The northern night is the freshest and most beautiful time. The sky seemed to have been washed, without a trace of clouds, high and far away. A round moon, climbing out of the mountain beam in the east, is like a big lantern, illuminating the lakeside place, casting the shadows of branches and young grass on the surface of the lake, and the flowers are dotted. Guan Yan lay quietly in the tent, but his head stuck out of the tent and looked up at the stars. Such a day, such water, such an air, will never exist in the Hereafter. Guan Yan took a deep breath and enjoyed this peace and ease.

"There are thieves!" A long howl tore through the silence of the long night. There was a commotion outside the tent, Guan Yan turned over and walked out of the tent, and Zhou Cang was also hurriedly walking out of the tent. Guan Yan asked, "General Zhou, what happened?" Zhou Cang pointed to the official camp and replied: "It seems that something happened to them." ”

I saw a big man in black who had been sandwiched between more than 40 officers and soldiers, and under the dark night, the big man's appearance was not clear. I saw that he was holding a large sword in his right hand, and in his left hand he was supporting the prisoner escorted by the official. Cai Zhe hid behind the two officers and soldiers and said loudly: "Wu Na thief, if you are captured, I can keep your whole body." The big man in black snorted coldly, kept silent, and just looked at the officers and soldiers around him with vigilant eyes. There were two officers and soldiers who wanted to sneak attack from behind, and the black-clothed man roared, turned his body and slashed the big knife, the knife was fierce, and they all cut off their necks, and a bloody cavity sprayed the big man's body. Seeing this, the rest of the officers and men looked at each other in fear and did not dare to approach.

The two sides were at a stalemate for a while, and the prisoner who was holding the big man spoke breathlessly: "My son Xuangao, his father is old, and if he dies, he will die. Drag me down and get away quickly. Hearing this, Guan Yanxin said: It turned out that his son came to save Lao Tzu, but he was also filial. Xuan Gao? It's kind of familiar.

Just as Guan Yan was thinking, the big man roared and waved his knife from top to bottom to "split Huashan" to split an officer and soldier in front of him in half, and said loudly: "My father has raised his son for eighteen years, and his son is not lacking in filial piety. Now my father is harmed by corrupt officials, and my son should give up his seven-foot body to keep his father safe! With that, he cut off the old man's locks with a knife, and slowly retreated back to protect the old man.

This time, none of the officers and soldiers dared to approach within ten steps of the Han Dynasty, and Li Xin saw this situation and said loudly: "If you are a prisoner and escape, how can you explain to the Taishou when you return to the city?" Have you forgotten the means of guarding too much?! "It seems that this Taishou is a ruthless person, and all the officials were really threatened by this sentence, and they gritted their teeth and went to Dahan*.

But this big man is strong in martial arts, Li Xin's psychological side is still bottomless, he squinted his eyes and was ready to think of some strategy to subdue this man.

Inadvertently, Li Xin aimed at Guan Yan's people who were standing not far away, Li Xin's eyes turned to Guan Yan and said: "That son, the thieves are in trouble today, and the son is also a person from Yanzhou. Li Xin's words can be described as carrots and sticks, reminding Guan Yan that you are from Yanzhou, but we are the official messenger of Taishan County, Yanzhou, and we are the head snake. He also promised Guan Yan that if he helped, Lord Taishou would reward you.

Guan Yan thought about it in his heart and smiled slightly: "We are willing to help the adults!" Li Xin was overjoyed: "Okay! Please take this person down quickly! Guan Yan turned his head and whispered a few words to Zhou Cang. Zhou Cang seriously flashed a cold light, and said softly: "Childe, don't worry." At this time, all the Yellow Turban wrestlers were already standing aside to watch the excitement, and Zhou Cang turned around and yelled: "Sons and daughters copy guys!" ”

The Yellow Turban Lux is the most elite unit in the Yellow Turban Army, although he was inexplicably surprised by Zhou Cang's roar, but he didn't stop at hand, and he pulled out his blades and raised them to the night sky. Zhou Cang stepped forward and whispered softly, and only then did the yellow turban wrestlers have a sudden expression of realization on their faces, and a ruthless color appeared in their eyes. Then Zhou Cang yelled: "Brothers, kill~~" Fifty Yellow Turban Lux followed Zhou Cang and rushed towards the black-clothed man, to be precise, it seemed to rush towards the team of officials......

Zhou Cang and the others rushed and almost collided with the official team, and Li Xin still thought: Why are you in such a hurry? It's almost bumped, just go up and chop it directly.

Li Xin thought well, but it was not a man in black, but an official errand! Zhou Cang held the knife backwards, and threw it at Li Xin with a momentum, the long knife clamped with a tearing sound that broke the air, screamed and inserted into Li Xin's chest, until it didn't enter the hilt, the knife took Li Xin's body and flew back three or four steps Li Xinfang fell to the ground with a muffled sound, and all the officers and soldiers saw that this Li Xin was already dead.

Guan Yan looked at Li Xin's death method and thought: Zhou Cang has a lot of strength this week, and he is worthy of resisting the knife for Guan Erye. After Zhou Cang threw out the long knife, he didn't pause at all. He led the fifty yellow turban wrestlers into the flock and killed them from behind the officers and soldiers. This is a one-sided battle, and these local officials have no training at all, except for bullying on weekdays, and their combat effectiveness is very low. Coupled with the surprise attack of Zhou Cang's people from behind, in less than a pillar of incense, more than 40 officials were slaughtered.

Guan Yan looked at the corpses all over the ground, and felt very uncomfortable, not to pity these officials, but to kill people He had never seen such a thing, not to mention that the battle of cold weapons often killed people were fragmented and covered with blood. Guan Yanqiang resisted the urge to vomit and slowly walked in front of Zhou Cang and said, "General Zhou, if there is any living mouth under the inspection, you must ensure that no one is left!" "No!" Zhou Cang hugged his fists and took two yellow turban wrestlers to inspect.

At this time, Guan Yan observed the appearance of the man in black and the old man up close: the man in black was eight feet tall, with a wide body and broad shoulders. The dark face, sword eyebrows, and sparse beard on the chin indicate that the person is not very old.

Looking at the old man again, his dry face is seven or eight points similar to that of the big man, but there are more wrinkles on his face, more vicissitudes, and three long beards make the old man add a little Sven breath.

Guan Yan arched his hand at the old man: "Is Mr. Shang'an?" The old man trembled and replied, "Thank you Gongzi for your help, Xuan Gao, come and thank the benefactor." As he spoke, he pulled the big man to kneel. Guan Yan hurriedly held up the arms of the two: "Mr. killed me, I can't help it, I can't help it." ”

After a lot of waste, Guan Yan helped the two of them up, and Guan Yan asked the old man: "I heard these dog officials just now say that Mr. is a criminal official, I don't know who Mr. is?" ”

The old man sighed: "Childe is my life-saving benefactor, I should have nothing to hide." I am Zang Jie, Ren Hua County Prison Peng. Just because according to the law of the country, he refused to obey Taishan Taishou and killed people with selfish desires, and he was hated by Taishou. The day before yesterday, he ordered his lieutenants Cao Pengshi and Cai Zhe to come and detain me. And now here we are. ”

As he spoke, Zang Huan pointed at the big man and continued: "This is my eldest son Zang Ba, and the word is high. "Zang Ba?! Guan Yan was shocked: Taishan thief Zangba! If you remember correctly, Zang Ba first Tao Qian and then Cao*, during which Zang Ba also gathered some soldiers and horses to become the overlord of his own side. When he was under Cao *, he was very valued by Cao * and was treated very highly. Jiangdong Huchen Han Dang was also his defeated general.

Guan Yan was in a daze, which made Zang Ba, Zang Jie's father and son uncomfortable. Zang Jie asked in a low voice, "What's wrong with Childe?" Guan Yan was taken aback, and replied: "Ah~ this~ I am a high-ranking martial artist, and I am really a tiger general in the world!" Zang Jie was very useful when he heard this, and said proudly: "Xuangao has been famous for his bravery in the township since he was a child, and he is familiar with military books, and the old man is often proud of his son. With that, Zang Jie stroked his beard happily.

Guan Yan wanted to know where they went, so he asked carefully, "I don't know what Zang Gong wants?" When it came to his future plans, Zang Jie's expression immediately withered, and he sighed and said: "Now there are yellow scarves outside the court, and there are corrupt governments inside. I am old, and I would like to have a place to live for a long time. Zang Jie closed his eyes, indescribable vicissitudes and helplessness, wiped the corners of his eyes faintly filled with tears with his dry right hand, and then said: "The old decay only cherishes my son, but there is no place for his ability!" ”

Hearing this, Guan Yan's index finger moved, and he said tentatively: "If Zang Gong trusts, Xuan Gao can follow me." Although he has no talent, he can find an errand for Xuan Gao, and he will live up to his name of bravery! ”

"Oh?" Zang Jie was taken aback, his eyes were suddenly full of brilliance, he looked at Guan Yan and said: "Gongzi is the life-saving benefactor of my father and son, if my son follows Gongzi, he can not only find a good future, but also repay the grace of saving his life, and the old man can't ask for it!" Zang Jie pulled Zang Ba and said, "Wu'er quickly meet the lord." Zang Ba was very obedient, and he lifted his robe and was about to kneel.

Guan Yan pressed Zang Ba's shoulder, looked at Zang Jie expressionlessly and said, "Wait, Zang Gong doesn't ask me why?" Zang Jie looked Guan Yan up and down and said: "I look at the son's spirit, all the generals are powerful, presumably the son must be the queen of the wang family." ”

"I am Guan Yan, the young commander of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army!" Guan Yan stared at Zang Jie and said word by word.

In fact, Guan Yan really wants Zang Ba to stay by his side, but he must let him know who he is, otherwise lie to him now, and in the future, Zang Ba will know the truth if he is killed.

When Zang Jie heard this, he stood still, looking at Guan Yan with a complicated expression, and after a long time, Zang Jie sighed and said, "You are a thief, I am an official, and I should have arrested you." Zhou Cang was furious when he heard this: "You two are really ungrateful, and you want to take my young general?" First of all, ask me if I would like the sword in my hand! Then he drew his sword and slashed someone.

Zang Ba was also unequivocal, pulled out his knife to protect Zang Jie, and the comrade-in-arms just now became an enemy in a blink of an eye, Guan Yan turned around and pressed Zhou Cang's right hand and said loudly: "General Zhou, don't move, and listen to Zang Gong." Zhou Cang glared at Zang Jie, then looked at the firm expression on Guan Yan's face, snorted, put the knife into the sheath, and turned around to no longer look at Zang Jie's father and son.

Guan Yan arched his hand at Zang Jie and said, "Dare to ask Zang Gong what position he has?" Guan Yan had heard Zang Jie's self-introduction before, and he asked knowingly to remind Zang Jie: You yourself were framed by Shangguan and almost slaughtered, and you still said what kind of official you are? You're now a wanted person like me.

Sure enough, Guan Yan's words made Zang Jie's expression look very painful. "Hey~ I also know that it is difficult to protect myself now, and if there is chaos today, Taiping Dao has the potential to sweep the world. However, I Zang Jie is a big man, whether I am an official or a thief, I just want to have a clear conscience, and I will never allow the descendants of the Zang family to cause trouble to the Han in my lifetime! Although Zang Jie's words were strong, Guan Yan seemed to hear something from them.

Zang Jie glanced at Zang Ba deeply and said, "After I die, my son can come to the general to repay today's kindness." ”

Zang Ba was startled, and hurriedly knelt down and said, "Father has a long life, how can he talk about life and death lightly?" Zang Jie laughed: "Xuan Gao should know that life and death are determined." I have been suffering from this illness for more than ten years, and now I am suffering from this calamity, and my heart is exhausted! Guan Yan sighed and said, "Why is Zang Gong doing this? It's better to ......" Before he finished speaking, Zang Jie raised his dry palm and interrupted Guan Yan's words: "The general doesn't need to say much, life is saved by the general, if the general wants to stay, my father and son should be killed." If you want to see you again, I hope the general will order everyone to make a way. Guan Yan stared at Zang Jie, but the thin Zang Jie stared at Guan Yan without showing weakness.

Guan Yan was very entangled in his heart: This is the first general he has met in this world, but Zang Jie is so obsessed with his identity, although he said that he would let Zang Ba come to serve after his death, but how do I know if he lied to me. It's a pity to kill the two, for fear of missing the opportunity. Hey, I finally understood Cao Mengde's feelings towards Guan Yu back then. Guan Yan and Zang Jie just looked at each other. I don't know who started it, and the two of them laughed at the same time.

After a long time, the laughter gradually stopped, Guan Yan shook Zang Jie's deep shoulder, and said: "Zang Gong Gaojie, although we are Taiping Taoists, we also take loyalty as a precept. The public is unwilling to stay, and the Yanzi will not force it. After that, Guan Yan waved his hand, and all the yellow turban wrestlers standing around retreated behind Guan Yan, and Guan Yan stretched out his right hand and said, "Zang Gong, please take care of yourself." Zang Jie didn't speak, just hugged his fists towards Guan Yan, and then turned around with Zang Ba's support and slowly walked towards the official road. Guan Yan kept looking at the figures of the two until they gradually disappeared into the night......

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