Zhang Bin went around in a circle, and when he came to the official road, the rain had gradually subsided.

He was dressed as a white-clothed scribe, half-bowed his head, and walked along the official road towards the mountain temple with an umbrella, and the sound of normal footsteps immediately alarmed the people in the mountain temple.

A black shadow showed half of his body, and through the rain curtain, he looked at Zhang Bin vigilantly, and the other hand that blocked the door was holding a knife.

This black shadow saw that it was a white-clothed scholar with an umbrella, and he couldn't see it clearly at night, so he thought it was a down-and-out scholar, and breathed a sigh of relief.

But at this moment, he suddenly heard a sound in the temple behind him, his face was changing, and he was about to turn around, but the white-clothed scholar's umbrella on the official road suddenly fell to the side, and he took out a bow in his hand, and there was an arrow on the bow, and he pulled the bow and shot the arrow.

The shadow was taken aback, and instinctively ducked into the door.

With a snort, the arrow went into the door next to him, but the shadow looked unusually ugly, because two knives were already on his neck from behind.

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In the mountain temple, seeing that this thief did not see panic and despair, but looked at the three of them with hatred, Zhang Bin became more and more sure that the other party was by no means an ordinary green forest bandit.

Looking at this thief, Zhang Bin thought thoughtfully, remembered some things, his eyes flashed with cold light, and said to Huang Mazi: "On the way to Heiluobu last time, do you remember the waterboarding I used to interrogate the captives?" ”

Huang Mazi's eyes lit up, and he said: "The villain was watching from the side, knowing how to get it, the son rested next to him first, and the thief was handed over to the two of us, and I promised to figure out all the details of him soon." ”

Zhang Bin nodded, found a clean place next to him and sat down, carefully recalling an incident that plagued the army when the Great Song Dynasty and the Western Thieves fought in the past few years.

Every time the Great Song Dynasty and the Western Thieves went to war, if it was a long time and it was necessary for the Jingzhao Mansion in the rear to transport grain and grass to the front line, there would be a wave of Western Thieves attacking and disturbing the grain road, and it would be difficult to annihilate the elusive ones.

"I'm afraid this group of green forest thieves is not hired by the western thieves with a bounty, but traitors who obey the orders of the western thieves, and this time they may dig up a nest of big fish." Zhang Bin was secretly worried in his heart.

It didn't take long for the thief's words begging for mercy from the other side.

Without waiting for Huang Mazi to come and call, Zhang Bin went over to ask in person, and half an hour later, Zhang Bin and the three of them were all surprised and inexplicable.

As Zhang Bin speculated, this group of Green Forest bandits who were going to rob and kill him were the thieves who had attacked the Great Song Dynasty Grain Road in the past, and they were indeed under the orders of the Western Thieves, and they were not all traitors, but they were composed of Dang Xiang warriors who were proficient in Chinese sent by the Western Thieves and some outlaws who were recruited. The leader is the person who has no collector, so the person who has no collector just pretends to be public and private, and uses these people to kill Zhang Bin and avenge the lack of treasure.

Nowadays, in addition to the continuous wars with the Western Xia State and the Liao State, although the domestic bandits, water thieves, and horse thieves are not rampant, but there are many of them, as long as they are not too excessive, or secretly pay the 'protection fee' to the local officers and soldiers, the government will turn a blind eye.

Therefore, it is not difficult for the western thieves to use a group of inconspicuous green forest bandits as a cover, and it is not difficult to lurk a small number of elite soldiers in the deep mountains near the Great Song Grain Road.

"Go, deal with this thief, don't let the thief accomplices find the corpse easily, let's go to Huanglong County overnight." After a little contemplation, Zhang Bin had already made a decision.

"Childe, this place is the territory of Baishui County, and it is also close to Baishui County." Huang Mazi hesitated for a moment and took the initiative to suggest.

"Very good, you can give me any suggestions in the future, it doesn't matter if you say it wrong, you will be rewarded if you say it right." Zhang Bin encouraged Huang Mazi, but shook his head and sneered: "I'm afraid that if I go to Baishui County, the county order not only does not send troops to suppress the bandits, but sells us." ”

Huang Mazi and Li Siwa were stunned for a moment, but then reacted, and at the same time, they suddenly realized, but they also sneered.

This gang of thieves harassed the grain road for many years, and they were cunning and abnormal, and the Song State sent troops to encircle and suppress it many times, but they failed to succeed.

It's just that Zhang Bin remembered that Han Jiang had ordered the local state and county to encircle and suppress the green forest bandits near the grain road two years ago, and he didn't know why this gang of thieves had survived to this day.

What kind of person Zhang Bin is, he immediately guessed that this group of thieves has benefited a lot from the officers and soldiers of Baishui County, and if it is just an ordinary thief, it is just an ordinary thief, but it is a group of western thieves who have been harassing the grain road and bothering Han Jiang and the border army for many years, then this matter is serious, once the matter is exposed, Han Jiang will not be able to tolerate a grain of sand in his eyes, and he will inevitably be investigated to the end.

Zhang Bin didn't want to take the initiative to come to the door and be killed by the Baishui County dog jumping over the wall in a hurry.

After seeing the dirt behind this matter, even if this gang of thieves didn't come to kill him, it would be impossible for him to sit idly by if he knew.

It's just that he only has eight veterans in his hands, plus a tiger head, how can he deal with hundreds of thieves who are obviously much more powerful than ordinary bandits, so he can only move troops.

And after the thief who is watching here disappears, the thief may be alert, and their movements must be fast, so that the thief is caught off guard.

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The rain in northern Shaanxi in May came as soon as it was said and stopped when it was stopped.

Zhang Bin took Huang Mazi and Li Siwa, braved the pouring rain, and rushed all night in the dark, although the three of them were drenched like chickens in soup, but they only hoped that the rain would fall a little more and for a longer time, so that the thieves could find out about the disappearance of the thieves later.

It's just that the world is unsatisfactory eight times out of ten. Nine, as soon as the second day dawned, the pouring rain was stopped in an instant, and at noon, it was another sunny afternoon.

Baishui County and Huanglong County were originally close to each other, from the post house of Shuitou Town where they were located to the Huanglong County seat less than 50 miles apart, but only a simple official road was connected, after the rainstorm, the road was muddy, these dozens of miles of road, Zhang Bin and the three of them walked for five hours.

Entering Huanglong County, Zhang Bin went straight to the county office.

The matter was urgent and could not be delayed, Zhang Bin took out the document printed with Han Jiang's official seal and handed it to Huang Mazi: "Go forward quickly, show my identity, and say that I have an urgent matter to visit the county order." ”

Huang Mazi agreed, jumped off the horse, and ran to the county office.

The official at the door glanced at Zhang Bin from a distance, did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly ran in with Zhang Bin's documents to report to the county order.

Behind the county government is the house where the county order's family lives, and it is already the time of the government at this time, but Du Zhongpeng, the county commander of Huanglong County, is still sleeping with the fifteen-year-old concubine who was just accepted last month.

Woken up by the official outside the door, Du Zhongpeng said angrily: "What the hell, dare to disturb the official's sleep." ”

The official hurriedly said: "The county respects the forgiveness of sins, and the person who came came with the document printed with Han Xianggong did not dare to slack off, so he dared to call the county respect." ”