Yu Qing, Zhao Kuangyan and Xiang Boy'er were in a hurry, bowing their heads and quickly coming to the city gate, at this time the city gate had just opened, only to see a large number of refugees pouring into the city, surrounding the entire city gate, several officers and soldiers were trying to maintain order, desperately against the crowd with spears, and it seemed that they could not resist.

One of the captains of the city gate said to another soldier: "Go and report to the general that a large number of refugees have poured into the city, and ask him to send men to help!" Then he drew his sword, and shouted, "Come one by one, don't squeeze, and kill those who don't obey orders."

His shout temporarily frightened the crowd, but someone in the crowd shouted: "We are going to the city!" Let's get inside! After a pause, the crowd poured into the city again.

When the lieutenant saw this, he couldn't help but be furious, and he slashed with his sword, and saw several refugees lying in a pool of blood. The refugees in front were a little frightened when they saw the officers and soldiers starting to kill, but the ones behind kept squeezing forward, and they couldn't stop. The lieutenant was even more furious and ordered the soldiers: "Kill me!" ”

Several other gatekeepers also began to suppress the refugees by force, and some people continued to fall, and some had already squeezed into the city and desperately fled to the inner city.

Zhao Kuangyan saw that the officers and soldiers were killing people indiscriminately, and he didn't care about revealing his identity, and was about to step forward to stop it, but he didn't expect Yu Qing to make a move first, only to see him pass towards a gust of wind, and a whirlwind kicked the soldiers, no one stopped them, and the refugees swarmed in and stepped on the soldiers who fell to the ground, and they didn't know whether the soldiers were dead or alive.

At this time, a man who looked like a general rode a tall horse and galloped with a large group of men and horses, and immediately began to arrest people.

Yu Qing and Zhao Kuangyan and the other three took advantage of the chaos to sneak out of the city, speeding up their pace and running towards the woods on the outskirts of the city.

The three of them ran into the woods one after another, and when they saw that there were no pursuers, they slowed down.

Because they were in too much of a hurry to go out, Yu Qing didn't have time to relieve it in the morning, and the commotion just now, the lower abdomen had a violent feeling of urine, and it was unbearable, so he said: "Brother Zhao is one step ahead, I urinate very much, so I need to make it easier." ”

Before Zhao Kuangyan and Xiang Boy agreed, Yu Qing had already untied his trouser belt, took out the big guy and urinated under a big tree.

Seeing this, Zhao Kuangyan hurriedly covered his eyes with his hands and exclaimed, "What are you doing?" ”

This call doesn't matter, it really startled Yu Qing, he came back to his senses and said, "What's your name?" A big man, look ashamed of you, like a big girl, and other people's fragrant children don't look like you! ”

Zhao Kuangyan's face was flushed with shame, and he ran forward with a smoke.

Yu Qing didn't know what was going on, he looked at Xiang Boy, who spread his hands helplessly and said, "I want to pee too!" After speaking, he also picked up *** and fought with Yu Qing peeing.

After Yu Qing and Xiang'er finished urinating, they quickly caught up with Zhao Kuangyan and asked, "Brother Zhao, what's wrong?" ”

Zhao Kuangyan pouted angrily and didn't talk to him.

Yu Qing continued: "How can you look like a big girl, this is not like Zhao Kuangyan, who is chivalrous and righteous!" ”

Zhao Kuangyan still didn't speak. Xiang Boy'er said: "My sister and brother have a very strange temper, he is always like this, and it will be fine in a while." ”

Zhao Kuangyan spoke: "Xiang Boy, it's just that you talk a lot, if you do this again, I'll send you home!" ”

Xiang Boy slapped Zhao Kuangyan on the back, ran away at once, and said with a smile: "Come and hit me!" Brother-in-law! Big brother-in-law! ”

Zhao Kuangyan chased after him, and the two of them chased after me, giggling and fighting.

Yu Qing looked at the two living treasures and chased after them.

They were all a little tired, and by this time it was three poles old, and everyone sat down to rest on the edge of a crystal clear stream.

The fragrant boy took out three loaves from his bag and ate them one by one.

Zhao Kuangyan said: "Brother Yu, I can't see that your martial arts are not bad, and you will knock down a few officers and soldiers in three or two clicks!" ”

Yu Qing said: "When you come out to roam the rivers and lakes, you must always have a skill, but they are all self-defense tricks, and it is difficult to get into the hall of elegance, which makes Brother Zhao smile." ”

Zhao Kuangyan said: "Brother Yu doesn't have to be modest, but to get back to the point, I saw people fleeing from the southwest along the way, and I am afraid that the road to Chang'an is extremely dangerous. ”

Yu Qingzheng said: "I also have this intention, it is better to find out the situation, and it is better to prepare in advance." ”

After a simple meal of flatbread, the three of them took some water from the stream to drink, and continued on their way.

By noon, I had walked about fifty miles when I saw an old woman in ragged clothes and a boy of seven or eight years old slowly walking on the opposite side. Yu Qing stepped forward and asked, "Auntie, where are you from?" ”

The old woman did not answer his question, but asked in a hoarse voice, "Is there anything to eat?" ”

Yu Qing looked at Xiang Child, and Xiang Boy hurriedly hugged the package tightly. Zhao Kuangyan snatched the package of Xiang Child'er into his hand, turned out two flatbreads from it, and handed them to the old woman.

The old woman couldn't wait to snatch the big cake in Zhao Kuangyan's hand, hid one cake in her arms, and broke the other cake into two halves of different sizes, the big half was handed to the little boy, and the small half was handed to her mouth, and she chewed it while crying.

After the old woman and the child finished eating the cake, Zhao Kuangyan asked again, "Auntie, where are you from?" Along the way, we found a lot of refugees, what happened? ”

The old woman was sad again, and said with tears: "We came from Zhenzhou, there was a rebellion in Zhenzhou, I heard that it was the Chengde army that rebelled, and the imperial court sent a large army to suppress it. Our grandparents and grandchildren fled with the refugees, hungry and cold, hungry and tired, and separated from the group, and I didn't know where we were! ”

Yu Qing felt sad for a while, which made him think of his childhood and grandmother, and he couldn't help but cry secretly. He took out some broken silver and gave it to his grandparents and grandchildren, and after saying goodbye to them, he continued on his way.

Yu Qing, Zhao Kuangyan, and Xiang Boyer walked dozens of miles and the land was deserted, and they saw many refugees who died on the side of the road along the way.

At this time, I saw a thatched house on the opposite hillside from a distance, and a tall flagpole stood in front of the door, on which a small flag was waving in the wind, and a tea word was faintly visible.

Yu Qing said: "Brothers, there is a tea shop in front, let's go buy a bowl of tea to eat!" ”

When everyone came to the front of the tea shop, they found that it was dilapidated, where are there any people selling tea? The hut was simply propped up with a few pieces of wood, and inside there were two tables, one of which had a broken leg. There were faint blood stains on the table and pillars, and several stools were lying on the ground, and no one knew what had happened here.

Yu Qing stood next to a pillar, looking into the distance, the cold wind was bleak, the eyes were full of depression, the distant mountains were gray, the sky and the earth were yellow, the jackdaws were screaming, the chill suddenly rose, and he couldn't help but feel emotional.

Seeing Yu Qing's appearance, Zhao Kuangyan walked up to him and asked, "Brother Yu, what's wrong?" ”

Yu Qing's eyes were slightly red, and he said, "It's nothing, I feel a little emotional!" Then he said, "Let us eat some dry food and continue on our journey." ”

In the evening, Yu Qing and the three finally came to a small town, but the town was deserted and dilapidated, except for the occasional dog barking, there were almost no people on the street, but from time to time I saw one or two corpses.

It was the beginning of winter, and the north wind was whistling, whining the treetops beside the road, as if someone were crying, and the doors on both sides of the dark streets were closed, and everywhere was lifeless, and the air was filled with the atmosphere of death. Judging by the dense shops, this town must have been very busy before, but now it looks like a ghost town.

Xiang Boy couldn't help but hold Zhao Kuangyan's arm tightly, and Zhao Kuangyan also followed closely behind Yu Qing.

Yu Qing thought to himself, Master Zu said, "Where the master is, thorns are born, and after the army, there will be a fierce year." "That's true. How many ordinary people will be displaced and their families ruined by these people who start wars for their own selfishness? It seems that he wants to find the Chai Rong mentioned by Uncle Taishi as soon as possible, and help this person calm the world as soon as possible, so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment. But in the vast sea of people, where to find it? Master Zu, Uncle Taishi, please manifest your spirit and show your disciples the direction!

Zhao Kuangyan said: "Brother Yu, it seems that all the people in this town have fled!" ”

Yu Qing said: "Let's look again and see if we can find an inn!" ”

They walked to the end of the town, and finally found that the lantern in front of the inn was still on, and the word inn was faintly visible on the lantern.

Yu Qing stepped forward and pushed open the door of the inn, there was no one inside, only to see a horse lantern hanging on the pistador, the cold wind poured in from the door, and the horse lantern swayed with the wind, making a creaking sound.

Yu Qing and Zhao Kuangyan walked into the house, and everyone felt that the atmosphere was very wrong. Suddenly, a strange roar was heard, and a black shadow flew out from behind the counter and swooped down on the three of them.

Yu Qing was taken aback and shouted loudly: "Be careful! ”

Zhao Kuangyan pulled out his sword with a "cymbal", and Xiang Boy was so frightened that he suddenly got under the table.

Yu Qing only felt that a sharp palm wind was coming towards him, and Yu Qing couldn't let this unexpected palm go, so he had to take it in a hurry.

Hearing only a bang, Yu Qing was shocked back a few steps and arrived at the door of the inn. And the black shadow did two backflips in the air in a row, fell behind the counter, and saw nothing.

Yu Qing was secretly surprised: "What a deep internal force!" He didn't dare to slack off at all, and he was in the dantian, his hands were gossip, ready to deal with the second attack at any time.

All this happened so fast that Zhao Kuangyan almost didn't see it clearly, he held the long sword in his hand and asked sharply, "Who?" Is it a human or a ghost? ”

Before the words fell, the black shadow suddenly flew up from behind the counter, and a whirlwind slashed towards Zhao Kuangyan's head. Zhao Kuangyan stood up with his sword to block, only to hear the sound of the bell, Zhao Kuangyan was shocked and flew out, only to feel a fishy smell surge, and blood oozed from the corner of his mouth.

Seeing this, Yu Qing flew to catch Zhao Kuangyan, used enough internal force, pushed on Zhao Kuangyan's back, adjusted the breath in his body, and then put him next to him and said, "Brother Zhao, you let go aside for a while, let me deal with it!" ”

I saw Yu Qing hugging his palms together, his anger sank into the dantian, and an undercurrent surged between his palms, flying towards the black shadow with his palms, and his palm was full of skill. The black shadow used the iron in his hand to block the front. Yu Qing's palm peak hit the iron crutch, and the black shadow was forced to push back to the edge of the counter, and slammed into the counter. The solid wood counter collapsed with a bang, and the black shadow was unsteady on its feet, hurriedly supporting its body with iron crutches.

Yu Qing didn't continue to attack him, he clasped his fists and said: "I don't know which master the predecessor is, the three of us brothers passed by here and came to stay, and there was no malice, why did they hurt each other?" ”

The black shadow stood in front of the counter, only half a head above the counter, and saw that this person was wearing a gray robe, a triangular gray cloth hat, a sharp chin, a few sparse beards, a high and bulging back, the whole head seemed to be shrunk in the neck, and an iron crutch was in his hand. It turned out to be a hunchbacked old man, he looked at Yu Qing and the three of them, and was secretly surprised in his heart, he never expected the young man in front of him to have such a strong internal force, at this time he knew that he was invincible, and the yin and yang were so angry that he said: "Stay? There are no people in this radius of dozens of miles, what are you here for? ”

Yu Qing said: "Senior, we are indeed here to stay. ”

The hunchbacked old man saw that Yu Qing, Zhao Kuangyan and others were clear-eyed, they were not very old, and they did not look like people in the army, so they said: "Since you are here to stay, please report your name!" ”

Yu Qing said: "Under Yu Qing, the people of the Western Regions!" ”

Zhao Kuangyan wiped the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand and said, "Under Zhao Kuangyan, Luoyang people!" ”

Xiang Boy crawled out from under the table and said, "I'm Xiang Boy, Luoyang people!" ”

When the hunchbacked old man heard that they were all unknown juniors, he said: "A few post-nators are very bold, and now that the flames are raging and the wars are frequent, you dare to come out and run around!" ”

Yu Qing said: "The younger generation has something to do, and it is really a last resort, dare to ask the seniors to respect the surname?" ”

When the hunchbacked old man heard that something important was going to happen, he immediately became alert again and asked, "What's the matter, what do you have to do with that traitor An Chongrong?" ”

After Zhao Kuangyan heard this, he said impatiently: "What An Chongrong is not worried about, I don't know, the person we are looking for is called Chai Rong." Do you know this person? ”

The hunchbacked old man laughed dryly and said: "I see, this old man Chai Rong doesn't know either, since you are not traitors, the old man may as well tell you my name." The old man's surname is Ouyang, and his single name is a que! ”

Zhao Kuangyan also came out to wander for nearly a year, and he knew a little about the famous people in the rivers and lakes, and said: "Oh! It turned out to be a well-known Qinghai stranger and an iron top Ouyang Que old-timer on the rivers and lakes, but I heard that the predecessor lived in the northwest Riyue Mountain, how could he come to the Central Plains? ”

Yu Qing answered: "Yes, there is only one senior in the whole town, and the younger generation really doesn't understand!" ”

Iron Gyro Ouyang Que said: "It seems that although this little brother is young, he is also well-informed, and you also know the name of the old man!" You have also seen, this town is called Sanhe Town, the so-called three and the people, one is called Tianhe, the second is said to be the earth, the third is the people, here is the north and south of the important town, the three provinces of the main road, originally densely populated, lively and extraordinary, only because of the traitor An Chongrong rebellion, here suffered from the military disaster, the residents of the town died and fled, the three and the time has become poor, the geographical advantage does not exist, the network is not harmonious, but it is a pity that a generation of important towns has become a dead city. ”

Yu Qing said: "Yes, there will be a famine year after the army, and after many years of war, it is the common people who suffer in the end!" At this time, he wrote down a name in his heart - An Chongrong. Yu Qing sighed secretly: "An Chongrong, An Chongrong, how many people do you want to be buried for your own selfishness?" ”

Zhao Kuangyan answered: "Senior Ouyang, I don't know if I can spend the night here?" ”

Ouyang Que said: "It's okay to spend the night overnight, but I'll tell you the truth, I'm not a shopkeeper either, but I just made an appointment with a friend to meet here." Settle for yourselves, I have to wait for a friend. ”

After a day of hard work, Yu Qing and the three of them also felt very tired, so they thanked Ouyang Que, a stranger in Qinghai, and went upstairs to find a chase shop, lay down with clothes, and rested. Xiang Zi'er slept in the middle, and Yu Qing and Zhao Kuangyan slept on both sides.

Zhao Kuangyan said softly to Qing: "Brother Yu, I always feel that the behavior of that Qinghai stranger is a little strange. ”

Xiang Boy also said: "I don't think that old man looks like a good person, a thief with eyebrows and mouse eyes." ”

Yu Qing said: "Having said that, but we don't judge people by their appearance, we have no grudges or hatreds with him, and I don't think he will harm us." ”

Zhao Kuangyan said: "You can't have the heart to hurt people, and you can't have the heart to prevent people, so it's better to be careful!" ”

Yu Qing said: "You are right, let's wait and see!" Brother Zhao suffered some internal injuries before, and although I can reconcile it with my true qi for you, I still need to rest well. ”

It was night, the cold wind was howling, I couldn't see my fingers, and a sound of horses' hooves could be faintly heard in the cold wind from far and near. I saw a man wearing a hat on his head, wearing a robe, and holding a red spear in his hand. When he came to Sanhe Town, he saw the lantern of the street inn, Le Ma stopped, saw that there was no one around, and quietly walked to the door of the inn, "Tuk, tuk, tuk." "Rhythmically knocked on the door a few times.

The door creaked open, and someone flashed into the door, and saw that the door was opened by a hunchbacked old man, who was only three or four feet tall, and his face suddenly showed a look of disappointment. But out of courtesy, he still arched his hand and said, "Your Excellency is a person sent by Lord Du Chongweidu?" Looking at that look, he obviously looked down on the hunchback in front of him.

Ouyang Que couldn't help but be a little annoyed when he saw no one in his eyes, but he still held back his anger and said, "It seems that Your Excellency is a person from Zhenzhou, Your Excellency has been tired all the way, eat a cup of tea first!" Before he finished speaking, he waved his hand, and a bowl of tea on the table spun and flew out in the air, and not a drop was splashed.

Zhao Kuangyan heard the sound downstairs, he shook Yu Qing gently, and thought that Yu Qing was asleep, but he didn't expect Yu Qing to "Shhh!" He said, "Wait and see!" ”

The people who came knew that it was thrown with a strong internal force, and they also had enough internal force to reach out to receive the tea. But the tea bowl was like a powerful countercurrent in his hands. He took a few steps back and finally stabilized the teacup, and sighed in his heart: "What a strong internal force!" ”

The person who came took a sip of tea and said, "Yes, it is Gao Xingjing from Zhenzhou City, I don't know what Your Excellency is called?" ”

Ouyang Que said lightly: "The old man's surname is Ouyang, and his single name is a Que character. ”

"Oh! It turned out to be the famous iron gyro, Qinghai monster Ouyang old-timer, long admiration, long admiration! Rude, rude! There was a lot of negligence just now, please bear with me. ”

Ouyang Que saw that his attitude towards himself had taken a 180-degree turn, and his anger suddenly subsided, and he said: "Your Excellency's surname is Gao, and you also make a spear, I don't know what is the origin of Your Excellency and the head of the Four Seasons Fist, the white horse and silver spear Gao Siji?" ”

Gao Xing said respectfully: "Oh, I am also the same sect as Master Gao, speaking of which, he is my uncle, could it be that Ouyang seniors know his uncle and his old man?" ”

Ouyang Que laughed and said, "Is it more than acquaintance? I think back then, my brother and I met in Youzhou, and we had a very happy relationship, talking about martial arts, learning martial arts, and fighting for 300 rounds without winning or losing. It's really a hero's pity, and I still remember it vividly, alas! It's a pity that my brother died young, which is really a big regret for someone in my Ouyang! After saying that, he was saddened.

Gao Xingjing said: "The Si people have passed away, and the predecessors don't have to be sad, the purpose of my coming here today, I think the seniors should also know, let's talk about business, right?" ”

Ouyang Que said: "Did you bring something?" ”

Gao Xingjing said, "What about what Master Du gave me?" ”

Ouyang Que said: "I have already prepared. With that, he turned around and walked to the counter, opened a secret compartment, and took out a package from it.

Ouyang Que opened the table wrapped in front of Gao Xingjing, and inside was a bag of gold ingots and a letter of appointment from the deputy commander of the infantry ya.

Gao Xingjing was overjoyed when he saw it, and was about to reach into his arms to get the thing, when suddenly there was a cough from upstairs. It turned out that Zhao Kuangyan suffered a little internal injury, and the cold came at night and coughed.

Gao Xingjing was shocked: "Senior Ouyang, what's going on?" Is there someone upstairs? ”

Ouyang Que said: "General Gao doesn't need to panic, don't get in the way, they are just three dolls who spend the night." ”

"Doll? Where are the dolls from this uninhabited place? Gao Xingjing obviously didn't believe it, he looked at Ouyang Que with suspicious eyes, lest there was fraud in it.

Ouyang Que laughed and said: "General Gao, don't worry, I have already checked, they are sure that they are not from the army, they are indeed passing by here to spend the night, please don't worry about it!" ”

Gao Xingjing made a gesture for Ouyang Que to come over, and whispered in his ear: "Senior Ouyang, this matter is confidential and important, don't let the second person know, be careful to sail the ship for ten thousand years, if it is really as you said, it is better to ......" He made a gesture of wiping his neck.

Ouyang Que said: "Definitely! Definitely! General Gao didn't know that the three people upstairs were still useful for me to keep. ”

"What do you think about your predecessors?"

"I think you also know that An Chongrong was born with divine power, extraordinary martial arts, so that a pair of divine whips, no one can beat him, known as 'Iron Whip Langjun', with the strength of you and me, I am afraid that I can't help him. Upstairs there is a young man named Yu Qing, although he is young and careless, but his martial arts are far above me, if he helps, then An Chongrong has ten lives, and it is difficult to escape. Besides, I've already said that his martial arts are far above mine, and if you want to kill him, I'm afraid it's not easy to say! ”

At this point, Ouyang Que is self-aware, it is indeed easy for him to kill Yu Qing, and if Yu Qing wants to kill him, although it is not easy to say, it is absolutely possible.

Gao Xingjing saw that Ouyang Que's attitude was more sincere, and he gradually relaxed his vigilance, his heart was crossed, and he took out the scroll in his arms and said: "This is the defense map of Zhenzhou City, when the time comes, you tell Lord Du to let him lead the army to attack from the water gate in the west of the city at midnight, because the city wall there is strong, and there is a moat partition, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is the safest place in Zhenzhou City, so the defense is relatively weak, and An Chongrong can't count us to attack from there even if he is clever." When the time comes, I will set up three bonfires, and we will be able to win a great victory if we are caught off guard by surprise and attacked. ”

Ouyang Que took the scroll, handed the package to Gao Xing and said: "With General Gao answering, Zhenzhou City will be in the pocket of Lord Du sooner or later, but pity An Chongrong, who claims to be a hero, he never imagined that he would lose in the hands of his most trusted person, sad!" Lamentable! Then we will wait for the good news of General Gao! ”

Gao Xingjing got up to take his leave, only to hear the sound of horses' hooves disappearing into the whirring cold wind from near and far. A gloomy sneer appeared on Ouyang Que's face.