Li Shiqing and Pei Zhu were hurriedly sorting out Guan Yu's clothes in her room, and Guan Yu strode in.

Qing'er brushed aside a strand of fine hair scattered on her forehead, glanced back at the shameless bandit, and muttered dissatisfiedly: "You can't spoil Sister Ling'er too much, how can you beat whoever she wants by her temperament?" If you cause any big trouble in the future, I'm afraid you won't be able to regret it! ”

Guan Yu laughed and replied, "Madam, don't worry!" Ling'er is pure-hearted and will not hurt people easily. Besides, she is no longer a child, and she has the ability to distinguish between good and evil, and I can trust her. The person she wants to beat must have a reason to be beaten, and instead of stopping her, I will help! ”。

Qing'er rolled her eyes at him speechlessly, and lowered her head again.

Guan Yu said to Pei Zhu: "Pei Zhu, go down first, I have something to say to my wife alone." ”

Pei Zhu curtsied knowingly, turned around and walked out, and closed the door.

Guan Yu took a few steps forward, gently wrapped around Qing'er's slender waist from behind, put his head on her fragrant shoulder, and whispered, "Madam, you have worked hard!" It's up to you to keep this family in order. ”

Qing'er pouted and said, "You will coax me with clever words and sweet words all day long, have you seen Sister Yunniang?" She hasn't woken up after drinking the medicine, has she? ”。

Guan Yu nodded and said, "Well, she will leave it to you, you have to worry more!" You have to watch your body and bones, don't get tired! As a husband, I will go out to fight bandits in a few days, and I will not go anywhere when the world is peaceful, and I will accompany you to live happily every day! ”。

Qing'er paused, turned around slowly, blushed and mustered up the courage to stretch out her arms around Guan Yu's neck and said: "You shameless bandit, I don't know about marching and fighting, but you also have to take care of yourself more, drink less wine, pay attention to increasing or decreasing clothes in time with the change of cold and warmth, don't be like Miss Yun who is infected with the cold." When you come back this time, you're much thinner than you used to be! ”。

Guan Yu sighed: "Then it's about who to compare with!" In the eyes of outsiders, your father-in-law is a white-faced boy with a graceful jade tree; Compared with my wife's gentle and jade-like broken snow muscle, I have long been a black charcoal head! Haven't you heard that? Thin is thin, except for the bones, all flesh; Black is black, and there is no ash after half a year of scrubbing. As he spoke, he opened his big mouth and threw himself on Qing'er's delicate and white and elastic neck and sucked it gently, Qing'er's face was like a peach blossom, her eyes were blurred, she sighed, and her feet fell into his arms as soon as she was weak.

The army led by Guan Yu camped outside the city of Chaozhou, when Tang Wannian led the army to attack the Chaozhou Mansion, the county guard Wei was worthy of being a rabbit, and the Red Turban Army was eighty miles away from the city, and the Lord Wei was carrying his official seal under his armpit. Therefore, the siege of the Red Turban Army did not cost much effort. After occupying the city, Tang Wannian struck while the iron was hot and continued to wave his troops south, leaving only 10,000 soldiers and horses to guard Chaozhou.

After the camp was completed, Guan Yu, accompanied by several lieutenant generals, rode his horse to the shore of Hongze Lake. The air is moist, the view is wide, and the water is endless, dotted with shallows and dense reeds.

Guan Yu raised his whip on his horse and said: "In those shallow reeds, even if there are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses hidden, it is not easy to find out, not to mention that my Dachu currently has no naval army, no wonder bandits are rampant here, but our army can only look at the ocean and sigh!" ”。

Zhang Baiqian nodded and said: "It doesn't matter how fierce the bandits are, as long as they dare to come, they will be sent to death." It's just that if the bandits can't lurk, our soldiers are strong and have no chance to show their strength, but what should we do? ”。

Guan Yu was silent, his eyes narrowed slightly and stared at the sparkling water for a long time, before he turned around and said, "Go to Chaozhou Mansion first, and inquire about the specific situation of the bandits and the surrounding areas from the defenders left by Lao Wu." ”

Guan Yu and his entourage came to the city of Chaozhou, hundreds of meters away from the city gate, and suddenly saw the city gate open, and a team of people lined up to greet each other.

A general with bright armor broke away from the team, rode a fast horse to Guan Yu and the others, turned over and dismounted, knelt down and saluted: "I heard that the prince of the north personally led a large army to suppress the bandits, and the last general greeted the late, and I hope that the prince of the north will forgive his sins." ”

Guan Yu immediately stepped forward and smiled: "Excuse me, our army has been camped ten miles outside the city, and we are about to enter the city to ask you for a glass of wine, and by the way, learn about the local bandits." ”

The general didn't get up, but still knelt on the ground and looked up and said, "Lord Bei said that he laughed. The humble position is a partial general under the account of the king of Pingnan, and the surname is Qian. I have heard my southern prince praise more than once in private, and the people and horses of the northern prince are the elite division of my red turban army, and they have made countless military exploits. The good generals under the North Prince's hands are like clouds, everyone has the courage to be unsuitable, and I can see it today, and the last general will be fortunate in three lives! ”。

Guan Yu and several lieutenants around him glanced at each other, laughed and said, "Speaking of which, your king of Pingnan, my fifth brother is not bad!" With just one of your clever mouths, you're worth my thousands of troops! Hurry up, you don't want to take us into the city because you don't want to take us into the city? ”

The general Qian stood up with a smile, bowed again, turned around and got back on his horse, and led the way with his head.

The queue to greet them was divided into two, giving way to a wide passage, and the soldiers standing on both sides of the box marched in unison, watching Guan Yu and his party slowly enter the city.

In the original government office of Chaozhou City, the miscellaneous affairs have been completed, Guan Yu asked General Qian to sit down and talk, and asked about the local bandits. General Qian only began to vent his bitterness at this time.

"Lord Bei, I won't tell you anything, in the past three or four months, the last general has been tossed to death by these bandits, and he can't sleep at night, and he can't eat sweetly! When the army of the prince of the south of my family was launched, only 10,000 soldiers and horses were left for the humble position, 5,000 troops were garrisoned in Chaozhou City, and the rest of the men and horses were scattered in various counties to maintain law and order. The imperial court also sent the Chaozhou county guard and Pingzhang in various places, the bandits of this Hongze Lake are very rampant, every late night sneak attack, murder and arson, loot the official mansion and quickly retreat into the lake, there are three Pingzhang adults loyal to the country, our soldiers and horses are also seriously damaged, there are less than 6,000 soldiers left. ”

Guan Yu frowned and said, "How many people are there in this gang of bandits?" ”。

General Qian's face turned red and said, "This, the humble position can only be estimated." There were about 20,000 people, because just three days ago, these bandits actually attacked Chaozhou City at night, because the night was dark, our defenders were afraid that there were ambushes outside, and did not dare to open the city gate to pursue, so they only fired arrows at the head of the city, and barely repelled the strong attack of the bandits. ”

Guan Yu was dissatisfied: "After fighting for so long, you haven't been able to catch a few live questions?" ”。

General Qian hurriedly said: "Yes, five days ago, a bandit who did not escape was caught in the county town below, and now he is detained in the Chaozhou prison, and he is still a little girl." But no matter how she was tortured, she couldn't open her mouth. Lord Bei, you came just in time, and the humble official originally planned to cut her tomorrow and kill the bandits. If you can personally supervise the beheading, the prince will definitely make the bandit frightened and disappear from now on. ”

Guan Yu got up and said, "Lead the way, and this king will go and take a look at the female prisoner." ”

General Qian said embarrassedly: "The prison is filthy and smelly, and you have a noble status...... Isn't that inappropriate? ”。

Guan Yu waved his hand indifferently and strode out.

General Qian was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly got up and chased out.

In the prison, the smell is pungent. Several jailers trotted ahead with torches held alof.

Through the thick black wooden fence, Guan Yu first saw a kneeling figure sitting on the ground, with unkempt hair, bare feet, dressed in coarse linen clothes, with heavy shackles, and a slightly thin back.

The woman heard the stumble of footsteps behind her, turned her head and glared at everyone with a sharp gaze, and then quickly turned her head back.

Guan Yu saw that her appearance was mediocre, her skin was not fair, she was a little bronze, and she looked like a fisherman girl exposed to the wind and sun.

Her lower lip was swollen, she had a whiplash mark on her face that was visibly crusted, and a bruise on her exposed calf.

Guan Yu stopped suddenly, then turned around and walked out. The inexplicable General Qian chased after him step by step, and said in a low voice: "Lord Wang, aren't you going to interrogate this bandit overnight?" ”。

Guan Yu glanced at him with slanted eyes, and grinned: "She hasn't spoken for a few days of your trial, and this prince is not a god, so why waste that effort?" This prince is suddenly hungry, let's go back. ”

It was late at night, and the candlelight in the prison was dim. A jailer guard was lying on his stomach in front of a table, his mouth professing a long hara, napping.

Suddenly, above the roof, a masked man dressed in black hung upside down, his bright eyes staring at the guard. A moment later, the man in black tiptoed, turned in the air, and silently floated in front of the guard.

Seeing that the guard was sleepy, the man in black couldn't bear to disturb him, and was about to turn around and leave quietly, when the guard suddenly shivered, but it turned out that he was awakened by urine.

Looking at each other, the guard was so frightened that his hair stood on end, and he opened his mouth wide for a moment, and flew to get the steel knife that lay flat on the table.

The man in black quickly stretched out his right hand and fingers and pointed them on the guard's chest, and the jailer remained motionless with his mouth wide open as if by magic.

The man in black did not reach for a large set of keys hanging from the jailer's waist, but quickly turned around and walked to the cell door, reached out and felt a hard filament from his arms, and with a "snap", the big lock of the cell door fell in response.

The sound woke up the young woman who was in a daze and slumber with shackles on her back, and she quickly sat up, and the man in black had already pounced in front of her. The woman was about to open her mouth to scream in panic, when the man in black put his right index finger to his lips and motioned for her to shut up.

The man in black leaned down and whispered in her ear, "Don't be afraid, I'm here to save you." ”

The woman looked at the other party suspiciously, but she couldn't see anything except two thick black sword eyebrows and a pair of bright eyes.

After a moment's hesitation, the young woman gritted her teeth and nodded. The man in black reached out and tugged at the shackles around her neck, and the shackles fell to the ground.

Without saying a word, the man in black reached out to pick up the woman and walked out quickly.

In the darkness, the young woman's face was slightly red, her breathing was inexplicably short, and she clearly felt the powerful texture of the other arm's arm and the heat coming from his broad back.

As soon as he stepped out of the cell door, on the other side of the corridor came two jailers with torches and steel knives in their hands, patrolling around the night.

The two tall jailers were taken aback at first, and then gritted their teeth and shouted, "Who is so daring? Leave your life behind! At the same time, he held the cold steel knife high and rushed over.