"I'll go with you, get into the carriage quickly, I have prepared two other carriages, and you tell your subordinates to come up together." Cao Yin said lightly.

"We have business going out this time, what are you going to do?" Yuan Qing was surprised.

"I'm going to open up a trade route, and I'll go with you by the way, I'll give you a ride, and you will be my free bodyguard, isn't it good?"

Yuan Qing waved his hand and said, "No, no, I have an important task to complete this time." ”

"With your stupid head, what tasks can you accomplish, maybe you'll mess up, and if I go with you, I can help you come up with ideas." Cao Yin snorted.

Yuan Qing thought to himself, that is also true, Miss Cao Bingxue is smart, if she is herself, maybe she really messes up the task, and it will be difficult to explain it when the time comes.

It was difficult for him to resist Cao Yin's words, so he no longer refused and got into the carriage.

The carriage was spacious and luxurious, and there was a faint fragrance, Cao Yin asked with a smile: "Is the yamen so stingy?" I didn't give you any money, but I let you walk over. ”

"That's not it, Miss Sun gave me a hundred taels of silver, but I think I should save a little, maybe I need it later, we are very fast, not much slower than a carriage."

"Where did Lord Lu let you go?" Cao Yin inquired.

She only knew that Yuanqing was sent out by the county order to complete the task, but she didn't know what she was doing.

"Kaifeng Mansion." Yuan Qing had a hint of vigilance in his eyes, and replied briefly.

Cao Yin snorted secretly, thinking that you still want to hide things from me, see how I can get your words on the way, and shouted to the coachman: "Go to Kaifeng!" ”

……

In the year 950 A.D., in the seventh year of Baoda, in November,

When Lu Yuan sent his subordinates to actively expand the population, there was a big war in the north, and the Han Tianxiong army made Guo Wei rebel, and in the name of "Qing Jun's side", he led his troops to cross the Yellow River and defeated the Han army at Qilipo, and the hidden emperor Liu Chengyou was killed by Guo Yunming on the way out.

In the course of history, the five dynasties and ten kingdoms finally entered the Later Zhou period, and it was also the last generation of the five dynasties.

November 18, 7th year of Baoda.

As the sun set, on the official road leading from Hangzhou to Muzhou City, a carriage drove slowly, and there were three people sitting in the car, one of whom was a thin old man with wrinkles on his face. One person is dressed in gorgeous clothes, and she is a beautiful woman. The last person was a girl with a braided hair, with many freckles on her face, and she looked like a country woman.

All three of them lowered their heads and thought about their thoughts, and there was no communication.

The woman in fancy dress was about twenty years old, and she looked the most miserable of the three, and she suspected that she was having a nightmare thinking about what had happened recently.

Suddenly, there was a sound of horses' hooves outside the carriage, and the woman in the costume was startled, and she pulled up the curtain and looked out the window, only to see a horse galloping quickly past the carriage, and disappeared after a while.

Seeing that it wasn't for them, she was finally relieved, but when she thought of the current situation, she couldn't be happy.

After that, a strange thing happened, four more horses passed by the carriage in a row, and the woman in the Chinese costume asked uneasily: "Brother An, is something wrong?" ”

A man's voice came from outside the carriage: "It looks like they are all from the rivers and lakes, they should be fine." ”

The woman in the costume sighed, and saw that the old man and the girl sitting opposite her were unusually silent, and reluctantly smiled: "You don't have to worry too much, when you arrive in Muzhou, you will be fine." ”

The old man smiled miserably and said: "Miss Xia, the old man is already a person who has entered the coffin with half of his body, what else is there to worry about, that is, it has affected you, and the old man really regrets it." ”

Later, his voice choked up.

The pigtailed child reached out and put it on the old man's dry palm, and said softly: "If grandpa says so, then it is also the first time I have affected grandpa." ”

Although her face is not very beautiful, her voice is extremely light.

The old man patted her little hand and said, "Silly child, grandpa is dying, what else is there to do." ”

At this time, the man outside the car said loudly: "Yurong, look at this day, there will be a heavy rain soon, let's go to the broken temple we passed just now to hide from the rain!" ”

"They're not going to chase them, are they?" Miss Xia panicked.

"Don't worry, it's not that fast, and it's getting dark, so we should find a place to rest for the night."

Miss Xia agreed, and the carriage slowly turned.

Not long after, there was a dingdong rain outside the car, Xia Yurong took an umbrella and handed it to An Yishan, who was driving the car.

Before arriving at the broken temple, there was a constant sound of horses' hooves outside the car, but it was those martial arts people who saw that it was going to rain, and they also had the idea of going to the broken temple to hide from the rain.

Outside the broken temple, several people ran into the temple with umbrellas, but the rain was too strong, just a few steps, several people were wet, among which An Yishan, who was driving the car, was the worst, and the lower half of his body was almost soaked.

This is a martial temple, and the statue of Guan Yu is enshrined in the middle of the broken temple, but the green dragon knife that the statue should be holding in his right hand is gone.

Although the temple is dilapidated, it can still shelter from the wind and rain, and a fire has been lit in the middle of the temple, and five men are talking around the fire, thinking that they are those people in the martial arts.

When they saw Xia Yurong and the four of them enter the temple, one of them was a man with a short stature and said, "Friends, you might as well come over and bake the fire together!" ”

An Yishan has walked in the rivers and lakes, knowing that the rivers and lakes are sinister, he arched his hand and said: "Thank you for your kindness, I will wait for another fire." ”

The man laughed and said, "Hey, they think we're bad guys!" ”

Xia Yurong frowned slightly when he saw this person so profligate, and a young man with a cloth belt on his head said lightly: "Deng Cong, do you still think you look like a good person?" ”

Deng Cong's smile on his face became embarrassed, but he was a little jealous of this young man, and he didn't have a seizure when he was so rejected.

An Yishan was shocked when he heard the word Deng Cong, and thought, "Could it be Deng Cong in Yuezhou?" I heard that this person is quite chivalrous, if it is really him, it really can't be rude. ”

He arched his hand and said: "We have some troubles, I am afraid that I will affect all my friends, and I have no disrespect." ”

"If you have any troubles, you might as well tell us, even if I can't solve it, with Big Brother Shan and Peter Pan Duan Shaoxia here, are you afraid that I won't be able to help you?" Deng Cong laughed.

Xia Yurong was slightly surprised in his heart, he didn't expect this person to be so bold, and he was willing to help as soon as he said a word.

The reason why An Yishan said this was that he had the intention of asking for help, and he was overjoyed when he heard the words, and was about to speak, when the old man surnamed Wang suddenly said: "Don't implicate others anymore." ”

An Yishan was not as patient as Xia Yurong for this old man and young man, and said coldly: "Then do you want to watch me and Yurong bury with you?" ”

"The old man didn't mean that."

"Brother An, don't talk to Grandpa Wang like this, he saved my life after all." Xia Yurong interjected.

An Yishan said loudly: "If it weren't for them, how could you and I need to run for our lives?" ”

The five people sitting around the fire were a little confused, and Deng Cong said: "Everyone, please come and sit, it's better to tell us what happened, if there is a wicked person who bullies you, we will never sit idly by." ”

"Thank you Deng Daxia." An Yishan didn't hesitate any longer and walked over, and Miss Xia and the three had no choice but to follow.

Deng Cong smiled slightly, spread his palm to a black-clothed young man, and introduced, "This is Leng Pan of the Quick Knife Gate." ”

Then he introduced in turn according to the order in which he sits: "This is Peter Pan Luo Xiaobei, this is Hebei Danding Mountain, and this is Quicksand Gang Ma Heng." ”

In the end, he introduced himself and said with a smile: "I am Deng Cong of Yuezhou." ”

"I don't want to meet so many heroes here today." An Yishan arched his hand, in fact, he had only heard the names of Deng Cong and Luo Xiaobei, but the others were with them all the way, and they didn't think they would be bad people.

He turned his head to Xia Yurong and said, "Yurong, these are all heroes on the rivers and lakes. ”

"Little woman Xia Yurong, I've seen all the heroes." Xia Yurong gave a blessing.

In addition to An Yishan and Xia Yurong, the old man and the pigtailed children also introduced themselves, the old man's name was Wang Gui, and the pigtailed children's name was Lu Yun'er.

Jianghu people value face the most, and often do it without saying a word, these five people are a little proud when they see An Yishan lifting himself very high, especially when the introduction object is such a delicate woman.

Peter Pan Luo Xiaobei had already peeked at Xia Yurong several times, and thought: "You can't see such a woman in the rivers and lakes." ”

It's not that there are no beauties in the rivers and lakes, but that the women in the rivers and lakes are more arrogant, not like Xia Yurong who is knowledgeable and courteous, shy and timid.

After the four of them sat down, Deng Cong said with a smile: "The five of us have taken the wanted list of the owner of Wutong Mountain Villa this time, and together we will arrest the flower thief and the flower will fall." ”

Hearing the name of the flower, An Yishan was taken aback, this is a famous thief in the rivers and lakes, and he didn't want these people to dare to arrest him.