizhou Mansion as soon as possible." ”

The tall man bowed his head and finally put his mind at ease.

He was no longer interested in chatting, so he wrote a document to release Wei Yi, handed it to Tan Zhong, and ordered him to secretly take Wei Yi away and not return to Jingxiao County.

Tan Zhong bowed his head and thanked him, and left quickly with Daoist Zhong Ting.

Master Gao sat alone on the eight-cross chair and meditated for a long time, and then came up with a clever plan to transfer flowers and trees, that is, to replace Wei Yi with a death row prisoner of similar shape. That night, Lord Gao sent his henchman Fan to select a death row prisoner to be executed in the cell, and he was unrecognizable.

The next day, Mr. Gao ascended to the court to try the case, seriously completed the scene, and ended the Wei Yi murder case.

Tan Zhong and Daoist Zhong Ting rushed into the county jail cell and handed over the documents to the cell leader.

The cell boss read the paperwork and tacitly led the two into the cell where Wei Yi was being held, and opened the shackles for him to let him go.

Wei Yi killed nearly twenty people, thinking that he would definitely die, and did not want to be rescued.

He knelt down on one knee and thanked with tears in his eyes: "Thank you to the Taoist and Sicang for saving their lives." ”

"Brother Wei doesn't have to be polite, please leave quickly. Daoist Zhong Ting helped him up.

"Wei Yi is not going anywhere now. ”

"Brother Wei, what do you mean by this?" said Daoist Zhong Ting in surprise, "Although Lord Gao promised us to let you go, he also told us: you are not allowed to appear in Jingxiao County again, you better leave this place quickly." ”

"Wei Yi is not going anywhere, he is only willing to go to Bashan with his two elder brothers. ”

"Didn't you say that you don't want to go with Si Cang?"

"In the past, when the old father was here, Wei Yi didn't dare to take half a step, but now that the old father is gone, Wei Yi is not afraid of anything. This life was saved by the two elder brothers, and now it is the two elder brothers'. ”

"Brother Wei Xian!" Tan Zhong was very moved, grabbed Wei Yi's hands and said, "Okay! Brother Wei Xian, from now on, we will live and die together, and share joys and sorrows." ”

"Hmm!" Wei Yi's tears rolled down.

Daoist Zhong Ting was also moved by Wei Yiyi's righteousness: "In this case, it is not appropriate to stay here for a long time, let's leave quickly and find a place to settle Brother Wei Xian first, so as not to leak the news." ”

Tan Zhongwen said, nodding in agreement.

So Daoist Zhong Ting took out a piece of silver and thanked the cell leader, and then hurriedly left the county jail with the two of them.

On the way, Tan Zhong proposed: temporarily let Wei Yi spend the night in the land temple outside the West City, and when the supplies leave the city early tomorrow morning, let him blend in with the officers and soldiers.

Daoist Zhong Ting felt that this plan was feasible, so he and Tan Zhong sent Wei Yi out of the safety of the West City Gate overnight before returning to the Cangsi Office. Wei Yi went straight to the direction of the Land Temple.

In the early hours of the next morning, the weather was clear.

Tan Zhong led seventy or eighty carefully selected officers and soldiers, escorted seven or eight carts of supplies, and slowly walked out of the West City Gate of Jingxiao County under the escort of Daoist Zhong Ting.

Passing by the land temple outside the city, Tan Zhong took Wei Yi out of the temple, told the officials and soldiers about the cause and effect, and said that he was invited to accompany the army to protect the materials and cross the Bashan Mountain, and he would be able to reach the state capital safely.

All the officers and soldiers knew that Wei Yi was a strong man in this county, and he was famous for his pure filial piety, and when they heard that he avenged his father with his enemy, they all respected him as a hot-blooded man who stood up to the sky, so they applauded and welcomed him to join.

Tan Zhong handed over the official armor and saber prepared in advance to Wei Yi, and sent him a black horse to ride.

Wei Yi was neatly dressed, holding a whip in his hand, and pedaling on the saddle.

At one moment, the people started, the car was round, and they went straight to Bashan.

Bashan is the only place to go to Guizhou in Jingxiao County, bordering the big river in the south and hundreds of cliffs in the north. An official road winds from east to west by the river, and another mountain road crosses the ridge to Guizhou. Every spring and autumn, the rain is abundant, often washing away the official road at the foot of Ba Mountain, and the official government has always been unfavorable, in disrepair for many years, so the merchants and visitors sometimes have to climb the mountain road to go to the state capital.

Over the years, the world was in turmoil, and the people were not able to make a living, so a group of robbers gathered on the mountain, cut off the mountain, set up a camp, and often robbed the property of the merchants. The government was powerless to encircle and suppress, and for more than a year, it gradually became a climate, and it established the prestige of "Bashan" on the rivers and lakes.

Jingxiao County's tribute to the state capital had to pass through here, so it was repeatedly robbed.

Guizhou Prefecture could not get the materials delivered by Jingxiao County several times, and the governor Yin Zhao was furious, urging him to press harder, and coerced him with the lives of county officials. For the sake of the lives of the county officials, Gao Daren had to order Sicang Tan Zhong to escort the supplies again.

Tan Zhong expected that this trip would become more and more difficult, so he invited his friend Zhong Tingdao, who came to Jingzhou Zigailu, to help, and prepared to use his Taoist skills to cross the mountain, and unexpectedly invited Wei Yi, a strong man from this county, so he was naturally much more open-minded, escorted the supplies and set off to return to the state capital.

Along the way, Tan Zhong and Wei Yi rode side by side in front, and Zhong Ting drove the horse behind.

The officers and men escorted more than 10 truckloads of supplies and walked in the middle.

Two days after the trip, the official convoy had arrived at the foot of Bashan Mountain.

Tan Zhong tightened the reins of the horse slightly, slowed down the horse's pace, and reminded everyone: "There is Bashan ahead, and there may be robbers' sentry in the woods on both sides to release cold arrows, everyone should be careful." ”

When the officers and soldiers heard this, they cheered up and watched out carefully.

Wei Yi sat on horseback and looked around: "Si Cang: What is this outpost?"

"Brother Wei Xian, if you don't walk on the rivers and lakes, you naturally don't know. This outpost is a person who hides in the dark to inquire about the news, and sometimes he will also release cold arrows to hurt people, so it is necessary to guard against it. Tan Zhong said.

"Oh, it seems that this sentry is a villain hiding in the dark, I, Wei Yi, hate this kind of villain the most! Si Cang, I'll go and arrest him for you. Wei Yi said, and without waiting for Tan Zhong to speak, he had already galloped towards the mountain road with his horse and whip.

"Brother Wei Xian, be careful!

Tan Zhong reminded loudly, but he didn't chase after him, because it was important to protect the materials.

Wei Yi put the reminder behind him and galloped along the mountain road.

The trail was wide at first, but it narrowed as you got closer to the top of the mountain, until at last only two dimples were left by the wheels. The forests on both sides of the mountain road are lush and dense, and the miscanthus grass is dense, a desolate scene, and from time to time there are startled birds, fluttering their wings and screaming and sweeping through the trees.

After running for more than a mile, the woods in front of him were about to end, and the mountain road turned around through the forest, and Wei Yi still didn't meet the outpost—wasn't it! This dark sentry could also be encountered casually?

He couldn't help but be impatient, and said secretly: What do you say that there is a sentry, I haven't even seen a single bird feather of the outpost, it seems that I have to shout twice to lure him out.

Wei Yi was simple-minded, honest and naïve, and he really rode his horse and galloped wildly, while shouting and shouting: "Sentry villain, if you have the guts, you will come out, your Grandpa Wei is here! Your Grandpa Wei is here......"

The black horse galloped wildly, Wei Yi shouted, and the trees on both sides slammed back like lightning.

Just as he was about to approach the end of the forest, Wei Yizheng was screaming proudly, and he might as well suddenly fly out of the horse, and a dog snatched and fell to the ground, and it turned out that he was tripped off the horse by a tripping rope.

Immediately afterwards, a burst of gongs and shouts sounded in the forest, and more than a dozen small minions came out of Hulala, some holding longbows, some raising big knives, and some dancing hunting forks, rushing up to arrest Wei Yi.

One of the leaders glanced at him coldly, and ordered his personal entourage: "Erwu: Search his body to see if there is anything valuable." ”

"Yes!" the entourage called Erwu responded, carefully searched Wei Yi up and down, and reported back, "Cauldron (big brother): There is no fart. ”

"Mom, it's a poor officer and soldier again!" the leader complained.

"Cauldron: What to do?" asked Ergo.

"Seeing that he has a fat head and big ears, it must not be a good thing, and he dragged him to the forest and slaughtered it, and dragged the horse back to Dazhai. The leader ordered.

"Yes!" Er Wu responded to the promise, and shouted to a few minions to prepare to take Wei Yi into the dense forest and die.

"Slow, slow, slow, slow......" Suddenly Wei Yi twisted his neck, and spoke in a demonic manner, "I'm not a poor officer and soldier, I have good things here, but you didn't find it, so I'll take it out for you." ”