The scorching sun shone in the sky, and the trees were screaming weakly, and the surface temperature had reached sixty degrees, and in such weather even the most industrious farmers stayed at home to escape the heat.

However, on an official road, there is an endless team that is slowly advancing towards Suzhou, and this team is the army of rogues led by Li Zicheng.

The official road that could accommodate four carriages in parallel was crowded, and even the ditches and wasteland outside were trampled out of a road, and from time to time there were people urging.

The leather whip in the hand of one of the thieves snapped, and from time to time it was whipped on some slow-walking people, "Quick...... Hurry up, the officers and soldiers are about to catch up, if you don't hurry up, let you go to the palace, don't complain about the cruelty when you die. ”

Under the threat of the whip, the speed of the team increased a little.

A man in his fifties, in rags, was walking in the line with the support of a young man in his twenties, and the weather was already hot, the man's face had become extremely sallow, and even his walking had become shaky.

Suddenly, his foot hit a rock, and the whole person stumbled and almost fell to the ground, but fortunately the young man next to him quickly pulled him back, otherwise he would have fallen to the ground.

The young man said urgently, "Dad, are you okay?" ”

"It's fine." The old man gasped for breath, and at this time he felt that his lungs were like hiding a fire, so hot that he couldn't cough out, and he wanted to cough but couldn't cough it out, so that his throat made a bellows-like sound, which was uncomfortable to listen to.

"Daddy...... What happened to you? ”

The old man struggled and waved his hand: "Dog baby, dad is fine, just rest." ”

The young man hesitated for a moment, looked around, and said in a low voice, "Then you can sit down and rest first." ”

After that, he helped the old man to the side of the road and sat down, took out a bamboo tube from his waist and pulled out the plug and handed it to his father, the old man took the bamboo tube and was about to drink water, but unexpectedly a leather whip suddenly hit the old man on the back, and the old man fell to the ground without saying a word, and the bamboo tube also fell to the ground, and the water inside flowed out and was quickly absorbed by the dry ground.

The angry young man turned his head and saw a thief in leather armor standing behind with a sneer, the leather whip in his hand drawing circles in midair.

"Why did you hit someone?" The young man who came back to his senses asked angrily.

"You two lazy people, the king has an order to speed up and go to Suzhou, but you are lazy, what are your intentions, don't hurry up and hurry, otherwise Lao Tzu will make you look good."

The young man said sadly and angrily: "Then you can't beat anyone, my father is not in good health and just wants to drink saliva, isn't this okay?" ”

"Sit down and have a drink?" The thief said coldly: "If everyone sits down to drink saliva when they are tired like your father, then we can't leave?" If it is not punished, how can it be convincing? Don't hurry up and leave, otherwise next time Lao Tzu will be welcome! ”

"You!"

The young man's eyes widened with anger, and he wanted to have a seizure, but he endured it again, and finally he lowered his head and bent down to help the old man up: "Dad, let's get up...... Father...... Daddy......"

After the young man helped his father, he found that the old man was already pale, his eyes were open, and he was no longer breathing, and he was obviously out of breath on the spot.

"Daddy...... Daddy......"

A terrible roar rang out from the ranks.

After crying for a while, the young man slowly put his father down, turned to look at the thief behind him, his eyes almost burst into flames, he stared at the thief and asked word by word, "You...... Why did you kill me, my father? ”

Seeing the young man's bloodshot eyes, Rao is thief and a person who had blood on his hands couldn't help but be a little frightened, "What nonsense are you talking about, how did I kill your father, it was obvious that he died when he was not in good health, you don't want to rely on me." ”

"I rely on you to be a grandmother......"

The young man suddenly let out a roar and threw himself at the thief, knocking the caught thief to the ground, opening his mouth and biting down.

"Ah......" The thief in severe pain let out a terrible scream, "Come on, come and get him away." ”

At this time, several thieves next to him came back to their senses, and quickly rushed over to punch and kick the young man who pounced on the thief, trying to pull him away, but the young man hugged the thief and didn't let go, and finally provoked several thieves to be fierce, and pulled out their weapons and cut him down.

After slashing several times, the young man was finally pulled out after slashing his flesh and blood, but after pulling him out, he found that the thief who was pressed under the bottom had a bloody hole in his throat, and blood gushed out of his neck, and at this moment he couldn't say anything, and he could only make a "ho-ho" sound in his throat, and he soon died on the spot.

"Hou Lao Liu was bitten to death by this kid?"

Several thieves were shocked and angry, one thief waved the long knife in his hand in anger, and the young man's head rose to the sky, and after killing the young man, he was unable to understand his hatred, and slashed his corpse several times, and finally lifted his body into the ditch by the side of the road.

After doing all this, he was still angry: "Grass...... This mud leg actually dared to kill our brother, it was too cheap for him to kill him like this, if it weren't for the tight time, Lao Tzu would have lit him a sky lantern, brothers, you say...... Hmmm......"

Before he finished speaking, he was stabbed in the arm by his companion next to him, and when he turned his head, he found that he didn't know when, the surroundings were already surrounded by ragged hungry soldiers, and everyone's eyes were looking at him.

In a hurry, he couldn't help but shout a little inwardly: "You...... What do you mud-legged people want to do, rebel? ”

While shouting at him, he waved the long knife in his hand, and the companions around him began to panic a little when they saw the hungry soldiers slowly surrounding, their group was only five or six people, but there were at least four or five hundred hungry soldiers who surrounded him, so many people could beat them into meat sauce even if they were one person and one punch.

At this moment, the sound of horses' hooves sounded, and a group of cavalry found that the situation was not good and hurried over, and the cavalry led by waved the whip in his hand, constantly dispersed the crowd, and shouted: "Disperse...... Disperse, the king has an order, but whoever gathers the crowd will be killed! ”

Driven by the cavalry, the hungry soldiers who had gathered slowly dispersed, and it took a while to return to the marching state.

Not far away, Li Zicheng, Liu Zongmin, and Li Laiheng watched this scene, and the faces of several people were all gloomy......