The strong man in front of the crowd was very eye-catching, but the matter was urgent, Jiang Xun didn't pay much attention to him, but got off the horse and walked straight behind Jing Wei on the side of the strong man, and Shi A also followed. Jiang Hyun stepped forward through the crowd, grabbed Jing Wei's arm, looked worried, and asked, "How?" ”

"Jiang Jun! Jiang Jun! You're here! As soon as he saw Jiang Hyun, Jing Wei, who was still murderous in the pavilion, immediately let go of his psychological defense, and the person suddenly became vulnerable, and he was in tears.

Jiang Hyun glanced around and saw that Jing Zhen was also there, but she had already stopped crying. When Jing Zhen saw Jiang Hyun, she also seemed to see the backbone of the Lord, and before she could say a word, she was anxious and happy in her heart, so she suddenly fell into Jiang Hyun's arms, burying her head and crying.

This is the first intimate contact between the two people, which makes Jiang Hyun's heart ripple. But this time, in this crisis situation, is not the time for children to be affectionate.

He hadn't seen Jing Lao all the time, Jiang Xun retracted his thoughts, and had a bad premonition in his heart, he picked up Jing Zhen's face, looked at Jing Zhen's haggard and pale face, and asked again: "What the hell is going on?" Where is Jing Lao? ”

How could Jing Zhen still speak, but Jing Wei wiped his tears, pointed to the pavilion in front of him, and complained to himself: "Alas! It's because I'm incompetent, my father is in the pavilion, and he was kidnapped by thieves! ”

"The thief kidnapped Jing Lao?" As soon as Shi A heard that Jing Lao had been kidnapped, he hurriedly asked, "Where is Xiao Yuan?" ”

Jing Zhen raised her head and said in a choked voice, "Xiao Yuan...... Xiao Yuan was still fine...... "After speaking, he fainted directly.

Although Xiao Yuan was safe and sound, Shi A was also anxious when he heard that Jing Lao was kidnapped in the pavilion, but when he thought of rushing in directly like this, he was afraid that he would harm Jing Lao, so he also pinned his hopes on Jiang Xun. Seeing Jing Zhen faint suddenly, she was out of order, so she had to let Jiang Hyun take an idea.

Jiang Hyun saw Jing Zhen faint suddenly, but fortunately he had been holding him in his arms, so he didn't fall to the ground. Jing Wei was also startled and even more at a loss. Jiang Hyun's heart ached when she saw Jing Zhen like this, and tried her snort, although her breathing was weak but even, she said: "Zhen'er is fine, I'm afraid she was overly frightened and cried all the time, so she fainted, so it's good to take a rest." With that, he handed Jing Zhen to a woman in the room, asked her to take Jing Zhen to a safe place to rest first, and solemnly instructed her to take care of her.

Jiang Hyun is also the same as the Jing family brothers and sisters, very anxious, Jing Lao is very good to himself, and even if it is just because of Jing Wei and Jing Zhen, Jiang Hyun must also keep Jing Lao's safety.

At the critical moment, if you take a wrong step, the hostages inside may lose their lives. He breathed a sigh of relief, calmed himself down, and asked Jing Wei again: "Yi Zhi, it's not time to blame yourself, what happened before and after, you can explain it clearly, so that I can come up with a plan." ”

Jing Wei is not good at words, his father fell into the hands of the enemy, it can be said that it is the first time in his life to encounter such a big chaos, he is full of anger, and his heart is in turmoil at the moment of crisis.

The strong man who had been standing beside Jing Wei opened his mouth, his voice was straight and majestic, and he only heard him say: "Tonight, just arrived at the second watch, Xiao Wei and I were about to rest, when I was going out of the pavilion to find a place to relieve myself, and suddenly saw a thief at the south gate climbing over the wall and entering the courtyard. I shouted loudly, but I didn't want to go around the door and turn in many thieves, or there were thirty people, I resisted with the people in Xiaowei, and stabbed more than 20 people, but I didn't want the remaining thieves to start setting fire, and took advantage of the chaos to sneak into the pavilion and kidnap Uncle Jing. If it hadn't been for the two of us to rush back in time, I'm afraid Zhen'er would have been robbed as well. The remaining six thieves were all in the pavilion, and Yu Ming and his wife and You Po were also kidnapped. There has been a stalemate like this for three or four hours. ”

Jiang Hyun turned to the strong man and looked at it again, and he could see it clearly at a closer look. This man has thick eyebrows, round tiger eyes, unkempt and curly beard, about nine feet five inches long, three feet wide at the shoulders, ten girth wide at the waist, bloodstained clothes are torn because of the previous fight, almost shirtless, revealing knotted muscles, the back arms are more than three feet thick, about the same as his waist, and the forearms are thicker than his thighs. The two halberds in his hand are said to be halberds, but the shape is just a halberd, but they are several times larger than Shi A's halberd. Each halberd head is four feet long, the whole body is cast in iron, quite heavy, and there is a wooden handle more than two feet long, and the two halberds are added together, I am afraid that there are not eighty catties. At the time, people called the double halberd as the iron room, describing the attack and defense tightly, difficult to break, whether it is a sword or a spear, the dual blade, must be extraordinary martial arts and strength, not to mention such a heavy double halberd. Jiang Xun grew up in Liangzhou, and there are many strong and brave people in Liangzhou, but he has never seen such a tall figure or such a heavy weapon.

Jiang Hyun asked, "How do you call your feet?" ”

The strong man pointed the double halberd in his hand downward, saluted with his crossed hands, and said: "In Xia Jiwu Dian Wei, the two of you are Jiang Jun and Shi Zitai in Xiaoweikou?" Because Wei Wei has the same sound, Dian Wei used to call Jing Wei Xiao Wei, and Jing Wei also called him Da Wei.

Jiang Hyun bowed, and Zhengse replied, "It's Hanyang Jiang Bopei." ”

Jiwu, Jiang Xun has never heard of it, it is not the name of the county, but I feel that the accent of this Dian Wei is still a little different from Jing Wei's accent, and it should also be a county of Chenliu County. Originally, Jiang Hyun still had some doubts about Dian Wei's identity, and guessed what connection Dian Wei had with this gang of bandits. But if you want to come to Jing Wei to be chivalrous and righteous, I like to make friends with young heroes, and it is normal to know a strong man from the same county and invite him to a family gathering, and the name Dian Wei Jiang Hyun also vaguely remembers that Jing Wei once mentioned it, and he still has some impressions, so he dispelled his suspicions about Dian Wei.

Jing Lao is still in the hands of the thieves, the fire has not been extinguished, Jiang Xun didn't go to be polite to Dian Wei anymore, and asked directly: "Dian Jun, the county has appointed a new pavilion chief, but I don't know where the pavilion chief is at such a critical juncture?" ”

After Wang Qiao's death, Wei Ju quickly appointed a new pavilion chief to Zaoyang Pavilion, although it was temporary and did not have the approval of the county, but it was only a matter of process time.

Dian Wei pointed to the side and said, "There." ”

Jiang Hyun and Shi Ah looked in the direction pointed by Dian Wei, and saw more than a dozen corpses lying on the ground in that place. One of them, dressed naked and black, thought to be the new pavilion chief, died in the line of duty.

Jiang Hyun asked again, "What about the thief?" Also killed? ”

"The new thief is Chen Yu of Benting, who was seriously injured and was carried home."

Chen Yu is very familiar with Jiang Hyun, and he is very impressed, he was originally a blacksmith, he was very heroic when he killed Wang Qiao, and it was natural for him to be appointed by the new pavilion chief as a thief, but he didn't want to be seriously injured within a few days of taking office, with the medical conditions at this time, and then considering his family background, it would not be too good to think of it.

"The pavilion chief was killed, and the thief was seriously injured, but what about the Qiang Fu in Hongo?"

"In the future, it's said to be sick."

"Sick?" Jiang Hyun guessed that it was not illness at all, but fear. But Jing Lao was still in the hands of the thieves, and Jiang Hyun didn't have time to find out the bad luck of the Qiang man, so he continued to ask about the situation of this group of uninvited guests: "Do you know where they came from?" ”

"I don't know this," Dian Wei shook his head and said, "But this group of thieves are all skilled in the art of striking and good at shooting, several of them still use military martial arts, and one of them uses double swords, which is quite brave." ”

"All are all skilled...... Martial arts in the military...... Good use of bows and arrows...... It's dual-wielding again...... It's really not good! Jiang Hyun approached the pile of corpses again, squatted down and looked at the corpses of several bandits, roughly checked the upstairs, and said, "The sword wielder is equipped with a different sword, it should be an ordinary swordsman." However, the sword-bearer is equipped with a ring-headed sword, which is made in the army, and the cover is from the army. This night-time suit is also elegant, not like ordinary bandits, and not like ordinary people who walk into the grass and fall into the grass. ”

Specialized robbers and bandits have what to wear, and it is difficult to have the conditions to get so many sets of night clothes with the same style, let alone so many ring-headed knives made in the army.

Jiang Hyun thought about it carefully, and then asked, "Dianjun, from the time you first discovered the thief to the present, please tell me in detail." ”

Dian Wei thought for a while and said, "When Wei Ergen was free, he was bumping into the thief who made the double knife and entered over the wall. In the beginning, the thieves only guarded the four gates, and shot anyone who went out to check on the house, but did not enter the house to look for money. Later, the pavilion chief beat the police drum, and the young and strong people in the hall gathered, but at that time, the pavilion chief led all the forces to resist at the south gate, and the south gate gradually became weak, and the thieves from the other three places outflanked it. After the thieves were defeated, they arrested Uncle Jing and the other three and rushed into the pavilion, and set fire to the north house. ”

Dian Wei is still a little modest, to put it mildly, it was actually a bloody battle that was no less than killing Wang Qiao at that time. This group of thieves is not at all able to resist the young man in the middle, and it is mainly because of his and Jing Wei's strength that they have gained the upper hand, but the bandits are good at fighting, and they are still surrounded by them into the pavilion, set fire, and take hostages.

"Why do you want to set fire to the pavilion?"

Jiang Hyun opened his palm to test the direction of the wind, although it was a south wind, but there was open space around the pavilion, and there were no houses nearby. If it hadn't been for the tight wind last night, the fire would not have spread. The bandits are invincible to the young and strong, or they are not defeated by Dian Wei and Jing Wei, and it is natural that they want to set fire to escape while they are in chaos, but the pavilion is not only in the center of the pavilion, not close to any of the Lu gates, it is difficult to escape after the fire, and it is not a good place to set fire.

Dian Wei didn't think about this layer, and even if he thought about it, he couldn't figure it out, so he said, "This ...... Wei didn't know. ”

Jiang Hyun asked again: "Is there any abnormality in the pavilion in the past two days?" Are there any living people here? ”

Dian Wei touched his head, recalled it carefully, and thought for a while before saying: "Three days ago, there were two merchants who passed by and rested in the pavilion, and asked about Wang Qiao before during the chat. ”

Jiang Hyun caught the clue and hurriedly asked, "How to ask?" Who mentioned Wang Qiao first? ”

Dian Wei didn't care too much about these cumbersome details, but not long after the time, he basically remembered it clearly, so he replied: "These two people just asked if the county could send someone to the county after Wang Qiao was punished, and the original circumstances of the case could be investigated clearly, and it was Wang Qiao who he mentioned first." ”

"Do you know where they came from?"

Dian Wei recalled a little and said: "The two said that they were going back to Merge after doing the fur business in Yuzhou. ”

Jiang Hyun asked, "But the accent of the state?" ”

"It's true that they are all accents from Northland Prefecture, and as for whether it is a parallel state accent, Wei doesn't know very well, but the difference in accent between the two is not small."

Jiang Hyun Mo held the head of the long sword, narrowed his eyes, his eyes were cold, and said coldly: "In this way, the origin of this group of thieves can be figured out!" ”

Shi Ah didn't understand, so he asked, "Jiang Jun, how can you figure it out?" ”

Jing Wei also asked anxiously, "Who is this gang of thieves?" ”

Jiang Hyun stretched out his two hands, patted Jing Wei's arm, and gently patted Jing Wei's shoulder, signaling that they didn't have to worry too much about being anxious, and then said: "One, although both of them have northern accents, but their accents are different, they must not be from the same county. The foreign merchants are all large groups of people in order to take care of each other, and they are all familiar with the villagers, even the same clan. Three days ago, there were only two businessmen, and they were not familiar with the same county, and it was difficult to trust each other, how could they dare to go back and forth from the state to Yuzhou? Furthermore, how to start a fur business in the middle of summer? Three, even if the two of them are really businessmen, they are also returning to their hometowns from the south to the north, although the bandits in Zaoyang Pavilion have spread all over the surrounding townships, but the details Wei Jun has ordered to be kept secret, even if it is leaked, the two merchants from the south have not passed through the county seat, and they will definitely not hear of Wang Qiao's name. Fourth, Zaoyang Pavilion is located on the official road of east and west, if it is to go back and forth between east and west, it must pass through here. But how can the north-south traffic pass through? ”

Shi A's mind was quick, and from the four reasons Jiang Xun said, he immediately reacted and said, "Jiang Jun's intention, but the Zhang family sent people to kill people and kill people?" ”

"Yikes!" Jing Wei roared angrily: "It's the Zhang family again, he owes such a blood debt, I will let him pay for it with blood!" This roar is like an endless outpouring of anger and innumerable strength. Jing Wei was about to be unable to suppress his anger, and he was also afraid that Jing Wei would do something stupid again impulsively, Jiang Xun hurriedly comforted, "Easy and relax!" Seeing that Jing Wei didn't do anything stupid, he continued: "It's true that the person sent by the Zhang family is true, but it's not a murderous killing. The details of Wang Qiao's case, we have already informed Wei Jun, who is the mouth to kill when we come here again? It's not so much about extinguishing the mouth, it's about finding things! Or maybe they're looking for something! ”

Shi Ah was puzzled and asked, "What are you looking for?" Or do you want to find out what? ”