Pingzhou City and Rong County are separated by hundreds of miles, according to the normal itinerary, it is only two days, but when it comes in order to hurry, it is non-stop, it only took one day, and now there is no urgency to return home, so Zhang Xiang's convoy also stops and stops all the way, enjoying the flowers and scenery and enjoying the spring moon, and the time of one day is only half of the journey.

After getting along with Zhang Xiang and the slave in the carriage for a day, Shu Ziying, the girl, also let go a lot and was willing to take the initiative to talk to them.

It's just that maybe with the consciousness of people under the eaves, she often has some inferiority complexes, and she is also worried when she speaks, for fear of saying the wrong thing.

In this regard, Zhang Xiang is not in a hurry, it takes time to get familiar with a new environment and a new way of life.

This girl is not pampered, for her, the ability to adapt is very strong, after returning to Pingzhou, it will not take many days, she should be able to integrate into the big family of the horse mansion soon.

In the evening, the carriage drove into a wood, and Zhang Xiang asked the convoy to stop and rest.

Li Yanzhi asked the two family members to go forward and explore the road first.

The slave also pulled Shu Ziying around and took a walk.

The climate in the late spring is very cool, and the humidity in the forest is heavy, so you don't feel the slightest heat.

After a while, Li Yanzhi walked over: "Donkey, after this forest, it is a flat wilderness, and there are no people living nearby, so I'm afraid we will have to rest in this forest for one night tonight." ”

Zhang Xiang nodded: "Let the family members go around to find some firewood, and we will rest here tonight!" ”

Li Yanzhi smiled again and said: "There is a river over there, I will take a few people to catch some fish and add food, just eating these dry food is not good." ”

"Go ahead!" Zhang Xiang waved his hand.

After sitting and blowing the cool breeze for a while, Zhang Xiang also got up and walked towards Nu and Shu Ziying not far away.

……

As night fell, several horses galloped wildly on the narrow official road, extremely fast, and kicked up dust all the way.

"Brother Tao, can we still catch up?" On a horse, a burly young man with a large knife hanging from his horse's belly asked the person next to him.

Tao Lin, who had a slightly gloomy look on his face, said in a deep voice: "This Zhang Mingheng is in a carriage, and the road conditions are not easy to walk, from Rong County to Pingzhou City, with the speed of their carriage, it will take at least two hours, even if they left Rong County last evening, now they have traveled at most half the distance, we are non-stop, we should be able to intercept them before they return to Pingzhou City." ”

"That damn Dugu Liuying, if he hadn't poisoned us at the Tongfu Inn, this Zhang Mingheng would have been killed by us a long time ago."

"Hmph, I'm not going to give up on this matter."

"Yes, this Dugu Liuying deceived people too much, putting so many of us in the rivers and lakes together, if this matter spreads, it will be a shame."

"Don't worry, it's good to spread this matter, the Dugu family has always been led by morality in the rivers and lakes, this time we were poisoned, it has already offended so many of us in the rivers and lakes, once this matter spreads, the Dugu family will lose face, if Dugu does not punish Dugu Liuying, his position as the leader of the southern martial arts will be greatly reduced."

"When this matter is over, I have to go to the Dugu family to settle this account."

"By the way, Brother Tao, we are chasing like this, and I don't know which way they go?"

"This road is a necessary official road back to Pingzhou, which way can they go if they don't take this one?"

"But even if he catches up, there is still a Yuan Shen by his side, can the seven of us deal with it?"

"Brother Hao, are you afraid?"

"Hahaha, what am I afraid of, I have long wanted to understand the power of this Flying Frost Divine Sword, but that Yuan Shen is indeed notorious, we must ensure that nothing goes wrong, in case of failure, we will not have a good time in the future, after all, he is a concubine, intercepting and killing the imperial court, this crime is not so easy to bear."

"No matter how strong this Yuan Shen is, at most he will be able to block the four of you, I will join forces with Li Dakui to deal with Zhang Xiang, as long as I kill him, I can retreat, if this Yuan Shen can't kill him, it's okay, he is a demon cult, and it is impossible to go to the court We killed Zhang Mingheng." As for the others, there is nothing to be afraid of, the Hu Rong brothers are secretly helping us to release dark arrows, and this time Zhang Mingheng and his party will not be able to return to Pingzhou. ”

"It's so good, Lao Tzu still thinks that if he can kill this Yuan Shen, his reputation will be much louder than killing Zhang Xiang."

"This Yuan Shen is strong in martial arts, if he is desperate, the chances of our people killing him are very small, so remember, the only target this time is Zhang Mingheng, as long as you kill him, don't fall in love, Yuan Shen, just drag him down."

……

The night was slightly cool, the bright moon was gradually covered by the dark clouds drifting in, and a bonfire rose in the dark forest, and the smell of grilled fish came to the face with the rising white smoke.

Zhang Xiang and his entourage sat around the bonfire, eating this simple dinner, and Zhang Xiang also asked the family to take out the wine jug and drink it with them.

Shu Ziying, the girl, seemed to feel sleepy after eating odds, so the slave took her back to the carriage to rest.

Li Yanzhi picked up a freshly grilled fish and walked to the two guards standing guard not far away.

"Horses, I always feel that this forest is a little weird, especially the darker it is, the stronger this feeling is."

"Hahaha, how dare you be?"

"It's not my guts, it's true, don't you notice? I always feel as if a pair of eyes are on us? ”

"Don't be blind, I've drunk too much and want to release water!"

"Cowards, let's be a group of big men, the yang energy is vigorous, even if the ghost is coming, you have to retreat."

"Yes, yes, when I listen to my mother, this ghost is most afraid of the boy's pee, I just hold my stomach, let it see it when I come."

"How far can your bird pee?"

"Hu Yuan, do you dare to compare the two of us?"

"It's better than that, who's afraid of whom...!"

…… Listening to the laughter and scolding and joking words of these family members, Zhang Xiang had a black line in his head, this is getting more and more outrageous, there are two girls in the carriage in the distance!

He hurriedly coughed twice: "You guys can take it easy, don't make noise and rest." ”

The colt spoke, and these family members reacted.

They all often follow Zhang Xiang to do things, under the influence of Zhang Xiang, their temperament is naturally different from other families, let go a lot, in the past Zhang Xiang with them, will often joke, or some yellow jokes, they learn quickly, after drinking some wine, this tone is the same as Zhang Xiang.

One of the family members lowered his voice and said, "There is no measure in words, if the slave girl hears it, she will have to teach us a lesson again." ”

Seeing that these family members instantly became restrained, Zhang Xiang waved his hand ha: "It's okay, everyone is good to make a little noise, this night is dark and windy, don't speak, it's uncomfortable to hold back." ”

"The horses are all silent, when you drink, don't be like a starving ghost, 'coo', can you be gentle."

"I don't know a few big words, what is Sven?"

"Hahaha..."

Seeing that everyone was laughing at him, the family Ding blushed: "The horse is here, if you don't understand, just ask!" ”

"I don't like Sven either, usually in front of those stinky scholars, I just pretend to show them, this big man, he should be bold and reckless." Zhang Xiang laughed.

Here, a harmonious atmosphere of laughter echoed, and over there, Li Yanzhi also said to the two brothers surnamed Shi who were biting the fish: "After we rest, you will guard in the first half of the night, and I will get up in the second half of the night to change the two of you." ”

Shi Ming shook his head: "Mr. Li, our two brothers are energetic, there is no need to rotate, you can rest in peace tonight." ”

Shi Guang also nodded in agreement.

Li Yanzhi shook his head: "That's not good, you are the only martial arts guard in our convoy, you have to travel a journey tomorrow, this night's rest is not good, you will be tired in vain, even if I am sleepy, you can't be sleepy, protecting the safety of the horse is your most important duty, you must ensure that you are energetic all the way." ”

"Mr. Lee..."

Shi Ming just wanted to speak, but his eyes swept over, he suddenly paused, threw away half of the fish in his hand, quickly pulled out the long knife on his waist, stared at the dark place in front of him and asked, "Who is it?" ”

Shi Ming's voice was loud, and the people who were talking to Zhang Xiang immediately closed their mouths and looked at each other.

That Shi Guang also reacted quickly after Shi Ming's voice and drew his long knife.

Li Yanzhi didn't know why, looked at the dark place, frowned and asked, "Is there anyone?" ”

The brother surnamed Shi didn't reply, still staring at the dark place, and then shouted: "Where are the night people hiding here?" Why sneaky? ”

Finally, the silhouette of a man came out of the darkness, and then under the flickering light of the campfire, the figure gradually became clear.

The man had disheveled hair, a full beard, eyes like brass bells, and a red tassel gun in his hand, with a broken bag hanging from the head.

His gloomy eyes quietly looked at the Shi brothers and Li Yanzhi who were staring at him, and then swept to Zhang Xiang, who was sitting by the bonfire not far away, and then raised his hand suddenly, the red tassel gun in his hand was inserted into the lin, and said calmly: "I want to see your horses." ”

"Who are you?" Shi Ming shouted, but when he saw the red tassel gun inserted in the ground, his heart also sank violently, the red tassel gun was at least seven inches into the ground, judging from his experience, this red tassel gun was at least seventy or eighty catties just because of the sound of the rough penetration into the ground and the power of the shock.

Being able to easily wave such a weapon to such an extent, this Rao's martial arts are far above their Shi brothers.

The two brothers glanced at each other, nodded slightly, and put on a posture ready to fight hard.

It's just that the gunman didn't attack, but clenched his fists with both hands: "In Xiajing, Nantanzhou, Lin Feihong." ”

Not far away, Zhang Xiang had slowly walked over, and when he got closer, he also saw the gunman clearly, he knew the gunman, and at the Jianghu gathering at the Tongfu Inn, he wrote down almost every appearance of Rao present.

It's just that this gunman was different from other Jianghu people who wanted to come out at that time, just sitting quietly in the corner alone, drinking alone, as if what happened at that time had nothing to do with him.

Zhang Xiang walked up to him, put up his hands, and narrowed his eyes slightly: "I know you, I saw you at the Tongfu Inn that night, what's wrong?" Dugu Liuying has detoxified you, and the speed is quite fast, so you can catch up with me so quickly. ”

"In Xia Lin Feihong." Lin Feihong said again, and seemed unwilling to say more.

Speaking of that night, Li Yanzhi had already reacted, his face was instantly shocked, and he blocked in front of Zhang Xiang: "What do you want to do?" ”

Zhang Xiang pressed his hand down, then pulled him back slightly, and smiled at him: "In other words, don't be nervous, if he came to kill me, you would have died a long time ago." ”

Over, Zhang Xiang stepped forward and said with interest: "Right?" Since you're not here to kill me, what do you want to do when you catch up with me? ”

"I want to follow you." Lin Feihong got straight to the point.

His directness made Zhang Xiang stunned for a moment: "Follow me?" ”

Lin Feihong continued: "I want to follow you to beg for food and have a stable place to live." ”

"I don't understand what you mean?" The vigilance in Zhang Xiang's heart was raised instantly, and Lin Feihong's words were indeed inexplicable.

Lin Feihong said again: "I have killed people in Tanzhou, I was wanted by the government, I have been on the run in Jingnan, Jiangnan West Road for more than a year, I don't want to live this kind of life again, originally I planned to go north to Penghu Eighteen Villages, and I learned about the 'thief killing order' on the way, so I went to Rong County, but I have changed my mind now and want to follow you." ”

"Wanted?" Zhang Xiang said interestingly: "You are honest, aren't you afraid that I will arrest you?" ”

Lin Feihong was unmoved: "The local evil drama girl, I taught me a lesson, my parents asked me to go out to hide for a while, but after I came back, they killed my parents, so I killed their family, I saw you copy the Shi family in Rong County, I think you are not bad." ”

"So, you're still a big hero for the people?" Zhang Xiang raised his eyebrows and instantly admired him.

Lin Feihong was still simple and direct: "Then you agreed?" ”

Zhang Xiang shook his head: "Look, what can you do if you follow me?" ”

Lin Feihong pointed to Shi Ming and Shi Guang beside him: "Like them, protect you, you have a grudge against many people in the rivers and lakes, if I follow you, you are safer, the two around you are not their opponents." ”

These words made Shi Ming and Shi Guang's faces blue for a while, and white for a while.

Zhang Xiang also agreed: "Yes, they are indeed not those Jianghu Rao opponents, they are just the guards in my house, the person who really protects me is Yuan Shen, but I have him, why do I need you?" ”

Lin Feihong was also stunned by the question, thought for a while, but still said: "One more me, you can have one more guarantee, Yuan Shen's two fists are also difficult to defeat the four hands, if there is no Dugu Liuying in Tongfu Inn, you also know, you are more than auspicious with him, and what kind of person is Yuan Shen, you know better than me, he can only be in the dark, not in the light, otherwise why is he not here?" I can be in the light. ”

Lin Feihong's words made Zhang Xiang very surprised, and slowly sank down, he didn't expect this Lin Feihong to be quite smart.

Lin Feihong is right, this is also a problem he has faced so far, Yuan Shen is a person from the Snow God Sect, he can't protect him in the open, he is often in the dark, and he can't shoot in time at any time, such as this Tongfu Inn, Yuan Shen also appeared early to be safe and sound, if there is a close hand on the bright side to protect him, he can avoid a lot of worries.

Moreover, after the Tongfu Inn, now Yuan Shen's identity has been exposed, and soon, the rivers and lakes will know that there are people from the Snow God Sect around him, the Snow God Sect is regarded as a demon sect on the rivers and lakes, he is already regarded as the son of a traitor, and now he has an affair with the Snow God Sect, the people on the rivers and lakes will only hate him more, and his situation will only be more dangerous in the future.

The most important thing is that once this matter spreads in the rivers and lakes, it will definitely not be able to hide the power in the court that wants to kill him, Qin Elegy and Yuan Shen came from Mobei at the beginning, and they did everything possible to avoid this force, once this force knew that Yuan Shen and Qin Elegy had come to him, they wanted to kill him even more.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xiang felt that it was really a good idea to accept this Lin Feihong by his side.

It's just that Lin Feihong's always gloomy expression makes him a little uncertain, I don't know if it's true or false, if it's fake to approach him, then I don't know how he died.

Moreover, he didn't know what Lin Feihong's strength was, so he still had to test it first.

After thinking about it, Zhang Xiang clapped his hands, and a black shadow suddenly swept out of the darkness......