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Where are you going to go in the future? While everyone was busy planting straw people, Liu Hongji came to Li Xu's side and asked in a low voice.

"Where?" Li Xu put down the artemisia grass in his hand blankly. When he was with Xu Dayan, the other party once suggested that the two of them infiltrate the caravan and go to Jiangnan, and evade military service by the way. Now that he is separated from Xu Dayan, the arrangement to go to Jiangnan has to be put aside first. And returning to Yixian's hometown is obviously not a good choice, if the county lord investigates the crime of evading military service, he will inevitably be imprisoned. And unlike Liu Hongji, he has a group of friends who are active in officialdom. He was born in a side branch of the Li family, and he has no relatives and no reason in the official mansion. Even if you bring up the gold to count, you don't know who to give this gift to.

Perhaps the best option is to be a horse thief and never take care of it. This thought just turned in his heart, and Li Xu himself shook his head again and again. The Li family is innocent and wants to be a horse thief, but when he says others, his father is the first to kill him.

But is there any other way to go? He thought with a wry smile. From the time he left the jam to the present, all the roads have been forced or chased down step by step, and no one has ever asked him what he wants to do and what his plans are in the future. Now when it was time for him to choose, his heart was empty and completely lost.

Liu Hongji looked at Li Xu's expression in his eyes, smiled, and said in Li Xu's ear: "I have an elder who is a friend of the world who supervises the food for the army in Huaiyuan Town, if you have nowhere to stay, it is better to go with me to vote for him." This Shibo has some ways to clear our body of desertion! ”

"Really?" Li Xu asked happily. Since he learned from Pan Zhanyang that those who evade military service are regarded as thieves by the government, he has always been very embarrassed about his identity. Liu Hongji's words were tantamount to opening a window on his head, allowing him to vaguely see a glimmer of light in life in the dark.

"But if you don't have a family or a reason, why should people stand up for me?" The inferiority complex in his heart soon made Li Xu veto this hope again. Liu Hongji is a son of a family, although the family has fallen, the connections left by his father are still there. And ...... yourself. He smiled wryly and twisted the artemisia grass in his hand into several pieces.

"We'll talk about it when we have a chance!" Liu Hongji patted Li Xu on the back, got up and walked into the distance. The neighing of war horses could already be heard on the other side of the river, and he needed to hurry up and hide his men.

Li Xu shook his head and put his mind back into the grass. Some gaps are innate, like grass in the hand, some are born with artemisia, and some are barnyard seeds.

"But people are not animals, and they don't need to be famous!" Tiger General Luo Yi's words suddenly sounded in his ears again. When he looked up, the weeds around him were tall or low, with different shades of color, but each one had the same blue sky overhead.

"Xuzi is a good craftsman, and he has done farm work before?" I don't know when, Zhang Liang sneaked over and asked.

"I learned a little bit at home, but now I almost forget it!" Li Xu shook his head and replied modestly. His movements as a straw man are very neat, and none of them have finished it, but he has done a good job, and each one can stand in the grass without falling down, like a real person hiding here.

"Where are you going after returning to the Central Plains, and are you going back to your hometown?" Zhang Liang smiled, and actually asked another question that Liu Hongji had just asked.

"Can't go back! I came out of military evasion! Li Xu shook his head, his face full of bitterness. If it weren't for the damn military service, he might have gone to the capital to take the Ming Jing exam by now. At that time, I didn't put a lot of effort into the Analects, and I could remember almost every sentence from that article, and every column of the column.

"Listen to me, our proprietor has hands and eyes to the sky, and he will definitely let the government exempt you from military service! How about coming with me to meet the owner when you arrive in the Central Plains? Zhang Liang gently scratched the hair on Li Xu's head and whispered advice.

"Ahh Li Xu involuntarily let out a low snort. Looking at the Tong Mix who turned his head, he hung his head down in embarrassment.

Among this group of new companions, Zhang Liang's background is the most secretive. Liu Hongji escaped into the grassland to avoid military service, and Wu Heimin was a swordsman hired by Zhang Liang at Yanmen Pass. Niu Jinda is a veterinarian and horse dealer, and Liu Jizhen is the eldest son of Liu Long'er, the old shopkeeper of the horse thief gang "A Gust of Wind", and a family of thieves. The identities of all of them match their self-introductions, and the only thing that is strange is this Zhang Liang. He called himself a horse dealer, but he was proficient in martial arts. Not only is he thoughtful and well-behaved, but there is also a mysterious owner behind him. And this time, a gust of wind shot Ashina Choyu's tiger whiskers, and it is said that he was also commissioned by the owner.

What the hell is the mysterious proprietor trying to do? The more Li Xu guessed, the more curious he became. There is a way that it is easy to enter the door and difficult to get out, once the owner is a robber head who sits on the ground and shares the spoils, wouldn't he follow Zhang Liang into the den of thieves?

"Does my brother want to stay in the thief's den and follow Liu Zhai's master?" Zhang Liang saw that Li Xu didn't answer for a long time, and asked a little eagerly. "This kind of head-losing thing can't be done once, it's not a big deal, if you are trapped here for the rest of your life, you will be ashamed of your ancestors!"

"Actually, Brother Liu and they are very good. None of them are bad guys, the real bad guys are the ones who forced them to be horse thieves! Li Xu looked around and replied in a low voice.

"There is no difference between good and evil, but they are not the masters of great things. Brother, you have all the ability, why don't you take some fame immediately. Falling into recklessness may not be a long-term solution! Zhang Liang shook his head and said in a low voice. Li Xu's tepid performance made him a little disappointed, but after years of life adventure, he has experienced his joy and anger.

"Brother Zhang, let me think about it again!" Li Xu put down a tied straw man and grabbed another handful of grass. If Liu Hongji hadn't been invited first, he might have really agreed to Zhang Liang. But now the two of them showed their intention to solicit at the same time, so he didn't know what to do for a while.

"Don't worry, let's talk about it after entering the Great Wall!" Zhang Liang hunched his waist and slowly moved forward. The Turkic wolf riders on the other side of the river had already begun to herd sheepskin rafts into the water, and the big battle was imminent, so he couldn't spend too much time on Li Xu.

"Let's talk about it after entering the Great Wall!" Li Xu responded in a low voice. His body began to tense again, his nostrils opened and closed, and his breath was filled with the smell of blood. He knew that the Turks were coming again, but this time, he didn't want to be scared out of his mind again. Either they die or they die, in this case, there is only one choice.

There were more than 300 Turkic wolves riding across the river, and it seemed that they were subordinates of the same general. The general was so angry that he ordered the horses to be driven into the water before most of the people could blow up the sheepskin raft. Horses are natural swimmers, but they are timid, and no one pulls them and does not want to go into the water. Several Turks in black armor whipped them with whips, and the horses were forced down the river one after another.

"If you have no conscience, you will treat the animal badly, and the animal will do it badly!" Niu Jinda held the horned bow and muttered in front of Li Xu. As a veterinarian, he has a much deeper affection for horses than for people, and despises the abuse of livestock the most.

"The more horses they drive across the river, the more money we make!" Liu Jizhen sneered and shook his head. From the color of his opponent's uniform, he could see that these men were the same cavalry as the one who had intercepted him in the morning. He had to avenge the revenge of more than 20 brothers, and he was very confident in Li Xu's serial plan.