Zhou Jianlai was full of sadness, and had no intention of chatting with Mrs. Wang, barely squeezing out a smile on his face, and pretended to respond in a hurry: "Granny Wang, Master, his old man ordered the boy to go to the market to buy things, and he will use it in a hurry, and I will talk to you later." ”

After saying that, he walked on.

"What are you buying?" asked Mrs. Wang curiously.

"Buy a horse. Zhou Jianlai replied casually.

"Ouch, that's a coincidence. Mrs. Wang shouted in surprise, seeing Zhou Jianlai stop, turning her head to look at it curiously, she immediately smiled and explained: "Mother-in-law's family happens to have a horse to sell, but mother-in-law and I can only sell baked cakes, how can I know how to sell horses, I am afraid of being deceived by horse dealers, so I have been delaying it again and again, and I have been raising it at home." It's better for my brother-in-law to do my mother-in-law a favor and buy my mother-in-law's horse. According to my boy, this is a thousand-mile horse, amazing. ”

"Really?" Zhou Jianlai's eyes lit up, quite surprised. However, when he thought that Master had specially asked him to buy a white horse, he immediately said, "Mother-in-law, what is the coat color of your horse?" Master and his old man specially asked the boy to buy a white horse. ”

"Hey, I deserve to be lucky today. Mrs. Wang clapped her hands and laughed, "My horse is a white horse, and there is not a single stray hair on his body." He is fat and strong, and handsome. ”

"That's great. Zhou Jianlai said happily, "That kid won't go to the horse market, bother my mother-in-law to take the kid on a trip, and you can give the number in terms of price." ”

"Good. ”

The location of Mrs. Wang's house is very remote, in a cold corner at the corner of the southwest city wall. The walls are so tall that you can't see sunlight all year round, and it's cool in summer, but it's sinful in winter.

The courtyard is a single courtyard, with three tiled houses facing south from the north, a low kitchen on the west side, and a stable in the southeast corner.

Mrs. Wang did not boast of herself, and there was indeed a pure white horse tied to the stable. The horse is fat and strong, with bright and flexible hair, beautiful body lines, and a handsome and tall spirit.

"Good horse!" Zhou Jianlai liked it just by looking at it, and stepped forward to reach out to touch it, but the white horse turned his head and neighed, sprayed a body of water vapor with two nostrils, and bared out two rows of big teeth, revealing hostile eyes at him.

"Haha, have a temper, good!" Zhou Jianlai was not angry but happy.

"Xiaobai, be good, don't make trouble. Mrs. Wang stepped forward and stretched out her hand to caress her horse's sideburns, and said softly.

The white horse knew the master, and instantly quieted down, lowered the horse's head and rubbed the cheek of the princess affectionately.

There was also a black steed in the stable, which also poked his head out to beg the princess, but was overbearing by the white horse.

Zhou Jianlai's eyes fell on the black horse, which was slightly shorter than the white horse, but it also had bright fur and beautiful lines, and it was also a good horse at first glance.

"Mother-in-law, these two horse boys have bought. Zhou Jianlai said with a smile.

"Dark horses don't sell. Mrs. Wang shook her head and refused, saying, "The boy at home is not allowed to sell." ”

"That's a shame. Zhou Jianlai shook his head and said regretfully, "Since the eldest brother in the family is not allowed to sell, the kid can only look at the horse and sigh." ”

"Hey, I've been raising this for more than half a year, serving like a child every day, and suddenly I want to sell it, and it's really not a good feeling. Mrs. Wang stretched out her arms to wrap her arms around the white horse's neck, her old wrinkled face rubbed intimately against the horse, tears swirled in her eyes, and her voice was slightly choked.

Zhou Jianlai comforted: "A good horse shouldn't be tied to the stable all the time, and it is its happiness to run and gallop to its heart's content." ”

"The little brother is right, if you raise your wife for another half a year, it will be wasted. The princess let go of the horse's neck and wiped her eyes with the cuffs

With tears in his eyes, he turned around and walked out of the stable towards the main hall, and said as he walked: "People are old, and they can't see the parting scene, so you can take it away quietly." I don't want money, my wife is not short of money, and it's useless to ask for money. There are two bags of horse feed on the horns, which the old woman just prepared this morning, so you can bring them with you. ”

Squeak –

Mrs. Wang entered the room, closed the door, and tears welled up in her eyes.

"Parting is the saddest thing. Zhou Jianlai sighed faintly, tied the two bags of horse material in the corner of the stable, and put them on the horse's back, and took out a stack of silver tickets from his arms, which he took from the Li family when he went to the Li family to get the jade that day, and put them on the wooden stakes of the stable, and then untied the horse rope and dragged the white horse out of the yard.

The white horse turned back three times in one step, and hissed incessantly.

Out of the yard, Zhou Jianlai turned over and got on the horse, patted the horse's neck and shouted, "Drive!"

The white horse didn't obey at first, but after being forced by Zhou Jianlai to run forward for a while, he seemed to fall in love with the feeling of running, forgot the pain of parting for the time being, and threw off his hooves and ran wildly.

Listening to the whirring wind in his ears, the rapidly reversing scenery on both sides of the street, the faint pain of the wind blowing on his face, and the feeling of galloping, Zhou Jianlai knew that he was still underestimating this handsome white horse. I am afraid that the thousands of taels of silver that I put on the stake will not even be able to buy a handful of hairs.

Zhou Jianlai came out of Guiyuanfang with a pot of wine, took the reins handed to him by the little man at the door, and was about to turn over and get on the horse, when the ground under his feet suddenly trembled slightly, and then a rumbling sound came from the south.

"What's wrong?!"

"What's wrong?!"

The people in Guiyuanfang and the surrounding shops all ran out in a panic, thinking that it was the earth dragon that had turned over.

Dangdangdang –

The heavenly bell of the Central City suddenly rang rapidly, one hundred and eight sounds, and the urging was so rapid that the people could not breathe, as if a mountain had pressed down on their hearts.

"It's a war!"

"It's a war!"

"Oh my God, the rebels are coming!"

After one hundred and eight bells, the crowd in the streets exploded.

Knock Knock Knock –

The drums of war are thundering!

Woo - woo -

The horn is ringing.

Shouts of killing came from far away from the south.

"Let's let!" The street was chaotic like an ant colony for a while, and Zhou Jianlai rode his horse at a gallop, pushing the crowd in front of him to both sides with his true yuan force.

More than 3 million soldiers of the anti-king Li Yuande came to the city, and they didn't even say hello when they met, and directly sounded the horn of the siege.

Most of the refugees who had gathered outside the city gate were evacuated and went to the east and west to find a place to take refuge. However, there are still more than 100,000 people who have a fluke mentality, and they have received rations for two days but do not listen to the evacuation order, and they do not leave the city, feeling that Yancheng will not dare to slaughter innocent people, and will definitely open the city gate and let them in for refuge in the end. At this time, they were rushed by the rebels, crying and shouting to run to the gate of Yancheng, roaring to open the gate, but when they rushed to the city gate to attack the city gate, the cruel and merciless rain of arrows fell.

Only then did they know that Yancheng, who used to release water and food every day, was as kind as a bodhisattva, but once he cooled down, he was so cruel and ruthless. They ran back crying and screaming, only to be greeted by the cold butcher's knives of the rebels.

Half an hour later, the rebels retreated, leaving nearly 10,000 corpses under the towering walls, the blood flowing red, the dry red soil moistened a little.

The offense was not fully forced, and the defense was not fully forced.

This half hour is just a greeting for the two sides to meet.

In the pine and cypress courtyard, the white horse wears gold armor, and the god is handsome and brave.

Wei

Zi Yan was wearing silver armor, wearing white wind on his shoulders, white Shengxue from head to toe, holding blood and turning over on the horse.

The white horse raised its hooves and neighed into the sky.

"Apprentice, is the old man handsome?" Wei Ziyan asked with a smile at Zhou Jianlai.

Zhou Jianlai couldn't help but smile when he heard this, and praised loudly: "The master is brave and domineering, like a god of war!"

"In this case, go to the battlefield and kill it, showing your might!"

"Let's go!"

Wei Ziyan shouted and left, and the two of them flickered and disappeared into the courtyard out of thin air.

The pine and cypress courtyard suddenly shook in the wind, and then turned into fine dust and drifted away with the wind.

......

Zhang Xiaopaw was very disappointed, in the secret room where the big tooth people retreated and cultivated, there was only a bed and a small coffee table, and after searching around, they couldn't find anything of great value.

When he pushed open another stone door with curiosity and saw the scene behind the stone door, he couldn't help but be angry. I saw that in the narrow and deep secret room, the left and right sides were full of iron cages, and each iron cage was chained to a black-haired and black-eyed Dayu person, all of them were ** bodies, covered with dirt, skinny, and long gone. Curled up on the cold ground, he didn't live as well as a dog.

Hearing Zhang Xiaopaw's footsteps, they just opened their loose eyelids, glanced at Zhang Xiaopaw with a lifeless gaze, and then closed their eyes, and there was no wave from beginning to end. It can be seen that their spirits have long been numb, and they don't even bother to think about who Zhang Xiaopaw is and why they haven't seen it before.

Whoop -

Suddenly, a woman got up from the ground and threw herself on the iron cage, pulling the chain around her neck with a rattling sound.

She ** leaned in front of Zhang Xiaopaw, not only did she not have a little shame, but even swayed her dirty body and fiddled with Zhang Xiaopaw, pleading: "Dear lord, please let the cheap maid serve you, the cheap maid only needs a small piece of cold steamed buns." Your Excellency—"

Zhang Xiaopai's feet did not have the courage to continue walking, he cursed and turned around and rushed out of the secret room, went crazy to find the body of the big tooth man from the ruins, and waved the long knife in his hand to break it into thousands of pieces.

"Like me, they were originally noble sons and young ladies in Yancheng, enjoying the superior life of the Venerable, but they were caught here by the big tooth dog and imprisoned and raised like dogs. Qi Changfeng didn't know when he woke up, and watched Zhang Xiaopu vent his anger at the corpse of the big tooth man, and did not step forward to dissuade him, because Zhang Xiaopu was doing what he wanted to do.

"Why did the Bigtooth Dog do this to them?!" Zhang Xiaopu asked through gritted teeth.

"The bigtooth wants to threaten their family and family with them after the war starts, forcing them to do something. Qi Changfeng said, "The reason why I am treated so well, I just abolished my cultivation and chained my feet, because my father is the lord of the city, and they want to raise me better, and when I take it out as a bargaining chip, I can make my father more compliant." Lend me a knife. ”

"What are you going to do?" Zhang Xiaopaw asked with a frown.

Qi Changfeng smiled sadly and said, "I want to give them the right to die." ”

"Good. Zhang Xiaopaw nodded, handed the long knife to Qi Changfeng, and then took a deep breath and followed behind Qi Changfeng, afraid that when Qi Changfeng gave others the right to die, he would also give himself a death, so how could he explain to Wan Qiuqing.

"Don't worry, I won't die. Qi Changfeng seemed to know that Zhang Xiaopu was worried, and said with a smile: "I think when they go out, most people shouldn't want to see people, I want to find a secluded place to lead them to live freely and enjoy the taste of life." ”

"Live and live. Zhang Xiaopaw sighed.