(I've kept you waiting, sorry)

Zheng Fei and his party followed the road all the way to the east, walked for more than ten miles, and finally saw a little light in front of them.

It seems that Dongxi Village, where Chao Gai is located, is ahead,

The group immediately sped up and walked towards the bright place,

When I came closer, I found that it was indeed a village, and from time to time I could hear a few dog barks from someone in the village.

The light shone from a few houses at the edge of the village.

This Dongxi Village has been found, but where should this black light go to find Chaogai's manor?

Let's find another person in the village to ask, even the people in Xixi Village know the Chao Gai of Dongxi Village, let alone the people in Dongxi Village.

However, with the experience of the past, Zheng Fei asked everyone to wait at the entrance of the village, and only asked Pang Wanchun to accompany him to the nearest candlelit house.

Pang Wanchun went up and knocked on the door, and then a man's obviously vigilant voice came from inside,

"Who?"

Zheng Fei tried to make his tone softer, "We are passing passengers, and we are tired of opening the door to ask something. ”

There was silence inside for a moment, and then I saw that the door opened a small crack gently, first I saw that there was an eye in the crack of the door looking outward, and when I saw the appearance of Zheng Fei and the others clearly, the crack in the door opened a little wider, and a puzzled and cautious face poked out,

"What's the matter?"

"I'm tired of asking, may I ask how to go to the manor of the big official of Chao Gai Chao in this village?"

"Chao Gai ......? Who are you? ”

"Oh, we're here to visit him."

The man looked at Zheng Fei and Pang Wanchun again, although he was a little jealous of Zheng Fei's burly physique, but seeing that Pang Wanchun was white and capable, he didn't look like a bad guy at all, so he said, "You guys are wrong, the manor of the big official Chao is in the west, not here." ”

Zheng Fei was stunned, "Isn't this Dongxi Village?" ”

The man immediately shook his head, "This is Houguo Village, and Dongxi Village is on the west side of this place. ”

Zheng Feiqi said, "But we just came from the east, and the people in the east village said that they were Xixi Village, and this side was Dongxi Village. ”

The man was also stunned, and said suspiciously, "Xixi Village? Where is there any Xixi Village in the local area? To the east of Dongxi Village is our Houguo Village, to the west is Wu'an Village, and I have never heard of any Xixi Village. ”

Zheng Fei was completely stunned,

The man slowly closed the door again, and as he closed it, he said, "If you don't believe me, go to someone's house and ask." ”

Zheng Fei and Pang Wanchun left the house and walked to the street full of doubts.

Pang Wanchun immediately walked to another candlelit house,

After a while, Pang Wanchun came back and said to Zheng Fei, "Big leader, the other family also said that this is Houguo Village, and Dongxi Village is to the west of this place, so it should be ...... I think that's where we just came. ”

Zheng Fei already understood that he and the others were pointed out the wrong way by the scholar just now, obviously they had already reached the edge of Dongxi Village, but they ran away for more than ten miles in vain, and couldn't help but secretly scold that scholar was really hateful, looking like a talented and good-looking person, he was actually a liar!

But there is no other way to do it, the two have to return to everyone, after a little explanation, the rest of the people are also angry and a little annoyed, a few bad tempered simply scolded a few times, saying that the next time they meet the scholar again, they must be how to do it, but it is just a momentary tongue, how can there be any chance to meet the scholar again?

The people could only turn around and return the way they came.

Originally, this road was not easy to walk, but now that it has been tossed back and forth for so long, everyone only feels hungry in their stomachs, and it adds a little resentment to the scholar.

Finally, more than half an hour later, the village appeared on the side of the road again.

This time, Zheng Fei was a good learner, and after knocking on three families in a row, he finally became convinced that this was indeed Dongxi Village, not Xixi Village, and that Chaogai's manor was indeed in the southernmost part of this village.

The group headed south again, and it wasn't long before the black outline of a large manor, much higher in the darkness, came into view.

Chaogai's manor has finally arrived!

Immediately the people went to the manor.

But unexpectedly, he just came to the manor,

Suddenly I heard a loud shout!

I saw a group of people suddenly rushing out from the roadside, in the courtyard, behind the house, behind the trees, and among the grass, each armed with knives, guns and sticks, and surrounded Zheng Fei and his party! At a cursory glance, there are thirty or forty of them! It's all a fierce face!

In the face of such a change, Zheng Fei and the others reacted immediately, and immediately pulled out their respective weapons and gathered together, Lin Chong and Wang Jin were also firmly protected on both sides of the carriage!

Zheng Fei rode on the horse with a knife and glanced at the other party, secretly wondering in his heart, "What's going on?!" Robbed? Robbing near Chao Gai's house? ”

It's just that although this group of people surrounded Zheng Fei and the others, they didn't move, and no one shouted.

Zheng Fei was puzzled, only to feel a bright light rising in front of him, looked up, and then saw a group of people with torches walking out of the gate.

The group of people came to a stop in front of the encirclement, and the people who surrounded Zheng Fei and the others immediately made room for these people, and then saw two people walking out,

In the light of the torches,

But seeing one of them look like a mighty man! He is more than eight feet long, with a beard on his face, a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and a pair of tiger eyes shining in the firelight! is holding a ghost-headed knife and looking at Zheng Fei and the others, his face is full of unkindness!

Look at the other person standing next to the big man...... It turned out to be him! Zheng Fei's heart jumped! It turned out that this person was none other than the scholar who pointed out the wrong path to Zheng Fei and the others! I saw that this person was looking at this side with a sneer, looking like we had been waiting for a long time,

Seeing the appearance characteristics of these two people, and thinking of the location of this place, Zheng Fei's heart suddenly flashed in his heart, and he had already guessed the identity of the two people in front of him!

Then I saw the scholar pointing at Zheng Fei to the big man and said, "Brother Baozheng (Note 1), that's them!" ”

The big man nodded, and shouted towards Zheng Fei, "Who are you waiting for?" What's the matter with me looking for me in the middle of the night?! Which one is the leader and come out and speak! ”

Chao Gai! It turns out that this person is Chao Gai!

Zheng Fei smiled in his heart, and secretly said that it was really him, and immediately turned over and dismounted and straightened his chest towards Chao Gai, pretending to be slightly angry, "I have heard for a long time that Chao Gai Chao Tianwang is righteous and squandering money, he is bold, and he loves to make friends with good men in the world, but now he looks at it in vain, and it is not only not good to entertain friends when he visits, but he sends someone to point out the wrong way, and he even swords when he meets, is this the way of Chao Tianwang's hospitality?" ”

I saw Chao Gai stunned for a moment, and looked at Zheng Fei carefully, "You...... You are......? ”

Zheng Fei snorted coldly, turned around and was about to get on the horse, and said in a loud voice as he got on, "That's it, since King Chao Tianwang is not welcome, let's go elsewhere, don't believe the rumors in the future!" What kind of righteousness and squandering money, making friends with good men, what a joke ......,"

"Slow!" Chao Gai suddenly shouted,

Zheng Fei snickered in his heart, and looked back with pretended annoyance and dissatisfaction on his face,

I saw Chao Gaizheng stunned on the spot with a hesitant look,

And a big doubt flashed on the scholar's face, and after a moment's hesitation, he asked, "May I ask your honorable names?" Maybe...... Maybe there's some misunderstanding here. ”

Zheng Fei then said, "If you want to talk about us, Chao Tianwang may not know, but when it comes to our friends, Chao Tianwang must know." ”

Chao Gai immediately asked, "Who?" ”

Zheng Fei said, "Chai Jin! ”

Chao Gai and the scholar were both shocked, the two looked at each other, and the scholar said hurriedly, "But the Chai Jin who is called the 'little whirlwind'?" ”

Zheng Fei nodded, "That's him!" ”

The scholar was still full of doubts, and said, "Why do you come here at night and bring so many weapons?" ”

Zheng Fei smiled, "Of course, when it gets dark here, you can only walk at night, what do people in the rivers and lakes bring when they don't bring weapons?" Mr. Wu Yong is really worried. ”

The scholar exclaimed, "You know me? ”

Zheng Fei laughed, "Who is following Chao Tianwang if it's not 'Zhiduoxing' Wu Yong?" I didn't recognize Mr. just now, and I was pointed out by Mr. all the way, but is it enough? ”

Wu Yong looked at Zheng Fei in a daze, and finally sighed lightly and said to Chao Gai, "Brother Baozheng, it seems that ...... The younger brother is wrong. ”

When Chao Gai heard this, he hurriedly said to the people surrounding Zheng Fei and the others, "Put down your weapons quickly!" ”

Then he stepped forward to apologize to Zheng Fei and the others, "Chao is rude, brothers, please forgive me!" ”

Zheng Fei laughed, and also stepped forward to hug his fist, "Visiting late at night, it's still like us, it's no wonder that Brother Chao and Mr. Wu are suspicious, but I'm waiting for something abrupt." ”

Lu Zhishen and the others also put away their weapons at this time, and stepped forward to salute Chao Gai.

Chao Gai took a closer look at everyone's appearance, and his eyes kept flashing with surprise one after another, and many doubts rose in his heart, secretly saying What did such a group of people do? Why do you all look so strong "gangster"? And each of them is so burly and majestic? I'm afraid that there are not a few people who are stronger than themselves! Now it's better to ask more carefully!

Chao Gai immediately asked Zheng Fei, "Dare to ask my brother's name?" ”

Zheng Fei smiled slightly, "Didn't Brother Chao invite us in first?" ”

Chao Gai immediately understood, knowing that it was inconvenient for Zheng Fei and the others to say more here, and quickly thought about it, there were already many people on his side, so it would not hurt to let them in, so he immediately smiled, "It's all my fault for being confused, please come in!" ”

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Note: In ancient rural areas, every ten households were guaranteed by a guarantee, and a chief of security was established; Every 50 households will be given a large security guard, and a large security chief will be set up; Every 10 major guarantees (that is, 500 households) are guaranteed by the capital; The leader of Du Bao is called Du Baozheng, and there is also a deputy Baozheng. At that time, the family population was relatively large, with an average of five people per household, and about 2,500 people in 500 households. Chao Gai is Baozheng, so he is often called Baozheng or Baozheng brother by Wu.