Yang Mingyi rode on his horse and looked at the direction of Gufengkou in the face of the cold wind of the early morning.

He turned his face and asked a herald, "Have you informed General Tan's headquarters in time?" Why haven't they come to the confluence yet? ”

The herald knelt down and replied: "Grandpa Yuguo, the little ones went to pass it in person, and when they left, they were besieged by bandits, and I am afraid it will be difficult to get out for a while!" ”。

Yang Mingyi waved his hand, looked up into the distance again, and continued to wait stupidly.

A pair of honest tenants gave birth to a precious son. Tenant Lao Zhang, carrying three raw eggs, visited a well-known local fortune teller. I hope that Mr. will calculate a hexagram for his son, and help him choose a good name by the way, so as to get rid of the poor days of facing the loess and facing the sky. The fortune teller stroked his goatee, pinched his fingers, pondered for a moment, and wrote down the three big characters "Zhang Wenxing".

Mr. explained that this son is the reincarnation of the heavenly Qu Xing, and as long as he studies hard in the future, he will be named on the gold list, and the glory of his ancestors will be just around the corner. Zhang Tenant's face bloomed with joy, and he went back with a thousand thanks, looking forward to his son growing up soon. I don't know if it's because the gift is too light or for some other reason, the fortune teller's hexagram is outrageously wrong. Zhang Wenxing was still illiterate when he became an adult, but he became a well-known butcher. Since he started the pig killing business, his name was quickly forgotten, and the world only called him "Butcher Zhang".

Butcher Zhang has exquisite skills, does business and trades without bullying, and also picks up an orphan girl who begs for food and becomes a family. Therefore, in the year of famine when many people starved to death, the small life was also delicious, and every once in a while you could stew some broken bone soup to drink. Mr. and Mrs. Zhang have a daughter, Tingting Yuli, who was born at the age of twelve or thirteen, and he loves it like a treasure. As the saying goes: people are afraid of being famous, pigs are afraid of being strong, and poor beauties are in trouble!

At dusk on this day, the matchmaker came to visit with a few small servants with generous gifts. Butcher Zhang greeted him with a smile and stepped forward and said, "Mother-in-law, have you made a mistake?" My daughter is only thirteen, and she is not yet old enough to get married. ”

The matchmaker smiled and said: "I want to congratulate you, butcher Zhang, Lord Pingzhang has taken a fancy to your daughter and wants to be accepted as the ninth concubine, isn't it the same one day earlier and one day later?" ”。

Butcher Zhang was stupid, he clearly remembered that the local Pingzhang Lord was a half-buried old fellow. Although he never dared to offend the officials and old men, for the sake of his precious daughter, he still gritted his teeth and sternly refused.

The matchmaker was very dissatisfied, and said coldly before leaving: "Butcher Zhang, don't toast and don't eat and drink!" ”。

The frightened Butcher Zhang sharpened his pig-killing knife to the brightest and squatted in his small courtyard for two nights, but it was calm and safe. He thought that he might be too worried, after all, the dignified and ordinary lord would not be unable to get along with the people because of this trivial matter, which would damage the official reputation of the eldest master.

In order to make a living, on the third day, he told his wife to lock the courtyard door, went to the market in the early morning, bought a little pig to slaughter, and set up his own stall selling meat.

It was nearly noon, and more than a dozen people dressed as officials came over with a swagger, each carrying sticks and scimitars. Butcher Zhang had already prepared some broken silver in advance, and nodded to meet him. These people are all local ruffians, not officially official, and Lord Pingzhang allocates a small amount of money every month to keep them safe, and the main source of income for these people is by extorting merchants.

Liu Er, the leader, turned an uncharacteristically blind eye to the broken silver handed over by Butcher Zhang, and said with a straight face: "Butcher Zhang, someone has accused you of selling pork that died of illness and murdering for money. Pack up your things and take us to the county office! ”。

Butcher Zhang was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Second master, don't be so funny, this pig was slaughtered by me this morning, and it was alive, and many people have seen it with their own eyes." ”

Liu Er's face sank and he scolded: "Who the has the leisure to joke with you?" Lao Tzu is a businessman who eliminates harm for the people! ”。

He turned his face and waved his hand, "Brothers, smash his stall for me!" More than a dozen people shouted and rushed up, and Butcher Zhang pounced on him and tried his best to stop it, but he was kicked to the ground, only to snatch back his sharpened pig-killing knife.

The stalls were overturned, and pieces of fresh pork were scattered on the ground. Still not satisfied, the men jumped up and stomped on the scattered pork, stomping them into the mud.

The noisy chaos here alarmed two passers-by, one was a white-clothed man with a lupine scarf and clear eyebrows, and the other was a strong man with a thick beard and a low-hanging hat. The white-clothed man frowned, shook his emaciated shoulders and was about to take a step forward, when the strong-bearded man pulled his sleeve and shook his head slightly.

Butcher Zhang got up from the ground, his heart was like a knife, his big hand holding the pig-killing knife trembled slightly, and the blue tendons on his forehead burst out.

Liu Er smiled contemptuously, stepped forward and said, "What's the matter?" Butcher Zhang, do you dare to fight against the official on the street with a pig-killing knife? Come on, come on, I'll give you Liu Er's head. After cutting me, you will be put in prison without having to try the case, and your mother and daughter will starve to death in less than seven days! ”。

As he spoke, he took a few steps forward, untied his collar with both hands, and stretched his slender neck and handed it over.

The angry flame in Butcher Zhang's eyes was suddenly extinguished, and he lowered his head and took two steps back. Liu Er took another step forward and slapped Zhang Butcher two loud slaps with a wave of his hand, and a wisp of red blood flowed down the corner of his mouth.

Butcher Zhang lowered his head and took a step back, Liu Er pointed at his nose and scolded: "I told you a long time ago not to toast and not eat and drink!" If you don't repent, you won't want to do business in the jurisdiction of Lord Pingzhang in the future! Your family is waiting to starve to death! ”。

Before the words fell, Liu Er's eyes suddenly appeared with gold stars, and his face hurt hotly, and then he was kicked to the ground by a kick flying in the air. He looked up at Butcher Zhang in surprise, the guy had his head down and didn't move!

Liu Er looked around angrily and shouted, "Who dares to hit me?" Tired of living?! ”

Then he saw the strange man in white with white teeth and red lips and clear eyebrows standing in front of him with a sneer.

Liu Er was furious, since he put on the tiger skin of this official errand, no one had dared to touch a finger of him. He roared red-faced, "Brothers, go up and kill him!" ”

More than a dozen of his men also recovered from the shock at this time, shouting and waving knives and sticks and rushing up. The man in white jumped up, and at some point there was a cold and shining sword in his hand, and with two "poofs" sounds, without a trace of hesitation, he stabbed the two guys who rushed up with knives to the ground.

The thick-bearded man standing in the crowd of people watching the excitement sighed helplessly, pulled out the steel knife on his waist and jumped out of the crowd, and swung his knife to kill. With the kung fu of tea, a sword and a sword put more than a dozen evil officials to the ground.

The man in white walked up to Butcher Zhang and said, "If you want to be a man, go over and kill him, and we will take you to the Ma family's army!" He stretched out his hand and pointed to Liu Er, who was lying on the ground, his body was like a sieve of chaff, and feces and urine were flowing everywhere.

Liu Er hurriedly said: "Don't listen to his big brother Zhang, think more about your wife and children." What's the grievance to find Pingzhang, I'm just an errand thug! ”。

The man in white sneered: "Do you think you can stay in this place if you let him go?" ”

The flame of hatred rekindled in Butcher Zhang's eyes, he gritted his teeth and stared at his eyes, holding the pig-killing knife and walking towards Liu Er.

Liu Erjian burst into tears, wanted to get up and didn't listen to the call, waved his hands indiscriminately and shouted: "Calm down, calm down, Brother Zhang!" ”。

At this time, the crowd of onlookers invariably let out an angry roar: "Kill him!" "Kill him! "This rabbit cub is a fox and a fake tiger every day, he should have died a long time ago! ”。

Butcher Zhang stepped forward and grabbed Liu Er's hair bun, and chopped off Liu Er's head with just one knife. It is worthy of killing pigs for many years and is skilled. He threw the head aside, stood up and said to the two, "I'll go with you!" But you have to go home first and bring your wife and children with you. ”

Butcher Zhang's wife was frightened by a rapid knock on the door, and ran to the courtyard gate tremblingly, and saw her husband covered in blood and anxious on the crack of the door. She hurriedly opened the door, and Butcher Zhang didn't allow her to speak and yelled: "Take your daughter, don't take anything else, hurry up and follow me!" ”

Behind him stood two tall horses, and the white-clothed man on one of the horses chirped dissatisfiedly: "You don't even dare to kill a wicked official, but you shout at your wife, are you still a man?" ”。

Butcher Zhang turned his face and said with a smile: "Childe, don't blame, I'm also in a hurry." ”

The strong man with a thick beard said slowly on his horse: "How can there be any son, this is the eldest lady of the leader of my Ma family's army, Miss Rushuang." Hugh is verbose, while the officers and soldiers have not yet chased, let's hurry up, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get out of the city any later! ”。

The captain of the city gate frowned when he saw the two galloping horses, and he drew his saber vigilantly, and shouted, "Who is so rampant? When the streets are wild, stop and check! ”。

The man on the horse still flew as if he hadn't heard, and his speed did not decrease. The captain only felt a flash of silver light in front of him, and his head seemed to fly suddenly. He looked down and saw that a headless body dressed exactly like himself was holding a steel knife in his hand, slowly falling to the ground, and he couldn't help but think: Who is this unlucky guy? Why is it so familiar?

Around him, a dozen soldiers with guns shouted in terror and dodged the galloping horses. The two horses raised dust and smoke all the way and rushed out of the open city gate.

After running a long way, the strong man with a thick beard looked back and saw that there were no pursuers, and then he exhaled heavily.

Butcher Zhang behind him said: "Thank you two for rescuing, otherwise our family of three would not be able to save their lives!" ”

The bearded man shook his head, but did not answer. He whipped his horse, caught up with the war horse in front of him in a few steps, turned his head and said, "I said, eldest lady, when did you come out and you didn't cause some trouble?" Let's see how you go back and explain to the big handsome! ”

The man in white tore off the scarf on his head and threw it away, and his long black and shiny hair fluttered like a waterfall in the wind. She let out a giggle like a silver bell and said, "Lu Jian is uneven and draws a sword to help, without this bit of courage, what are we doing to rebel?" Just be a minion honestly! Don't worry, my dad won't blame me! ”。

She bowed her head again and said to the daughter of the butcher Zhang in her arms: "Little sister, is it okay for my sister to teach you to sing?" ”

The little girl, who didn't know what kind of danger she had just experienced, looked up happily and smiled, "Okay, good."

Ma Rushuang let go of her singing voice, which was sometimes loud, sometimes tactful, sometimes high-pitched, sometimes low-pitched. The song flew into the sky, accompanied by the blue sky and white clouds, and did not disperse for a long time.