In Yangzhou, Jiangnan Province, there is no one else who can open the way with the flag, except for Liu Sheng and Liu Jingsi, who are praised as "the Liu family has a son, Yushu Lanzhi". As a young general of the Great Chu Dynasty, the champion Hou Liu Sheng was deeply favored. Not only was he named a general at a young age, but he also became the right envoy of Jiangnan Province with heavy troops when he rewarded the heroes of the founding of the Great Chu State.

In March of the sixth year of Yuanxing, Emperor Taizong drove Bintian. Liu Sheng was summoned by the holy decree to go to the capital Chang'an to attend the funeral of the first emperor. And this time, he stayed in Chang'an for more than three months, and only today did he arrive in Yangzhou.

"Big brother, what do you say He Rong is? If it weren't for the Lao Tzu who was the secretary of the ministry, how could it be his turn to do the position of Ying Tianchangshi? How dare he speak to you like that? ”

Under the flag, two horses of the gods stepped lightly on the hooves of the horses, strolling leisurely and slowly. The horse on the left is all jet-black, like black satin, shiny and shiny, only the four hooves are white like snow; The one on the right is the opposite, not to mention the snow white, the body is even more majestic and powerful, and the posture is **.

However, compared to the slow and leisurely nature of the black horse, the owner of the divine horse seemed a little angry.

"If you want me to say, it's still big brother, you are too tolerant. If it were my little brother, I would have copied the guy and stabbed the smiling flesh a long time ago. "The owner of the black steed was tall, dressed in dark armor, and had two eight-edged silver hammers hanging from his legs. If you only look at the figure, you will be radiant. But if you look at its face again, a scar like a centipede attached to its face runs from the left forehead to the right ear, which is terrifying. And he is the sworn brother of champion Hou Liu Sheng, Zhou Jing and Zhou Huanjun.

"Second brother, do you know why I can become the right envoy of Jiangnan Province, but you are just a small ranger general?" Liu Sheng, who was riding a jade unicorn in the night, was also wearing dark armor, and the Chongquan gun, one of the top ten famous guns, was attached to his back, and at this moment he smiled and said to Zhou Jing: "Second brother, officialdom is not as good as you and me, some people are sophisticated, and you still have to pay attention." ”

"For the sake of a broken official, I was angry with that bird. I don't want to! Zhou Jing didn't care, "If you want me to say, I still resigned from this bird official and became a mountain king, drinking wine in a big bowl, eating meat in a big bowl, and being more at ease." ”

"Second brother, what do you want me to say about you?" Liu Sheng looked like he hated iron but not steel, "After so many battles, you still want to go back to your ravine and drink the northwest wind?" If I had known that, I shouldn't have brought you out! ”

"If you don't take me out, I can go into battle and kill the enemy!" Zhou Jingyi waved his horsewhip, "It's too slow to go like this, big brother, I'll go ahead to explore the road first!" ”

Looking at Zhou Jing's impatient back as he left, Liu Sheng couldn't help but shake his head.

"Master Hou, I heard that there are tigers around here, now is the time for them to hunt, will it be dangerous for the second master to do this?" Liu Sheng's personal guard captain Fang Yang came over and said.

"Are you looking down on my second brother?" Liu Sheng said with a smile, "Are there fewer tigers that died in his hands?" ”

"Yes, it's a subordinate ......." Before Fang Yang could finish speaking, he heard a miserable tiger roar from the mountains and forests in front of him. "Jiande, you crow's mouth!" The smile on Liu Sheng's face was even stronger, "Come on, go to the front and see if there are big insects." ”

"The subordinates just want a tiger skin."

"Then let the second brother help you, he is an expert in tiger skinning."

Watching Fang Yang lead people forward, Liu Sheng also urged the convoy to speed up.

On a slightly wider mountain path, a group of soldiers surrounded a group. Liu Sheng, who arrived on horseback, was a little curious when he saw this scene, so he asked, "What's the matter?" "When the onlookers saw that it was Liu Sheng, they immediately separated from each other." Big brother, you better come and see it yourself! Zhou Jing in the circle shouted loudly.

Liu Sheng walked to Zhou Jing's side, and before he had time to squat down to check, Zhou Jing pointed to a deep wound on the tiger's neck and said, "This wound caused the tiger's death, I just took a look." The one who can make such a deep wound is either a weapon that blows off his hair, or the person who killed the tiger is a natural divine power. ”

Zhou Jing pointed to several wounds on the tiger's back where the blood had not completely coagulated and continued: "These few places of blood are very fresh, indicating that the wounds have not appeared for a long time. Looks like it should have been cut just now. ”

Liu Sheng followed the direction pointed by Zhou Jing and looked at the injuries on the tiger's body. Although the tiger's current appearance is very miserable, and its huge body is full of wounds, as Zhou Jing said, the fatal wound that killed the tiger was indeed a deep wound on the neck.

Liu Sheng was a little puzzled, "Second brother, what do you mean?" ”

"Big brother, you rarely hunt tigers, so it's not clear. When I was still the king of the mountain, I often went with my minions to kill tigers. But even if I bring a lot of people, I won't kill the tiger face-to-face, but make traps by drugged. ”

Liu Sheng somewhat understood, "Are you saying that this tiger was directly faced by a person, and then hacked to death?" ”

"If there is only this wound on the neck, then it is better to say, it may be drugged and fainted, and then hacked to death. But now the tiger has so many wounds on its body, it must have been killed when the tiger woke up. Zhou Jing had some admiration in his eyes, "Big brother, you often say that I am reckless." Now in front of this tiger killer, my recklessness is nothing. ”

"Did you spot anyone around here?" Liu Sheng asked the soldiers around him. The surrounding soldiers shook their heads.

"Look for it now, this tiger carcass is here, which means that the person should be around here. It is possible to be injured, it is possible to hide, anyway, find this person for me. I'm going to see who can kill a tiger head-on. As soon as Zhou Jing finished speaking, his nose seemed to smell something, and he inhaled it a few times. Zhou Jing crouched down again, and then examined the tiger's corpse.

"What did you find?" Liu Sheng is not interested in who can kill the tiger head-on. However, the second brother wants to know. Then he'll take a look at it by the way.

After finding what he wanted from the tiger's mouth, a smile appeared on the corner of Zhou Jing's mouth. After putting the shredded meat found from the tiger's mouth in front of his nose and sniffing it, Zhou Jing said to Liu Sheng: "I was almost covered by the smell of blood, but I didn't find this." ”

"Second brother, what are you doing with this shredded meat?"

"Big brother, you don't know anything." Zhou Jing put shredded meat in front of Liu Sheng's nose, "Big brother, what did you smell?" ”

"There is a peculiar smell, a bit like the incense lit in the incense hall." Liu Sheng said after taking a few careful breaths.

"That's right, that's it." Zhou Jing smiled, "Big brother, you also know." I used to be the king of the mountain, and I often had to cut the path, and this sweat medicine is a must-have medicine. I just smelled it, and the meat eaten by this tiger smelled of the herbs used to make sweat medicine. ”

"If a tiger eats meat with sweat medicine and is killed in a coma. Second brother, isn't this normal? ”

"Here's the problem." Zhou Jing sniffed the shredded meat in his hand again, "Big brother, this meat should not be directly marinated with sweat medicine, but with mountain eggplant, which is what you call a mandala." Seeing that Liu Sheng didn't understand, Zhou Jing explained.

"Although this mountain eggplant can make people unconscious, it can also make people irritable sometimes. So you need to neutralize it with another herb. It seems that the person who killed the tiger only knows a little bit of medicinal herbs. ”

"Second brother, Shibei has been impressed for three days, it seems that you have really read some books, and even the mandala knows!" Liu Sheng said with a smile: "When you say this, I also want to see the person who killed the tiger now." ”

Just when Liu Sheng and Zhou Jing were talking about what kind of person this person who had drugged and killed the tiger would be, the soldiers who had been excluded from searching had returned.

"Master Hou, Second Master. We found the man. Fang Yang walked up to Liu Sheng and saluted.

"Oh. Take us to see it! ”

Under the leadership of Fang Yang, Liu Sheng and Zhou Jing walked to the place where Zhao Tian and Zhang Xiao hunted tigers before. At this moment, Zhao Tian was gone, and Zhang Xiao was lying on the ground covered in blood, not knowing life or death.

Looking at Zhang Xiao, who was covered in blood and unconscious, Liu Sheng thought about Fang Yang and asked, "Is that him?" A child? ”

"Back to Master Hou, we searched all over the area. Only he was found, and these crossbow arrows. Fang Yang took the crossbow arrow from the soldier's hand and handed it to Liu Sheng.

After Liu Sheng glanced at the crossbow arrow, he nodded slightly, and then said to Zhou Jing, who had already squatted down to check Zhang Xiao's situation: "Second brother, if it was really this young man who killed the tiger." That's definitely a buildable, is he still alive? ”

"Well, alive." After Zhou Jingzai carefully checked Zhang Xiao a few times, he said to Liu Sheng: "Big brother, feed him a blood spirit pill!" ”

"You're willing to do it." Liu Sheng smiled, and then motioned for Fang Yang to go and get a blood spirit pill.

"Now that this man has been found, let's go back. It's going to be dark this day, and if you don't hurry up, you won't be able to get to Yangzhou City before dark. Liu Sheng said, turned around and prepared to leave.

"Master Hou! We caught one! At this moment, two soldiers approached with a teenager in tow.

"Huh?" Liu Sheng and Zhou Jing turned to look at the young man. The young man who was escorted by the soldiers looked cowering, but his eyes involuntarily looked at Zhang Xiao who was lying on the ground.

"Who are you?" Zhou Jing noticed the young man's eyes and asked.

"I ...... I'm a friend of that guy, called ...... Zhao ...... Zhao Tian. Zhao Tian replied.

"Then why are you here?"

Being asked by Zhou Jing like this, Zhao Tian seemed even more frightened, and opened his mouth but didn't say a word.

"Say!" Zhou Jing shouted angrily.

"I beg the official lord not to kill me, I didn't mean to? Please! Being drunk by Zhou Jing like this, Zhao Tian was suddenly so frightened that he fell to his knees, snorting his head and begging.

"Oh?" Liu Sheng took a step forward and helped Zhao Tian up, "Why do you think we're going to kill you?" ”

"Because he wanted to kill the boy lying on the ground." Before Zhao Tian could speak, Zhou Jing answered for Zhao Tian.

"Big brother, I just said that this mandala will make people irritable after being eaten, so it needs other herbs to neutralize it. But this irritability only appears after the person is awakened, and just now Jiande said that there are a lot of crossbow machines here. Big brother, if you hunt a tiger, will you make the tiger unconscious, and then wake it up with a crossbow arrow, and then slash it with a machete? ”

When Zhou Jing said this, Liu Sheng also understood, and turned his head to look at Zhao Tian. Liu Sheng asked, "So, you shot those crossbow arrows?" ”

"Big man, I really don't want to kill Zhang Xiao. I'm just ......" Zhao Tian wanted to say something, but after seeing Zhang Xiao lying on the ground, he didn't say anything more.

"You guys went up the mountain to fight tigers together?" Liu Sheng asked.

"Yes."

Zhou Jing snorted coldly, "As the saying goes, fight the tiger and kiss the brothers." At this point, it is killing my own brother! ”

"In that case, then take him into custody, and when he arrives in Yangzhou, hand him over to Lord Tian for disposal."

Hearing Liu Sheng's words, Zhao Tian couldn't hold on any longer, and fell directly to the ground in a coma.

After dealing with this little episode, the convoy continued to move towards Yangzhou. Liu Sheng and Zhou Jing walked together.

"Second brother, do you know the benefits of reading now?" Liu Sheng said with a smile: "If it is peaceful today, what you need is a scholar." Sooner or later, those like us who came from the ranks will be eliminated. ”

"I don't want to read my brain to death like He Rong. Big brother, didn't you just kill some people and build a few Jingguan? They're still holding on! Zhou Jing was still angry about what happened in Yingtian County.

"Second brother, I didn't say you, why should you take that little thing to heart? If people can say that they can say death? So what needs to be done. It's time for you to put your temper away. Now they are in their twenties, and they still haven't got married. There are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is great. You say how you face your dead daddy. ”

"Big brother, you ......"

"Well, know that your heart belongs. It's just that this makes everyone in Yangzhou City think about it day and night. Although he was joking, Liu Sheng was a little gloomy in his heart. The second brother's thoughts are known to passers-by. If it was before, he might have matched his second brother and sister, but after that trip to Qingcheng Mountain, Liu Sheng understood that the second brother and his sister could only have no fate.

The sunset of the streams and mountains is scattered brightly, and the look of the surrounding scenery is a little lonely

"Second brother, how is the matter in Mujiazhai?" Liu Sheng, who knew that he shouldn't talk about this topic, quickly changed the topic.

"It's going well, and the old man Mu Yun has already replied to me. As long as the court shows sincerity, then he is willing to recruit peace. ”

"So smooth?" Liu Sheng frowned slightly, Mu Yun agreed to Zhao'an so quickly, it was a little unexpected.

"Maybe I'm old and don't have the mental strength anymore, so I want to find an official position for future generations. The old man asked for several officials. Zhou Jing said a little vaguely.

"It's better to be careful. After all, Mu Yun was a general of the previous dynasty, and the people under him had always been reluctant to recruit An, and he had close contacts with the Han army in Datongshan. Second brother, you still need to be more careful during this trip to Guanyun Mountain. Liu Sheng said with some concern.

"Big brother, don't worry, forgive him Mu Yun Lao'er doesn't dare to do anything!"

It has been ten years since the Great Chu unified the world, but there are still many loyal ministers and righteous men who are loyal to the Han Dynasty in the land of Kyushu.

It is also strange to say that although he held high the anti-flag and did not want to return to Dachu, the Mu family village led by Mu Yun did not go out to plunder, but cowered on Guanyun Mountain. This also gave Yangzhou Assassin the idea of recruiting An. It's just that he didn't expect that when he sent someone to Zhao'an, Na Mu Yun not only scolded the messenger to the blood, but also almost shot him.

Later, the Yangzhou assassin who took office changed his strategy, focusing on recruiting An, supplemented by threats, so that Mu Yun knew the difficulty and surrendered. It's just that this solution didn't work out in the end. Mujiazhai still stands in the depths of the dense forest of Guanyun Mountain.

Before taking office as the envoy of Jiangnan Province, Liu Sheng also deduced how to capture Mujiazhai, but found that with the topography of Guanyun Mountain, it was really difficult to take it without paying a big price.

It's just that what I didn't expect was that on the second day of his inauguration, Mujiazhai gave a big gift. As long as the imperial court agrees to the conditions proposed by Mu Yun, then Zhao'an will not be a problem.

Compared with the previous oil and salt inadequacy, this is already a great improvement. Therefore, after getting the letter from Mujiazhai, Liu Sheng sent Houfu Zhan Shi to negotiate as soon as possible. It's just that before he had time to talk about a result, the first emperor was in charge of Bintian. So the matter was delayed.

Now back in Yangzhou, Liu Sheng is determined to put an end to the matter. It's just inexplicable, but Liu Sheng's heart is a little uneasy.

"I hope it ends well!"