Out of Lanzhou City, the world is vast.

Zhang Er walked in the direction of Guannei, and saw that the distant mountains were covered with snow and stretched endlessly. After traveling for a long time, I calculated the itinerary, and I could get to the customs in another day. Go south from Guannei, cross the Qinling Mountains, take the waterway, that is, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, which was built by the Sui Dynasty with exhausted manpower, you can enter the picturesque south of the Yangtze River.

Zhang Er was originally a native of Jiangnan, because of how difficult this world was, he fell into trouble at the beginning, after several twists and turns, he heard about the Tang Dynasty in exile, and then gradually settled down and entered Lanzhou City, and was recruited into Lanzhou Mansion.

I didn't expect to be kicked out now.

"Go back to the South!" Zhang Er muttered to himself, I don't know what about the people in his hometown? Most of the things are people, and most of them are green mounds!

He carried the package and walked on the vast field, looking at the sky, it was still early.

The population is already sparse, walking on the official road, there are few pedestrians.

He faintly felt his heart fluttering, and turned his head suddenly, as if someone was following him, but he didn't see any trace of anyone. With vigilance in his heart, he walked on the road, repeating this many times, and the figure did not see it, but saw some snow wolves from a distance.

The snow wolf lurks, staring at its prey with wild eyes, following closely behind it, waiting for the right moment to deliver a fatal blow.

Zhang Er chuckled, the snow rabbit was too stupid, and he didn't even notice the danger behind him.

As soon as the thought came to him, he trembled uncontrollably and looked back behind him. It's still vast and uninhabited. Seeing that the snow wolf pounced on the snow rabbit and bit the latter's throat and did not let go, the snow rabbit's vitality gradually dissipated, Zhang Er retracted his gaze unhappily and continued to hurry.

After walking for about half an hour, Zhang Er finally saw someone else besides him.

Next to the official road, there is a flat bluestone in the half-human high barren grass, a person covers his face with a felt hat to protect himself from the wind and snow, and holds his hands behind his back as a pillow, as if he is basking in the warm sun, beside him, a knife with a wide and long handle lies quietly.

Zhang Er leaned closer to him the package he was carrying, trying his best to stay away from this person from the other side of the official road.

He tensed, and was careful not to alarm the man, until he was far away from the man, and then he let out a long sigh of relief.

Crunch!

But at this moment, Zhang Er was about to continue walking, and the sound of snow was heard in front of him. He looked up and saw a few rugged men, carrying copper-ringed broadswords on their shoulders, cutting through the wild grass, and walking into the official road to stand on both sides.

There were about five or six people, rubbing their chins, tilting their heads sideways, and grinning at Zhang Er.

"Robbery?!"

There are many people!

In just a few moments, countless thoughts flashed through Zhang Er's mind, and his blood was surging all over his body, and he was trembling with fear...... But in the end, it's the little life that matters!

There are wolves in front and tigers in the back!

Thump!

Zhang Er's kneeling action was extremely skillful, and he immediately brought the package up: "The good man spares his life, all the money of the little one is here, and the right to be a small filial piety to all of you, as the road money!" ”

"It's also a lot of effort for the old men!" The leader of the several people said, "If it is usual, if it is someone else, the money can be left and passed through this way." ”

"But you must die!"

When these words reached Zhang Er's ears, it exploded in his mind like a thunderbolt!

What does that mean? Why do I have to die? ”

The rugged men said no more, and walked towards him with their big knives on their shoulders. The figures magnified in his eyes, and he was hot all over, and suddenly realized that his legs were out of control.

It's terrifying to the extreme!

Zhang Er roared, mustering all his strength, and his body finally moved at this time, climbing.

"I ...... I said, "Why did you let me go when I passed by here before?" ”

The one who was lying on the bluestone was standing in front of Zhang Er at this time, holding a long-handled broad blade in one hand and hanging a felt hat behind his back in the other. This man was a handsome young man, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, about twenty years old, with a strong body and capable but not exaggerated muscles.

He was tall, standing in place, stretching out a hand to help Zhang Er.

"Are you alright?"

Zhang Er looked up at this young man, with mixed feelings, it turned out that this person was not the one who wanted his life! Looking at the confident smile on the corner of the young man's mouth, Zhang Er was inexplicably relieved, wiped the sweat from his forehead and stood up.

The rugged man on the other side saw that this person really stood up, cracked his white teeth, and said with a smile:

"You guy, you didn't want to spare your life before, and you were not satisfied with letting you pass? Do you have to take care of this idle matter and lose your life? ”

"There are some things that the kid doesn't understand, so this idle matter still has to be taken care of." The young man said lightly.

"Could it be that you understand that things are more important than your life?" The leader of the rough men scratched his head, not understanding what this young man thought, in this world, it was very difficult for them to survive.

The young man was asked this question, and put his finger to his lips, as if he were in heavy thought. After a long time, he said seriously: "Yes! ”

"Weirdos!"

It's not just the group of rugged men, but even Zhang Er next to him thinks so.

"Interesting!"

"So, what do you want from us?" The leader stroked the blade with his hand and looked deeply at the youth.

"In the beginning, when I passed through this place, I found you in the shadow. In such a place where there is no shop in the village before, I think it should be a robber, and I was ready to do something, but you let me go. ”

The young man began to analyze from the beginning, taking care of himself, completely ignoring whether the people on the side wanted to hear it or not.

Seems to be an analytic freak!

"That's when I started to find it weird. No, maybe any other person will find it weird! But you are ambushing here, and the purpose is not ordinary passers-by, so I think maybe it is the caravan or the official team or the grain team that is your goal, in other words, your goal is to do a big vote! ”

"That makes sense! I can also understand your consideration of letting me go, that is, I don't want to be exposed too soon! ”

"Oh? Interesting! The leader of the rugged men motioned for him to continue.

"In broad daylight, above the official road, in the territory of the Son of Heaven, openly intercepting the road, what a boldness!" The young man shook his head, since he had met him, he would not turn a blind eye.

So he simply lay aside, pretending not to notice them, and lazily enjoying the sun.

"But I was wrong!" At this point, he looked a little frustrated, as if he was annoyed that he had made a mistake in his analysis.

"What's wrong with you?" The leader asked with interest, not to mention that he had discovered them, but to say that there was nothing wrong with his analysis.

"It's wrong to ignore him!" The young man pointed to Zhang Er, who was just an ordinary person no matter how he looked at it.

"I suddenly remembered that because of the snow disaster for a long time recently, there were no food convoys or caravans passing by, and even the government would not choose this time to do things."

"In the middle of nowhere, it snows heavily, unless they want to die in this place, unless those people are stupid, stupid!"

"So you guessed our goal was to pass people?" The leader raised his eyebrows.

"Yes, but why not me?" The young man paused for a moment and expressed his speculation, "Because the person you choose has a goal, that is to say, someone has instructed you!" ”

"But why him? No matter how you look at it, it's an ordinary person! The young man looked at Zhang Er's package, "Is it because of his silver?" No, that's because he knows something. ”

Or ...... It's because he knows something that you're sent by that man to kill him! Rather, the money is just an excuse for you! In fact, it kills people, and robs under the pretext of robbery! ”

The young man groaned that the man who gave him the money probably had sent these men to kill him!

But for what exactly? Or did he know what would make this person have to kill him? Does it have anything to do with the purpose of my trip to Longyou?

The young man pondered, and after a moment, he said slowly, "So I want to know who sent you to kill him!" And because he knows what secrets? ”