From Shangyong City Han River upstream, to Nanzheng about 500 miles of waterway, along the river along the city more and more scarce, only a little flat land, etc., there is a small town. During the period, there are many lofty mountains and mountains, the Han River is meandering, the mountains on both sides of the bank are high and dense, and the terrain is dangerous.

And at the junction of Qin and Chu, among the mountains and mountains, there are indeed thieves entrenched in the cottages, taking it as a business of robbing houses and cutting paths, or intercepting passing ships in the river, and even killing people and goods.

Because of the continuous mountains and complex terrain here, the thieves have a favorable location, and it is difficult for the officials and soldiers to exterminate them.

Most of these thieves were also poor local mountain people, either because they were evading government taxes, or because they were coerced into making a living. Generally do not rob locals.

Therefore, the business travelers on the Han River are all in teams, and the number of people is overwhelming, and it is difficult for thieves to start. As for the ships coming and going from the government, they were often escorted by sergeants, and thieves generally did not dare to come and rob them.

The boatman also knew that this waterway was difficult, so he said to Xiaofeng: "To go to Nanzheng from here, you need to gather more than ten boats before you dare to set off." If a single boat goes halfway, it will inevitably be cut by a strong man. The guest officer will stay here for a few days, and when there are more ships gathered, they will go together again. It's good to have a response. ”

Xiaofeng said: "My goods are very urgent, and I can't delay them." Don't worry, just go, and there will be nothing wrong on the road. ”

The boatman was worried after all, and he didn't dare to set off alone, so Xiaofeng smiled and said: "I have also walked back and forth on this waterway for more than ten times, and no strongman dares to intercept me." The ship's family is at ease, with me, even if there is a strong man, he will not dare to rob my goods. ”

The boatman saw that Xiaofeng was not like an ordinary person, and he had already seen the three heroes of Yun County, each with a lofty weapon and a sword. I had some doubts in my heart, but I didn't want to ask. Seeing Xiaofeng speak like this, he asked: "The villain saw that the guest officer and his party were different from ordinary people, and dared to ask, are the guest officers and others heroic people who walk in the Hanshui area?" ”

Ding Hu jumped out and said to the boatman: "If you want to hurry, you can hurry, why don't you dare to go?" A few thieves, what are you afraid of? You guessed it, we are the heroes of Liangzhou, with us, are you still afraid that the thieves in the mountains will not succeed? ”

The boatman was surprised and delighted when he heard this, so he said to Xiaofeng and the other four: "If all the heroes are on the boat, the villain will not be afraid at all." ”

He also said: "I heard that Xu Xiaofeng, a hero in Liangzhou, is strong in martial arts and is a narrow person, and no one in this area dares to touch his tiger beard." Xu Haojie also has a lot of deeds to protect the country and protect the people, and his reputation is spread in the Han River, like a flood of thunder. Hate the villain and can't see it! ”

Ding Hu was about to say to the boatman that you really have eyes and don't know Taishan, so Xiaofeng gestured to stop him with his eyes. Ding Hu then said to the boatman: "Since you know, you don't need to be afraid, and you should hurry." ”

So he set off, walked for a day, gradually entered the deep mountains, the people on both sides of the strait gradually became scarce, Xiaofeng let everyone eat dry food on the boat, take a short rest, and then take turns rowing forward.

This Ye Qingzhou sailed alone on the Han River, and was already discovered by the thieves' eyeliner, so the minion flew to the cottage and reported to the leader of the thieves, saying that there was a sale. The chief asked, "What is the deal?" ”

Eyeliner said: "There is a lone boat in the river, I don't know what kind of goods are carried, covered with a cloth curtain, and there are five or six people escorted with the boat, which seems to be something of value." ”

The leader of the thieves was overjoyed, and said to the thieves: "The ships that come and go in the river have always traveled in groups, and I can't wait for them to start. Now that a lone boat has come, let it not be spared. ”

After asking about the real news, he commanded more than ten of his subordinates to go down the mountain tomorrow morning, take a shortcut on foot, and make a detour to a place called Artemisia Ping in Hanshui to ambush, preparing to intercept the ship and rob it.

Xiaofeng and his entourage took advantage of the night wind to travel another night, walking about seventy or eighty miles, and there was Artemisia Ping in front of them.

In the early morning, the boat travels to the surface of the Haoping River, the waterway here is narrow, and there is a dangerous shoal rapids, this section of the river is more than ten miles, all the rapids and rapids are dense, the boat travels very slowly, you need to go ashore to pull the boat with a fiber rope, in order to pass here.

Xiaofeng thought about going ashore to hire villagers to pull the boat, but there were no people here in Haoping, so Xiaofeng asked Qin Ying and the boatman to guard the boat, and he and Ding Hu Mofei went ashore to find the villagers and come to help tug the boat.

And these more than ten thieves have been lying in ambush among the trees by the river, waiting for half an hour.

When the thieves saw that the boat had come to shore before the rapids, three of them came down, put on a rope, and docked the boat to the river. When Xiaofeng and the others landed on the shore, they suddenly jumped out of the bushes, each holding a knife, gun and stick, blocking the way, and the bandit leader shouted to Xiaofeng: "What kind of cargo is on the ship?" ”

Xiao Feng and the other three suddenly saw more than ten thieves jumping out from behind the bushes, and they were slightly surprised, they didn't want to really have a strong man cutting the path, but this time they really met the king of Hades.

Seeing this, Xiao Feng couldn't help but be angry and funny, so he smiled at Ding Hu and Mo Fei: "I have been walking this waterway for more than ten times, and this is the first time I have encountered this thing." How do Brother Ding and Brother Mo think about handling such a thing? ”

Ding Hu said excitedly: "A strongman seeks money and kills, the crime cannot be forgiven, and the government cannot encircle and suppress it, if you bump into Ding, you must be killed!" ”

Mo Fei said: "The group of thieves is ignorant, and if they offend me as a hero in Liangzhou, you can behead their leader and make an example of them!" ”

When the thieves heard what Xiaofeng and the three of them said, they didn't know what they meant for a while, and the leader held a bright machete in his hand, and shouted viciously to Xiaofeng: "Master asked you, what kind of cargo is on the ship?" If you know each other, put down the ship and run away, but spare your life! ”

Xiao Feng said to the leader: "My ship is loaded with hundreds of catties of gold and silk, but do you know if you have the ability to take it?" ”

When the thieves heard the uproar, they still didn't believe it, so Xiao Feng ordered Qin Ying to take out a box from the cabin, open the box for the thieves to see, and the thieves saw from a distance that the box was full of glittering gold, silver, cloth and other things, so they believed it. They were overjoyed and coveted, thinking that this was a big deal that was rare in a century. After this vote, you can wash your hands in the golden basin.

Xiaofeng said to the group of thieves: "It's not difficult for you to come and get my gold and silver, but it depends on your ability?" I am here to fight against you. Are you waiting for a swarm of swarms, or a wheel war? ”

When the thieves heard Xiaofeng's words, they were all very surprised, and the leader was also secretly puzzled in his heart, but seeing that Xiaofeng only had three people on the shore, and he had more than ten people, were he still afraid that the enemy would not succeed?

The leader saw that Xiaofeng's stature was only medium, and he was not majestic and mighty, so he laughed and said, "If my brothers don't do this for a living, they will have no food and clothing." Since you are so outspoken, then you can't blame me for waiting. Master will come to take your head first, and you will eat me first! ”

So he ordered the two of them to come and make fun of the head of the peak, and Xiaofeng was about to draw his sword to fight, but Ding Hu stopped: "Wait!" These two are left to Ding! Then he grabbed in front of Xiaofeng, drew his knife to meet the two, the two thieves each raised their machetes, and slashed at Ding Hu's head, Ding Hu was not afraid, while making the knife block, while dodging sideways, taking advantage of a sweeping leg, sweeping towards the two thieves, one thief stood unsteadily, and fell backwards. The other thief was still in shock, Ding Hu turned over and jumped up, and slashed again and again, the thief hurriedly raised his knife to meet him, but he was defeated by Ding Hu, the block was not effective, and he was cut in the left shoulder, Ding Hu withdrew the knife, and the man's shoulder was bleeding.

The thief who fell backwards was shocked when he saw it, and he didn't dare to come to meet Ding Hu.

When the leader saw this, he was taken aback, and he couldn't help but be furious, so he raised his machete and shouted: "Go up together, and cut these three horsemen into meat puree!" ”

The group of thieves rushed up, each with a knife, a gun and a stick, surrounded the three of them to attack and kill, and the three of them were not afraid, and formed a corner posture, back-to-back to meet the enemy.

These bandits' martial arts are all commonplace, and when they saw the formation of the three of Xiaofeng, they didn't dare to step forward for a while. Seeing this, the leader was furious, so he took a machete in his hand and went straight to make fun of the head of the peak.

Xiao Feng stared still, and when he saw that the leader was only a few steps away from him and the machete was about to be cut down, the Zhan Lu sword in his hand suddenly swung out, only to see the light shining brightly, and all the thieves were shocked. Zhan Lu's sword sharpened iron like clay, cutting the machete in the leader's hand in half, Jin Ge struck each other, and the sound of the dragon and the tiger roared shook the valley. Zhan Lu Bao's sword is sharp, killing people without blood, Xiaofeng has another sword, lightning is not enough to cover his ears, is cutting the leader's neck, the leader's hand knife is broken into two, is in shock, the neck is hit by another sword, as if the frost slashed, when touched with the hand, it has been bleeding.

Xiao Feng put away his sword, there was no blood on the blade, and then inserted it into the scabbard, and the leader fell to the ground in response.

When the thieves saw that the leader was killed in an instant, they were all panicked, and Mo Fei held his sword and shouted: "There are still those who dare to go to the former, take this person as an example!" ”

The thieves were afraid, so they retreated, Ding Hu ran out, grabbed one person in his hand, and said to the group of thieves: "You wait for these thieves, you are really impatient, dare to cut the path to rob the heroes of Liangzhou!" ”

The thieves were all scared and said: "How dare we rob the heroes of Liangzhou!" It's just for the king's strong life, don't dare to disobey! ”

Ding Hu asked, "Who is the king?" ”

The thieves said, "That's what lies on the ground." ”

Seeing this, Xiaofeng said: "I am Xu Xiaofeng, a hero of Liangzhou, and now you are rude and offended, so you will take this trouble yourself." In the Hanshui area, when I heard my name, I saluted it. When you want to rob the goods, you will not inquire into who your master is. I have been through the Han River for more than ten years, and no one has dared to do this. ”

When all the thieves heard the name of Xiaofeng, they were all shocked, so they all dropped their weapons and knelt down to worship: "I don't know Xu Haojie's true body, so that's it." If he knew that it was Xu Haojie, he would borrow 10,000 guts from the villain, and he would not dare to do so. ”

Xiaofeng said: "I also know that most of you and others are poor mountain people, and you have to be forced to do this. Since the first evil is killed, I can spare you and others. But if you need to abandon evil and follow good in the future, such as gathering in the mountains and forests again, blocking the road and robbing, I will order Liangzhou Haojie to destroy you! and took the corpse of the leader, and dispersed. ”

All the thieves were submissive, thanking them for not killing, and expressing their willingness to obey. Xiaofeng thought about it, most of these thieves are poor mountain people, who lost their lives to thieves for food and clothing, and now once they disperse, they have no money, how can they survive? Then he said to the group of thieves, "You waited and took care of the king's corpse." Help me tug the boat, and after crossing the more than ten rapids, each person has a reward of 2,000 yuan. ”

The thieves were not very happy when they heard it, it turned out that this group of thieves was really poor, and they wandered in all directions in the mountains on weekdays, and took the temple on the mountain to settle down, hunting foxes, rabbits and mountain pigs, but they still could not maintain food and clothing, so they cut the path and robbed. When you are lucky, you can grab your belongings and eat for a period of time, and you will not be hungry on weekdays. Seeing Xiaofeng reward each other with 2,000 yuan per person, he was naturally happy.

These two thousand wen money is the ant-nose money of the Chu State, and it is enough for one person to pay for food and clothing for a month. Xiaofeng's move is also to appease everyone, and it will also be useful in the future.

So these more than ten people buried the leader's body, and the person whose shoulder was cut by Ding Hu wrapped the wound with a cloth, and Xiaofeng gave this person an extra thousand Wen, and asked one of them to take him to find Lang Zhong to treat his wounds.

The remaining ten people helped Xiaofeng tug, so Xiaofeng and the others did not have much effort, and in less than two hours, they crossed the river surface of the rapids and rapids for more than ten miles.