Hejiazhuang Assembly Hall.

The blazing white sunlight reflected on the dirt road, and the shade under the aspen trees shrunk into a ball. The weather was hot and dry. The soldiers on duty in front of the council hall glanced at the idlers squatting in the shade of the trees to hide from the sun, and their hearts couldn't help but be full of resentment, and they were not so patient and friendly when they looked at the visitors opposite.

The group of outsiders came with He Xuan's handwritten letter.

He Jiazhuang is He Xuan's property, and most of the residents on the Zhuangzi are He family's subordinates and tenant farmers, according to He Xuan's orders, they dare not disobey. But today's Zhuang is almost all deserters on the quarry, that day He Xuan was captured, they were unwilling to be driven by traitors, so under the planning of Zhao Dayan, the camp mutinied, took advantage of the chaos to flee to the area of Jiuzi, and captured Hejiazhuang. It is said that they are all traitors, and today the rebels are in charge of the world, and why is it a comeback, are they worried in their hearts?

But they are all outlaws, and it's a big deal to fall into the grass again. The world is so big, is there no place for a man? Therefore, when He Xuan's warrant arrived today, they broke the jar and broke it. In the face of these eagle-eyed outsiders, there is no good voice and good face.

There were seven visitors today, three of whom went into the house to talk to He Xuan and Zhao Da, and the remaining four people - two of them were here to get close to them and inquire about the affairs of the village, and the other two said that they were going to feed the horses, and they didn't know where they were fed.

The guard fiddled with the hilt of his knife in annoyance, the corner of his eye sweeping over the neck of the noisy outsider.

He was one of the young men who came back from Quarry with Zhao Dayan that day, and his family has been a tenant farmer for generations. He couldn't eat all year round, and his sisters were all reduced to slavery, and he had enough of this kind of aggrieved life. After the traitor, he turned over and lived a good life for a few days, how could he be willing to go back? As long as Zhao Dayan gave an order, he would immediately cut down these outsiders.

He was upset, when he suddenly felt that the two outsiders had quieted down, and his eyes, which had fallen deep into his sockets under his thick eyebrows, unconsciously became concentrated, and he looked vigilantly at the dirt road in the center of Zhuangzi.

The soldier couldn't help but look over, and saw a group of five people appear in front of the council hall.

Although he was not so vigilant because of his annoyance, he did not realize that the five big living people were approaching—he remembered very well that when he looked before, he could only see at a glance that it was a pedestrian dressed as a man coming this way. Because the woman was so beautiful, he took a few more looks. Who knew that there were so many people approaching without noticing for a while.

He stepped forward to stop him, but he saw a tall man with a broad face step forward - he recognized this man as a merchant who often came to the Zhuangzi to receive goods and do business, and his name was Li Dui. Although he was born vicious, he has a gentle and funny temperament, and he is very popular in the village. A few days ago, he heard that Li Dui had a big deal to discuss with the master of the village, so he couldn't help but relax and asked, "Brother Li, come to our Zhao master?" ”

Li Dui said, "Originally, this was the case, but there are other things to deal with first." ”

The two visitors looked at each other, their hands pressed on the hilt of their knives.

Li Dui was faster than him, and the iron knife in his hand was slammed out of the sheath and slashed away.

The two outsiders hurriedly responded, and one tried to turn back to remind the house, but saw that the conversation was finished, and the three people on his side were walking out of the hall accompanied by He Ji and Zhao Dayan. Hurriedly shouted, "Be careful, there is fraud here!" ”

Before the words fell, he was killed with a knife, and blood splattered in front of the hall.

The incident happened suddenly, and the rebel envoys and the people of Hejiazhuang were unprepared. The rebel envoy had already grabbed He Ji and asked, "What do you mean by this?" ”

- He still hasn't figured out the situation, I don't know if it's a trap set by He Jiazhuang, it seems to be asking He Zhen, but in fact, he is also holding him hostage in disguise.

He Ji, a white-faced scholar who was powerless, how could he deal with such a scene, and hurriedly asked Zhao Dayan, "What's going on!" ”

I don't know who threw the scabbard and hit the rebel messenger in the hand. When the messenger let go of his hand, he saw a white blade stabbing at him.

But it was a slender and graceful girl who challenged him, and the messenger was in a little calm, thinking that it was not too late to capture and kill this woman first and then question He Ji and Zhao Dayan. He had the intention to kill the chicken and make an example of the monkey, so he threw away He Ji first, and punched the girl in front of the door with all his might.

But the girl was not in love with war, as if she had already seen through his thoughts, and she retreated at the touch of a button. The messenger missed, but He Zhen had already taken the opportunity to escape. The messenger knew that he could not retreat, so he could only chase after him, but another sword slashed from the side—but a man came to meet the girl.

Although He Ji was lucky to get out, he had already been bold, and when he saw the flesh and blood flying in front of him, he could only hide behind Zhao Dayan with all his strength, beating his chest and asking, "What's going on, what's going on?!" ”

Zhao Dayan was also a little caught off guard - He Jiazhuang didn't say that it was solid, and there were seven or eight hundred soldiers. If the city was broken into the hinterland by the official army, who would have expected that only three or five people would dare to spread wild under his nose? He was really unprepared.

What's more, these envoys sent by the rebels were all arrogant and powerless people, and Zhao Dayan had no shortage of impulses to teach them a lesson, so his reaction was a little slow.

Seeing that he didn't move, He Ji thought that these people were arranged by Zhao Dayan, and said bitterly, "Are you crazy?!" Wouldn't killing them invite retaliation from the officials and soldiers? Hejiazhuang is a small place, where can it stop the tiger and wolf army under Li Hu?! ”

Zhao Dayan came back to his senses at this time, and hurriedly shouted, "Quickly protect the official errand!" ”

Before the words fell, I heard a girl in a cloth dressed as a man ask indifferently but imposingly, "Which official is protecting at your feet?" ”

Zhao Dayan couldn't help choking, vaguely aware of something.

The girl did not continue to press, but said, "-For now, it is just a personal grudge, and it is better not to interfere at the moment." ”

Zhao Dayan asked, "What kind of enmity do you have, do you have to kill someone?" ”

The girl said, "The revenge of destroying the family and killing the father." ”

Zhao Dayan choked again - killing his father's enemy with a knife in recent years is not only a righteous act respected by the people, but even the official family is rarely investigated. As a reckless man, he identified with this morality. But their own interests cannot but be defended, "ridiculous!" Hejiazhuang is not a place for you to take revenge, don't stop blaming me for being ruthless! ”

The girl seemed to be amused, but she really put the knife into the sheath and said to Zhao Da, "Since Zhao is in charge of what he said, then I will sell you a face." As soon as he raised his hand, he shouted, "Stop, let them go." ”

It's a pity that she said this a little late.

- Of the five rebel emissaries in front of the council hall, two have been killed and one seriously wounded. As soon as she said a word, Li Dui just knocked the fourth person to the ground, and the injury was obviously not alive. There is only the last person, seeing that Li Dui and the others really stopped and let go of the way, where did they dare to fight?

Without even saying a cruel word, he saw a horse tied under the big poplar tree, rushed forward in three or two steps, cut the reins with a knife, got on the horse and fled.

Zhao Dayan saw the people on the ground wailing □□ and talking cruelly, and saw that the only remaining living mouth was about to flee without saying a word, and immediately understood the meaning of the girl's words.

- It's really letting people go, where can they still tell?

Hurriedly shouted, "Stop him!" ”

The man on the horse whipped the horse and fled eagerly, and the pedestrians on both sides dared to stop him, and they avoided it one after another.

The dirt road in front of the council hall runs through Hejiazhuang, which is the main road in the village, a horse and a flat river, and goes straight to the north and south. In the blink of an eye, the man was about to leave the Zhuangzi.

Zhao Dayan hurriedly said, "Hit the horse's legs, stop him, stop him!" Later, he said, "What about the archers?" ”

Ruyi gave Li Dui a look.

Li Dui strode forward, quickly climbed onto the lookout next to the council hall, and picked up the longbow on the stage.

I heard a sharp sound of breaking the air, and the black horse galloping far away on the dazzling white dirt road suddenly plunged and fell to the ground.

One shot, all around.

Ruyi closes his eyes and calms his mind. Then he looked up and asked Li Dui, "Have you left your mouth alive?" ”

Li Dui said, "Why do you leave so much to live? I aimed at the neck, thinking that he wouldn't survive. ”

When the person who went to inspect came back, Zhao Dayan immediately asked, "Are you alive?" Where did you shoot? ”

The man looked at his neck with palpitations and said, "...... Penetrated, not alive. ”

The faces of the people around Hejiazhuang turned pale in an instant—most of these people were born as soldiers, and unlike the tenants who had been farming for generations, they knew very well what kind of sharpness and conceit it was necessary to aim at the neck. It takes a lot of luck to hit the bull's-eye, not to mention that the target is on the back of a galloping horse, and the shot is shrunk behind the collar? This man did hit the nail on the head. And what kind of divine power is required to pierce people's neck bones?

Zhao Dayan glanced at Ruyi, and saw that her face was flat, as if she had taken it for granted, and she couldn't help but be secretly afraid.