There was a puff of dust and smoke rolling up on the road, and three horses roared past, and the passers-by had already moved out of the way, lest they might provoke these plague gods. Look at these three people, one of them is carrying a tiger ring steel knife on his back, one of them is carrying a fifty pound of iron axe on his waist, and the two of them have beards on their faces, and their faces are shaking, they don't look like a good person, but the third person is dressed in white, and his face is like white jade and has a scholarly atmosphere.

The man with the steel knife turned back to his two companions and asked, "How far are we?" and the man with the iron axe replied, "Go over that hill and you'll be in town." The third person who was a little quiet and a little scholarly said: "This is our last stop, and when we hand over our things, we will finish our work, and then the brothers will find a place to be happy." ”

The man with the steel knife scolded and said: "His mother, I'm afraid it's not that simple, the city lord is cunning and wants him to make some blood, but it doesn't just rely on a few of us." ”

The man said: "When people are alive, people are not at peace, and when they are about to die, they will not be happy for us." ”

As the sun sets in the distance, facing the afterglow of the sunset, a lonely old man walks with these people with a bamboo cane, and looks even more lonely against the backdrop of the sun and distant mountains. The passer-by next to him kindly reminded the old man to get out of the way, and the official came over. I don't know if the old man didn't hear it, but he ignored it and still walked the road in his heart.

Seeing that the three war horses were about to step on that thin body. At this time, for some reason, the front hooves of the three war horses soared into the air and roared into the sky, and two of the three were immediately overturned, and one of them struggled to control the out-of-control war horse.

The man with the axe got up from the ground, picked up the axe that had fallen from the ground and threw it at the dirt on his body, his face trembled and he scolded: "The fucking old guy is impatient, and he is looking for his own death." So saying, he struck the axe at the old man's head. The old man was probably stupid, and stood still, but the old bamboo cane was held more tightly in his hand.

Unexpectedly, it was the man with the steel knife who pulled out the steel knife and stopped the axe: "Erbiao don't want to cause trouble, it's important." The board axe man was unwilling: "When I solve this old immortal, it will be all at once." "The steel knife man has always had a grudge against this disobedient Er Biao, and if he hadn't had some credit, he would have been killed a long time ago.

Another person with a roll of packages on his back and some scholarly breath came out to play a round and said, "Brother Biao, you have forgotten the instructions of Lord Captain before leaving, and you will obey Lord Han's instructions outside." "These two Biao have been following the captain since they joined the army, and no one else is convinced, only obeying the captain, and at this time, the captain will be able to suppress these two biao.

Sure enough, Er Biao withdrew the plate axe, snorted on his mouth, turned over and got on the horse, and the stones in the hearts of the people around him finally fell to the ground, and the old man picked up a life. Er Biao didn't forget to scold when he got back on the horse: "You old melon skin, I asked you to pick up a life today." Then the three men continued to urge the horses forward.

The three of them wouldn't see it, the old man just smiled lightly, let go of the bamboo cane in his hand and continued to walk. A song was hummed on his mouth: The sword light is angry with the rivers and lakes, the child smiles and the spring flowers bloom, and asks you what is the most difficult thing about the rivers and lakes······ Passers-by watched the old man go away with the song, and shook their heads thinking that the old man was scared stupid.

The man with the axe was still a little sullen when he sat on the horse, and the scholar man asked the man with the steel knife: "Brother Han, why did you stop Brother Biao from cutting down the old immortal just now?" The man with the steel knife said, "I'm not stopping him, that old man······ I don't think it's that simple. The tone in the heart of the plate axe man had nowhere to spread, and then the topic was sarcastic to the steel knife man: "I think you are just cowardly and afraid, no wonder you can't make meritorious contributions." In the face of the sarcasm of the axe man, the steel knife man calmed his breath and did not have the same knowledge as him.

The scholar thought for a while and said: "There are indeed some differences in this way, our horse is not slow, but only stopped in front of the old man, and did not dare to take a step forward, which overturned us to the ground, plus Haojie has just been arrested, the four major families have been wiped out, and many accomplices have fled in all directions, it is inevitable that there are masters who are incognito, or Brother Han is careful." ”

The board axe man listened to the scholar's analysis and felt that there was some truth, but he still refused to convince people: "Hmph, what bullshit, I think it's because you're scared." "By this time, the sun had set, leaving only a little afterglow to linger on the world. Through the twilight mist, you can vaguely see the city where the three people are going.

"Bell....... Bells" Several dull knocks rang out in the street. The doorman lazily opened the door, only to see three faces he had never seen before, and he didn't want to pay attention to it at all. Lazily said: "The city lord is not at home, let's hurry up tomorrow." "As he spoke, he was about to close the door. The steel knife man's scabbard is sandwiched between the two doors. The doorman couldn't close the door, there was some anger in his heart, and he pointed to a few people arrogantly and said: "Do you know what kind of place this is, don't think that with a knife, you will dare to be presumptuous here in a few clicks." ”

Er Biao was originally a temper tantrum, even his school captain, and he didn't dare to talk to him like this. Raise the axe and cut it. But the man with the steel knife was one step ahead of him, reaching into his clothes and pulling out a token. Thinking that the doorman still had some knowledge, he didn't dare to be presumptuous anymore when he saw the token and knew that it was someone from above, so he said politely: "It turned out to be a distinguished guest, a few officials wait a minute, I will go to inform my master." ”

After a while, a short and fat middle-aged man came out of it, dressed in luxurious clothes, indicating the identity and status of this person. The city lord smiled: "I don't know if a few officials have missed the distance, please forgive me." ”

The steel knife man and the fist said, "We have a few important things to discuss with the city lord, and we will leave after speaking." ”

The city lord laughed and said, "A few officials come with me." The lord of the city led the three of them to the study.

The city lord is the chief official of one party and the overlord of one party, most of them are capable and righteous people rewarded above, and there are also relatives of the emperor. From the city lord's mansion, we also know that this city lord must have been searching for the people's fat and ointment for many years to accumulate such a magnificent official residence. From the gate to the study, there are nine corridors, and the corridors are carved and hollow ornamented, all of which are built of precious nanmu. Outside the corridor is the rockery fountain, and the koi fish are tumbling in the pond water.

It didn't take long for the four of them to come to the study, and the lord of the city ushered the three into the house. The four of them sat down in order, and the servants came up with four cups of tea, and when the servants had all withdrew, they closed the door. Only then did the steel knife man speak: "Presumably the adults already know, the Fuqiu Haojie has been caught. ”

The city lord took a sip of tea and said, "This is naturally known, and everyone in the world knows it. ”

The steel knife man continued: "I heard that Haojie is from this town, so the above means that he should be executed in his hometown, so as to give a warning to those who rebel against the royal family. ”

The city lord looked a little embarrassed: "This ······ Since it is the meaning of the above, I should do it, but ······"

Lord Han asked, "I don't know what difficulties the city lord has?"

The city lord is secretly calculating his gains and losses in his heart, and it is not a simple matter to execute Haojie: "To say that the difficulty is indeed a little bit, all adults also know that the world disturbed by this Haojie bandit is not peaceful, and it is also nerve-wracking, Haojie should be executed immediately, so as not to have many dreams at night, I will give my full support, but Haojie's party has not been completely cleared, I am afraid that when the time comes, they will know the news of Haojie's execution, and make trouble here, I, the little city lord, have lost their lives, and I can't help those people." ”

The scholar and the steel knife man glanced at each other and understood, this city lord is really cunning and cunning, no wonder he can accumulate so much wealth in this troubled world. The scholar said: "This city lord can naturally rest assured, we also know how powerful it is, and there is a secret decree on it to be presented to the city lord by hand." After speaking, the scholar took out a wax seal cowhide cylinder from the package and handed it to the city lord.

At the beginning of the lanterns, the three of them left the city lord's mansion and went straight to the prosperous place.