Outside the city of Bianzhou

The lid of the cellar was opened, and Xun Zheng saw the small-eyed boy again, looking at himself with a smile; "Who are you?" The frail Assassin blurted out his biggest doubts as he squinted to avoid the sunlight;

"Shikaben!" The boy replied cheerfully.

"Where is this?"

"I don't know whose vegetable cellar;"

"Why did you catch me?"

"Marinated and eaten!" The answer was still very refreshing, but this answer made Xun Zheng speechless for a while.

Seeing that the other party was no longer speechless, the atmosphere in the cellar was a little awkward, and Lu Ben, who loved to chat, decided to break the deadlock and take the initiative: "Why did you assassinate Old Thief Qin?" Xun Zheng said awe-inspiringly: "Qin Zongquan is cruel and unkind, and he should kill the people for harming himself......" Lu Ben thought about it for a while, and interrupted him very rudely; "Who sent you to kill?" With a humiliated look on his face, the Assassin angrily rebuked, "I am a noble ranger, and I am not an assigned lackey!" ”。

This time it was Shikaben's turn to be speechless!

Datang Ranger? In this chaotic world, there are still rangers? Hell in broad daylight is more real than that!

Since he couldn't figure it out, Lu Ben lost the interest of continuing to chat, shook the rope connected to the iron hook, and threatened in a vicious voice: "If you don't want to die, don't make a noise, if you are caught by Na Shen Cong, I will eat you if I don't pickle." ”

Seeing that the young man was about to leave, the assassin couldn't help but ask, "How did you see through my hiding?" ”

Lu Ben bared out a mouthful of white teeth and joked: "Hehe, blame you for looking too much like a meat sheep!" Then he ignored him, threw down a bladder and a piece of chaff, and put the lid on the cellar again.

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In fact, Lu Ben had already seen the clues when he saw Xun Zheng for the first time.

An idiot just stays in Bian Xiao Village, where the people have fled, this is one of them; seems to be a dull gaze, but he never leaves the handsome tent; He threw a chaff cake himself, but he didn't gobble it up like a demon; The most important point is that he is covered in filth and unkempt, but he does not have a little eye feces to cover his eyes, who is so particular about it?

If something goes wrong, there must be a demon! Connecting all the doubts: "People who deliberately stay in Bianxiao Village, observe the situation of the handsome tent and garrison, and ......have no worries about food and drink" have jumped on the paper.

The first time the Assassins went to the tent to assassinate, Shikaben hid in the woods and peeped out. It wasn't until he was chased by the guards that he hid in a tree hollow that he quietly left.

When the assassin went to the tent for the second time to assassinate, Lu Ben had already spread a net at the tree hole, but he didn't expect that the assassin was seriously injured in the failed operation and could no longer hide in the tree hole, so Lu Ben could only carry him who had fainted on his back and threw him into the abandoned vegetable cellar of the people.

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Shen Cong looked at the military newspaper in his hand, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly unconsciously. The day before yesterday, Zhu Wen raided his middle army, and the former battalion pioneer Guo Fan's department was unable to resist, and retreated more than ten miles before he could stabilize his position, looking at the military newspaper and involuntarily thinking of Qin Zongquan's pair of gloomy eyes, Shen Cong couldn't help but shudder. Of course, Qin Zongquan has already received the military intelligence report, the anger of the thunder is inevitable, but the responsibility for the defeat has not been determined for a long time, how should he deal with himself? Do you want to take the initiative to take responsibility and let the king fall?

Never! Qin Zongquan was a murderous man, and he had already had a grudge against him about the previous pursuit of assassins, and now it has been more than a month, but the escaped thief is still nowhere to be found. If there is any more unfavorable command this time, I am afraid that I will not be able to survive! But if the war is unfavorable, someone has to come out and take responsibility......

Shen Cong rubbed his sore eyes, his gaze wandered, and finally stopped at Guo Fan's name in the military newspaper, and his spirit was lifted! He breathed a long sigh of relief, thought for a while, and then wrote: "Guo Fan, the pioneer of the front battalion of the department, feared the enemy and retreated...... Fifty canes, demoted to lieutenant ......"

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Under the moonlight, in the blisters outside Bian Xiao Village, the heavy soldiers who had been busy all day finally got a rare rest time, and Lu Ben was rubbing Xu Cun's back hard.

"Big brother, Guo Fan's troops suffered heavy casualties and retreated for more than ten miles." Lu Ben said; "Although the Caizhou army is numerous, it is difficult to achieve great things after all." Xu Cun said with disdain on his face. "At that time, I lost my eldest brother to sacrifice his life and transfer my brothers to the baggage camp, otherwise how could there be life now?" Lu Ben praised sincerely, "Now Brother Lu'er's ability to pat horses and whiskers is becoming more and more proficient!" Xu Cun smiled and snatched the cloth towel, and dragged Lu Ben to wipe his back.

"Big brother, if Old Thief Qin is defeated, where will we go to survive?" "Go south!" Xu Cun replied very simply, "The melee in the Central Plains is difficult to have a situation for a while, so I won't wade into this troubled water." Xu Cun explained: "You can survive in the south. "That's what Big Brother said!" Lu Ben nodded;

Xu Cun, who was wiping Lu Ben's back, suddenly frowned: "Ben'er, your oil sludge is really ...... Spectacular! ”

"How's he doing?" Xu Cun suddenly asked thoughtlessly; "I've taken a few pills, and it's almost fine." Lu Ben replied with a grin, "Big brother, will there be a ranger in this year?" Ben'er always felt that guy was tricking people! "Naturally, there are still some, but there are not many, Brother Lu tried his best to trap him, what are your plans for the future?" Xu Cun quipped; "Keep him, whoever can sacrifice his life to assassinate Qin Lao Thief is a hero!" "Then you still make iron hooks for others? It hurts to think about it! Xu Cun poked his finger at Lu Ben's pipa bone as he spoke, and Lu Ben quickly dodged;" Don't let the iron hook be afraid that he will run around and lose his life, this is still the method that Ben'er learned in the marinating workshop! Lu Ben smiled heartlessly;

Xu Cun couldn't bear it when he heard it, and reached out and patted Lu Ben's head gently.

"This person is extraordinary, and he will be subdued by Ben'er and left for the eldest brother." Xu Cun was unmoved, shook his head and said, "I don't need it, accept you to use it." Lu Ben said with a hippie smile: "Hee-hee! It's all big brother's, and I'm your meat sheep! "Disgusting!" Xu Cun turned his head away with disgust.

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The resentment in Guo Fan's chest has not dissipated at all, not because of his demotion or beaten ass, but because he was born and died in the war for half his life, whether he was a Tang general or was forced to commit himself to the Caizhou army, he was the first soldier to regard death as home, not for anything else, just to be able to spell out his personal appearance, but now it seems that in the eyes of those big people, he has always been just a dispensable small role, a clown who can be thrown out as a bargaining chip at any time!

He is responsible for this defeat, after all, the troops of his department are three times that of the enemy, but Shen Cong, who has never been to the battlefield in person, should not put the responsibility on himself no matter what! He knew that Zhu Wen had the support of the imperial court and the rich Bianzhou to rely on, although the soldiers were few but they were strong.

In this attack, although the Bianzhou army only dispatched a mere 3,000 people, it was the ace elite under Zhu Wen's command, and it could even put on a terrifying "sharp arrow formation", although the combat power and momentum were far inferior to the Tang Dynasty, but the twilight tiger was also unstoppable.

The so-called "Sharp Arrow Array" is a super attack power formed by the close cooperation of various arms. Rushing to the front is the brave and fearless light infantry holding the Mo knife, followed by the infantry, cavalry assault, and the rear row also has the crossbowmen to shoot on the back, especially the attack power of the Mo knife is extremely terrifying, when the formation is "like a wall", the power of hand-to-hand combat is not reduced. The Caizhou soldiers under his command, with only horizontal knives and spears in their hands, how could they be defeated without a fight? It's not that he desperately gathered the remnants to stabilize the formation, and the Bianzhou army is now afraid that it has hit the tent of the commander of the Chinese army!

The indignant Guo Fan, every time he thinks of Shen Cong, who is condescending and taking credit, he can't suppress the strong hatred in his heart, and secretly swears that sooner or later, he will regain his lost dignity!

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The war was unfavorable, Qin Zongquan became more and more harsh on his subordinates, supervising the captains and all kinds of secret agents wandering in various military villages all day long, and the entire Caizhou army was filled with an atmosphere of depression and danger.

Xu Cun frowned, his expression was depressed, and today he folded in five more brothers, and the days of the heavy soldiers were getting worse and worse, but he was helpless.

"I'm going to release Xun Zheng today, right? After all, he is a good man, and there is no reason for people to accompany us to die in vain! Hearing Xu Cun talk about Xun Zheng, Lu Ben, who was originally calm, became ruthless: "If you don't know what is interesting, you can kill him!" Xu Cun was not in the mood to persuade him, he knew that his brother just liked to talk angry, but he was very measured.

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Xun Zheng would break out in a cold sweat as long as he saw those little eyes, Lu Ben was the only person he could see these days, and even in his dreams, these little eyes were staring at him coldly. The small vegetable cellar, even though the deer ben would clean it every few days, the foul smell was still disgusting; What made him feel ashamed and indignant was that the source of this disgusting smell was on him.

Once upon a time, he was also a beautiful young man who sang a long song on a horse in Luoyang South City, and bought wine and got drunk, which made many Sichun women confused. The left Qinghu led the horse on the right, and the spirit was flying, and a brilliant Wu Yue scimitar set off the heroic and heroic ranger style.

In order to lurk in Bian Xiao Village and wait for the opportunity to assassinate Qin Zongquan, he did not hesitate to self-destruct his image and pretend to be stupid, making himself dirty and unkempt, but unfortunately in the end he still failed, and he lost an arm, and then he came here inexplicably and fell into the shackles of the small-eyed thief.

These days, I collapsed on the ground like a pile of shit. Every time the small-eyed thief came, he would grin and pull the rope and shake the iron hook wildly for fun, so that his freshly scabbed lute bone would burst back into blood.

Xun Zheng, who was in pain, fantasized about killing the small-eyed thief in his mind countless times, or simply killing himself, but unfortunately, he couldn't do either of these things now. Lingering to live is far more unbearable than a tragic death!

Every time the Small-Eyed Thief tortured himself, he would force him to swear allegiance to a man named Xu Cun. He could have been in order to get rid of weakness and wrongdoing, but as a ranger, his proud self-control made him rather die than be so despicable, and he was not willing to succumb to Xu Cun, who was called the big brother in the mouth of the small-eyed thief, in order to survive.

Today, the little eye thief came again, but strangely there was no hippie smile, no noise as before, and no rope to amuse, but silently threw him a bag of chaff cakes and a sheepskin bladder filled with water, and then took out the black ox-eared knife that belonged to him.

Xun Zheng thought that the little thief had finally lost his patience, and when it came to the moment when he saw the poor dagger, he had no fear of this, but quietly closed his eyes and waited, and there was even some joy in his heart that he was finally relieved, and the dark days finally came to an end.

But the small-eyed demon didn't do what he wanted, but took advantage of his unpreparedness and pulled out the iron hook that was stained with flesh and blood! As a result, Xun Zheng fainted again in a sharp pain......