After learning that the woman in red in front of him was actually the Miao Jiang witch who was feared by the people on the rivers and lakes, Zhang Xiang was also greatly surprised.

Qin Elegy said that Tie Jiang was a strange person, so his two apprentices, Dugu Liuying and Tang Yun, were also strange people.

And only weirdos will take weirdos as apprentices.

Tie Jiangli himself has excellent martial arts, one of the five top masters in the rivers and lakes, but he always likes to dress up as a beggar, if it weren't for the fact that there are no beggars here, he would have thought that this old man was an elder of the beggar gang nine bags.

Dugu Liuying was born in a martial arts family in Jianzhou, with a prominent identity in the rivers and lakes, known as a strange man in the rivers and lakes, the first beautiful man, but he is not a safe master, he likes to wander the rivers and lakes, but he was born in a martial arts family, but he does not like to practice martial arts, likes the gossip of the five elements, Qimen Dunjia and all kinds of poisons, antidotes.

Obviously, you can rely on your background and appearance to reach the pinnacle of life, but you have to rely on your own strength.

It was precisely after seeing Tie Jiangli and Dugu Liuying that Zhang Xiang felt that the Miao Jiang Witch might also be a terrifying master, and her appearance might be fierce and vicious, otherwise how could she be called a 'witch'!

Unexpectedly, it turned out to be such an interesting woman.

Not only is it not scary, but it is also a little cute.

Especially after being in contact with her for a while, she is simply a curious baby!

You have to fight with slaves.

Then, in the cave, both of them stared at each other with strange eyes.

After Tang Yun listened to his words, he paced around him with a few steps of interest: "In this way, you owe our master and apprentice a life for each of them." ”

Then she held out three fingers: "That's three." ”

Then he frowned: "Then how can you pay back your life?" ”

"And what do you want me to pay back?" Zhang Xiang asked her rhetorically.

She thought for a while: "Forget it, I haven't thought about it yet, wait until I find my master and ask him again!" ”

Zhang Xiang said: "Then do you know where your master went?" I haven't seen him since I said goodbye to Pingzhou last year, and it's hard to see the head and tail of the iron predecessor Shenlong on the rivers and lakes. ”

Tang Yun nodded: "That's natural, but I heard that my master is coming to find Xiao Ming, the leader of the Snow God Sect, so I just came here, a month ago, I went to the Snow God Mountain, but people didn't let me enter the mountain gate, my master didn't come to the Snow God Mountain at all, let me leave, I don't believe it, I want to go in and find it, but that sect leader, if I don't leave, he will arrest me in and lock me up, then I'm afraid, that Xiao Ming is the big devil of the Demon Sect, more terrible than me, the witch, my master is not here, I can't beat him!" I could only go down the mountain, so I didn't know where to find him, so I could only go back and return to Yingzhou. ”

, Tang Yun held her chin with both hands, looking a little aggrieved.

Zhang Xiang asked, "What are you looking for your master for?" ”

"Play!" She smiled and said: "I have been in Miaojiang for so many years, except for learning martial arts from the master and listening to the things that the master has done outside, I have never come out at all, I am almost tired of staying in Miaojiang, so I want to come out to play, but I don't know anyone outside, the senior brother returned to Jianzhou after leaving Miaojiang, and there are too many women around him, I hate it, I don't like to play with him, so I can only play with my master." But my master didn't like people to be with him, so he always avoided me, so I couldn't find him all the time. ”

At this moment, Zhang Xiang suddenly remembered what he had said to him in Tiejiang, Pingzhou: If you meet my apprentice in the future, don't tell her that you have seen me.

At that time, Tie Jiangli still remembered the scared expression.

Thinking about it, he suddenly burst out laughing.

"What's so funny." Tang Yun glanced at him, raised his fist and said, "I'll tell you, if it weren't for saving you, I would have gone to find my master." ”

Zhang Xiang snorted: "Why does it smell mush?" ”

Tang Yun turned his head and said in a panic: "Oops, my medicine." ”

"It's all your fault, it's all your fault for talking to me, causing me to forget the decoction... Well, this medicine is for you to drink anyway, and you have to drink it if you are confused, do you know how much effort I put into finding these medicines..."

Looking at the black medicine jar with black smoke, the corners of Zhang Xiang's mouth twitched fiercely, he felt that in the face of this delicate woman, he had no ability to resist at all...

……

June 15, Jin'an Province.

At this time, in a tea shed twenty miles west of Jin'an City, two officials with knives and a man wearing shackles and shackles rested here.

The man in the shackles and shackles was already full of beard and looked unusually vicissitudes.

"Two officials, tea is here."

The second of the tea shed brought a pot of tea to the three of them, and then hurriedly left.

One of the officials picked up the cup, poured a cup of tea and handed it to the man in shackles, with a friendly attitude: "Come, Brother Yue, it's so hot, take a sip of tea, take a rest, and then hurry." ”

The man nodded and took the cup.

The man in the shackles and leg irons was Yue Changzhong, a native of Xiangzhou.

From the beginning of May last month, after Ran Biao, the bandit leader of Ranjiazhuang in Penghu's eighteen villages, robbed Chen Taisheng Chengang by him, he was also imprisoned by Dong Zhizhou in Xiangzhou.

He was imprisoned for half a month, and it was not until May 20 that he was sentenced by Dong Zhizhou to be sent to Lizhou for the army.

Originally, he was going to be beheaded for murder.

was able to avoid death, but was only sent to the army, which may also be the credit of Shunzhou's promotion of Jiang Ming to intercede with Taishi Chen for him.

He was grateful in his heart, and naturally he had no complaints.

Before he was escorted out of Xiangzhou, Dong Zhizhou also specially saw him off, and instructed the two officials who escorted him to take care of him along the way.

And Dong Zhizhou also told him that he had not caught Ran Biao, and he had fled back to Penghu Eighteen Villages.

Regarding this news, Yue Changzhong has no scruples.

Ran Biao and Myolie Wu killed his mother, he killed Myolie Wu and betrayed Ran Biao's plan to rob Shengchengang failed, and the two were already undying enemies.

Even if Ran Biao didn't come to him for revenge, he wouldn't have a chance to go to Ran Biao for revenge.

Because he was poisoned by Ran Biao, he didn't get the antidote.

During his days in Sangju prison, he often felt pain all over his body, which he knew was a sign that the toxicity was beginning to kick in.

By the time he set off, the signs were becoming more and more apparent, and he had less than ten minutes left.

Later, on the road, almost every time he had two or three pains, every time he was covered in cold sweat, obviously it was very hot, and his body felt very cold.

Originally, Yue Changzhong also thought that he would die of poison on the road, but Shang finally favored him.

On May 28, when he had less than two hours left, not long after Bianjing, he met an old beggar on the road.

The old beggar looked crazy in a pair of broken straw sandals and a wine gourd pinned to his waist.

The old beggar looked at him at that time and knew that he was poisoned and that he would not live long.

So, the old beggar gave him a pill, which could cure his poison.

Yue Changzhong didn't know if it was true or not, anyway, the dead horse was a live horse doctor, so he didn't hesitate to take this pill.

As a result, I didn't expect that the pain in my body gradually disappeared, and until now, after so much time, my body has long been painless.

Although he didn't know who the old beggar was and what his name was, Yue Changzhong also remembered it in his heart.

In the future, if I am lucky enough to meet him, I will thank this old beggar for his gift of medicine.

Now that I have arrived in Jin'an Mansion, it is only a few distances away from Lizhou.

Yue Changzhong's heart was half expected and half regretful.

All along, he wanted to join the army to resist the Northern Liao and serve the country loyally.

Although now he is sent to the frontier of Lizhou to serve as an army.

But at worst, he has become a frontier soldier.

Moreover, when he entered the Jin'an Mansion, he also heard the news that the Yuandu Mansion was occupied by the remnants of the former Chu and that the Xijin army had captured Yingzhou.

Yue Changzhong was analyzing all the way in his heart, Yingzhou was just a city used by Xijin to garrison troops, and it was a springboard for Xijin to attack Chu.

Only when Xijin really captured Fengyang Mansion to the east of Yingzhou and Lizhou to the south could he really threaten Southern Chu.

Therefore, if Xijin has plans to attack Chu, the next step must be Lizhou.

Because Fengyang Mansion has a large number of soldiers, Xijin now has only Yingzhou City as a garrison, and it is an invasion war, and the reserve troops must be insufficient, so it is impossible to send so many soldiers and horses in the front battle, so they will not dare to attack Fengyang Mansion for the time being. Xi Jinci's strategy of attacking Chu can only support them in attacking Chu by fighting to nourish the war, otherwise, without the counterattack of Southern Chu, they will drag themselves to death.

Lizhou can make up for the shortcomings of Xijin's lack of reserve baggage, as long as Xijin attacks Lizhou again, with Lizhou's resources and geographical location, there is hope to capture Fengyang Mansion.

If he goes to Lizhou to replenish the army, he may have the opportunity to face the war of Xijin attacking Lizhou.

Of course, he also knows the predicament that Southern Chu is facing now, the Southern Chu army is now fighting with Northern Liao in Liangzhou, so naturally he can't take care of Yuandu Mansion and Xijin, unless Southern Chu withdraws its troops from Liangzhou, he can't divide his forces to deal with the former Chu Yuxian and Xijin of Yuandu Mansion.

It depends on how the Southern Chu court chooses.

Therefore, if Xijin attacks Lizhou, Lizhou can only rely on its own troops, Fengyang Mansion cannot be counted on, Fengyang Mansion is more important than Lizhou, and Fengyang Mansion's troops can only be used for defense.

Xijin lost and it was a big deal to withdraw the army, but the soldiers of Fengyang Mansion could not lose, and once they lost, they would lose the city.

If Yingzhou, Fengyang, and Lizhou all fall into the hands of Xijin, it will really threaten the stability of the west of Southern Chu, and the most important Dingzhou in the northwest will probably lose control, and the situation will be out of control at that time.

Therefore, Yingzhou can be lost, but Lizhou and Fengyang must not be lost again.

If you keep Lizhou, you can keep Fengyang, and if you keep Fengyang, you can also keep the peace of the northwest.

After drinking tea in this tea shed and resting for a while, the two officials took Yue Changzhong and prepared to set off.

Yue Changzhong saw Er who came to clean up the table, and asked, "Second, in the past few days, I wonder if there is any new news from Yingzhou?" ”

Seeing that he was a prisoner, Er looked at the two officials next to him, and didn't know how to answer, one of the officials hurriedly said: "Two, you just follow his words!" ”

"Boom!"

The second nodded, and suddenly his mouth was like a river, and he said what he knew, whether it was true or false: "Two officials, looking at the appearance of the two officials, they should be going west!" Now the west is not very peaceful, Yingzhou was taken by the Xijin people, many people fled to the east, I heard that Fengyang Mansion received tens of thousands of people, and also sent a large army to defend the Xijin people suddenly called, our Jin'an Mansion is not very peaceful these days, every team of military masters passing by, just our tea shed, there will be several groups of military masters to rest before, and it is also to prevent the Xijin people from preparing for it..."

"I'm asking you about the news of Yingzhou, and you can just do it directly."

Yue Changzhong interrupted his rambling.

The second was choked by him, and seeing the appearance of the two officials, he had no choice but to say: "There is no new news, there has been no movement since the Xijin people captured Yingzhou, but the army of Fengyang Mansion is stationed thirty miles east of Yingzhou City, and I don't know if there is any intention to recapture Yingzhou." ”

"Thank you very much." Yue Changzhong gave him his hand, turned around and left with the two officials.

"Brother Yue, after sending you to Lizhou, my brothers and sisters will have to go back to recover their lives, and in Lizhou in the future, Brother Yue, please take care."

On the way, one of the officials gave him a hand.

Yue Changzhong nodded: "I have come all the way, thank you for the care of the two brothers." ”

These two officials are just ordinary officials, they are afraid of war, Xiangzhou is in the prosperity of the whole year, I don't know how many people have not experienced war, and it is normal for them to be afraid in their hearts.

After all, now that Yingzhou is gone, Fengyang and Lizhou are both high-risk areas, and if they go to these two places, no one can guarantee that the Xijin people will come over immediately.

If you are unlucky, just in time for the Xijin people to fight, then you really don't know how unjust to die in the war.

Another official said: "Brother Yue, don't be like this, being able to escort Brother Yue to get acquainted with Brother Yue is my brother's second blessing." Brother Yue's deeds in Xiangzhou my two brothers also listened to the chat, but also for Brother Yue's experience was unfair, obviously the woman surnamed Hu and the Penghu bandit first killed Brother Yue's mother, Brother Yue is just revenge, but this is also regarded as a prisoner to fill the army, in my opinion, revenge for parents, that is righteous, Brother Yue did right, the real hero should be like this, the gentleman in the school often teaches 'filial piety first', if even the revenge of parents is not revenge, then how to talk about people? Besides, Brother Yue also killed the group of bandits in Ranjiazhuang for Dong Zhizhou, so it can be regarded as a credit and demerits, but I didn't expect Dong Zhizhou to still give Brother Yue a match... Alas... In this world, there are always many grievances for good people. ”

Yue Changzhong smiled calmly: "The country has national laws, the family has family rules, there are no rules, revenge cannot be the reason for you to challenge the law, revenge is just a way to vent personal grievances." I killed someone to take revenge, because if I don't kill her, I can't vent the grievances in my heart. The national law is set up for many injustices, but there are too many injustices, and not everything can be solved by national law, national law is only fundamental, and the important thing is people's hearts. I know that murder is sinful, but I still choose to do it, this is my personal approach, it has nothing to do with the law, if the law lets me go because of this, it will be unfair to other people, so everyone who does something has to bear the corresponding consequences, people have favors, the country has national conditions, the two cannot be compared. ”

"Brother Yue is so belly-in-law, my two brothers admire it."

The two officials arched their hands in admiration.

Yue Changzhong looked in the direction of Lizhou in the distance: "Okay, let's hurry up!" When we arrive in Lizhou, the two brothers should go home early..."