Chapter 2: The Race for Deer (Part 5)

"Let's go!" Cheng Mingzhen didn't dare to delay too long in the dangerous place, stepped forward and gently pulled the corner of Wang Fubao's clothes, and whispered advice. [>

"Hmm!" At this moment, Wang Fubao finally understood that everything was irretrievable, agreed, and turned around to follow the team. The group did not dare to take the main road, so they found a very deserted path and went around to the west, until it was dawn, and after confirming that there were no pursuers nearby, they found a water source to rest temporarily.

Wang Ermao arranged for people to hunt game to make dry food, while Cheng Mingzhen and Wu Tianxi carefully counted the number of people. After some counting, it was found that less than 70 of the more than 200 guards had been killed, and all the horses had fallen in the city, and none of them had been brought out. Fortunately, everyone can spread a weapon now, so that they will not have no power to protect themselves. Otherwise, there is no need for Dou Jiande to send troops to chase and kill, and random bandits will appear to block the way, and everyone will only have to wait for death!

Two days ago, the guards also lamented that Qinghe County was devastated by the war and sparsely populated, but at this moment, they really found the benefits of being sparsely populated. After a short time of burrowing into the wild grass, Wang Ermao was already carrying two rabbits and a bunch of pheasants turned back. Everyone took it with all hands and feet, piled up the soil as a stove, used an iron helmet as a pot, and then found some common wild dried fruits and threw them into the pot, and soon, they dealt with several "pot" broth.

After breakfast, everyone had a hot breath in their stomachs, sat on the stones, and talked about their plans for the future. Zhang Jin was originally a brother in the Zhaozhou camp, so he naturally returned to Cheng Mingzhen's account. Jiang Bailing and Cheng Mingzhen once had a former feud, but after last night's battle, they were also considered to be full of enmity, so they were willing to stay in Xiangguo County for a while. What is more troublesome is that Yin Xiaoliu and other generals who originally served under Wang Fubao's account, at this moment, the whereabouts of the coach are undecided, and they themselves cannot make their own decisions. had to glance at Cheng Mingzhen without a glance, hoping that he could persuade Wang Fubao to leave together.

Cheng Mingzhen pondered his rhetoric in his heart, walked to Wang Fubao's side, and asked in a low voice: "Big brother, it is estimated that the misunderstanding between you and Lao Dou will be difficult to eliminate for a while, so it is better to go back to Xiangguo County with me first." When we got there, our brothers got together every day. ”

"Hmm!" Wang Fubao looked at the cooking fire, a little absent-minded. Cheng Mingzhen persuaded him several times before he grinned and replied in a low voice, "And then?" ”

Then try to maintain the relationship with Lao Dou. Get together with each other and disperse. If he can change his past wrongs...... "Although there is no hope in his heart, Cheng Mingzhen still can't bear to hit Wang Fubao excessively."

"Then Lao Dou waved his master to attack, let's kill you with Lao Dou, right?" Wang Fubao interrupted Cheng Mingzhen's words, shook his head and smiled bitterly. "It's not that I'm talking about you, just with your Zhaozhou battalion, you can't beat Lao Dou at all. It's not okay for the two of us to add together, and besides, I will never draw a knife from Lao Dou! ”

"Then you can't stretch your neck and wait for Lao Dou to cut it!" Wang Ermao happened to pass by and interjected with a sneer.

Cheng Mingzhen nodded lightly, "I won't take the initiative to attack Lao Dou." But if Lao Dou has to fight with his master, I can only accompany him to the end. Left and right, he is the first to lose......"

"I'm dragging you down!" didn't wait for Cheng Mingzhen to finish speaking, Wang Fubao took the responsibility on his head again.

"Not what you think!" Cheng Mingzhen knew that if he didn't untie Wang Fubao's heart knot as soon as possible, something might not happen in the future. Hurriedly explained the truth of the matter to Wang Fubao in a low voice. "Lao Dou has long been murderous to me. Even if I don't save you, I have to rush out of the city last night in order to protect myself! ”

"How can Lao Dou ......" Wang Fubao refused to believe it, but his voice sounded very weak, "How could Lao Dou be like this, he has always had a lot of belly, and even people like Yang Gongqing can tolerate ......"

"Lao Dou really wants to kill Cheng Jiaotou!" Jiang Bailing also stepped forward and took the initiative to help Cheng Mingzhen enlighten Wang Fubao, "I listened to General Cao's side, it seems that Lao Dou can't go back to Liaocheng, and he thinks Qinghe County is broken. So I think the capital is set in Yongnian in the original Wu'an County, which is the Yongnian County under the rule of Cheng Jiaotou! But Lao Dou was afraid that the head of the sect would not agree, and he was afraid that he would be in the sphere of influence of the Yuzhou battalion, and the master and slave would be translocated. So some villains took the opportunity to slander and persuaded Lao Dou to get rid of Cheng Jiaotou as soon as possible, so as not to lose the tail in the future! ”

The latter sentence is completely perfunctory for Dou Jiande. Even if Wang Fubao is so straight-hearted, he understands that it was Dou Jiande who had bad thoughts. Otherwise, as long as he holds on alone, it is useless to slander many villains!

"How did Lao Dou become like this?" He asked, shaking his head. His eyes swept over the faces of the brothers, but he could not find any answers.

"Wealth is pressing, what else can I do!" Wang Ermao sneered a few times and shook his head in response. "Since ancient times, it has been easy to share hardships and hardships, but it is difficult to share wealth and prosperity. Besides, Lao Dou had just lost a battle last year, and the army's morale was unstable. A few people must be killed to establish his power so that no one will snoop on his throne! ”

"Hey!" Wang Fubao let out a long sigh, unable to refute Wang Ermao, and had no strength to refute. Even Dou Jiande has become like this, and others may not be reliable. It is easy to share hardships and hardships, but it is difficult to share wealth and prosperity, this sentence is too true. Now that he and Cheng Mingzhen and others are in the same trouble, in the future, who can guarantee that there will be no conflict between the two sides in the future?

After thinking about it for a long time, Wang Fubao didn't think about what to do. But for the safety of everyone, I had to listen to Cheng Mingzhen's advice, temporarily settle in Ping'en first, and then make another plan after the turmoil stopped. The crowd hurriedly extinguished the firewood on the ground and continued on their way with their heads down. Two days later, I finally walked to the bank of the Zhangshui River on my legs.

Early spring had just arrived, and the river was frighteningly cold. If they were forced to swim across, at least half of the brothers would freeze to death in the middle of the river. Fortunately, the trees on the nearby riverbank are quite vigorous, just cut to make wooden rafts. Everyone threw off their arms and was busy for most of the day, cutting down trees, rubbing ropes, and finally tying up a few rafts crossing the river.

Before the raft could be pushed into the water, yellow smoke rose from the ground due east. Immediately after, "boom", "boom", the sound of horses' hooves was like thunder. The river trembled.

"Lao Dou has caught up!" Everyone exclaimed in surprise and pushed the wooden raft up the river. Looking at the smoke and dust, there were at least two thousand cavalry coming. No matter how high the martial arts of the people are, they can't withstand the cavalry's back and forth.

"Leave a few people with me to block the pursuers, and General Cheng will lead the rest of the people across the river!" Wang Fubao drew his sword and stood up, commanding loudly.

"No, you cross the river with Little Brother Jiu, and I'll stay here to attract pursuers!" Wang Ermao snatched the horizontal knife and said loudly.

The dust looked far away, but for the cavalry, it was a matter of a quarter of an hour. If no one can attract the attention of the cavalry, in case Dou Jiande is desperate and orders to swim across the river to chase and kill regardless of the life and death of the soldiers, even if everyone reaches the other side, they may not be able to run far.

While they were arguing, there was a sudden ringing of a horse bell on the riverbank. A maroon horse, carrying a maroon woman, rushed towards everyone at a gallop. After the people came, they were followed by one hundred and fifty or sixty guards from afar, all of whom were good horses in a hundred miles under their crotches, and they rushed to the eyes of everyone in an instant.

"Cheng Mingzhen, where is Cheng Mingzhen, Cheng Mingzhen, you come out for me!" On horseback, the woman in red shouted and cursed.

"It's Dou Red Line!" Cheng Mingzhen secretly screamed in his heart that it was not good. If everyone is entangled on the shore by this confused and willful woman, when Dou Jiande's army arrives, they will all want to get away. Since that's the case, just don't do it twice. Anyway, there is no room for recovery between him and Dou Jiande, so he simply took Dou Hongxian as a hostage, and he could also give the Zhaozhou battalion more time to prepare.

Thinking of this, he was angry, grabbed Dou Jiande's gold-drawing arrows and saber, and slowly greeted him. "I'm here, are you looking for me, Lord County?"

"You dog thief! I'm sorry for you, and I still see you as a brother! Seeing that Cheng Mingzhen had no guilt on his face, Dou Hongxian was so angry that his eyes were red, and he slashed his horse and knife, and chopped Cheng Mingzhen's head. With Cheng Mingzhen's current skills, how could she be chopped? With a slight movement of his feet, he dodged the blade. Then he twisted his body violently, and his arm slammed upward, already pushing Dou Hongxian's thigh out of the stirrup.

Dou Hongxian, who was stunned by anger, was caught off guard and screamed and carried off the horse. The body rolled on the beach, and the horizontal knife slashed in front of his eyes without a head. While chopping, he cried and scolded: "I handed over the arrow to you." You take Brother Wang away. Why did you kill so many people? The whole city of Qinghe has been destroyed by you. Are you satisfied, satisfied?! ”

Cheng Mingzhen didn't expect her to come to this hand, and for a while he continued to step forward to catch her, and it was not okay not to catch her, so he had to stand at the foot of Dou Hongxian in a daze, listening to her crying and scolding.

Dou Hongxian's relatives and soldiers also rode around them, and they all pressed their hands on their waists. It seems that as long as Dou Hongxian gives an order, they will rush forward regardless of life or death, and break Cheng Mingzhen and others into thousands of pieces.

The whole plan was messed up by Dou Hongxian's snot and tears, and Cheng Mingzhen was extremely helpless. Sighing, he lowered the head of the knife and explained, "Your brother has long had the intention of killing me. If I wait until the next morning, I am afraid that not only will I not be able to save Brother Wang, but my own life will also be put into it. Don't cry, your big brother is about to catch up. It's not good for him to see you like this. Let's make a note of this, we have to hurry up and cross the river, and then make amends to you in person another day, okay......"

The last sentence is simply a child's tone. Dou Hongxian wiped away her tears, pointed the tip of her knife at Cheng Mingzhen's nose and scolded: "If you hadn't done something wrong, how could you be afraid that my brother would kill you?" What about Brother Wang, where did you hide Brother Wang?! ”

"How, you can go back and ask your brother!" Cheng Mingzhen didn't bother to argue with Dou Hongxian, threw Ling Ling's arrow at Dou Hongxian's feet, turned around and walked away. Anyway, the other party can't pose any threat like this, so she just let her go. I got on the raft first, and then crossed the river.

Although Dou Hongxian is simple-hearted, he is not a fool. After thinking about it for a while, I found that what Cheng Mingzhen said may be in line with the facts. didn't bother to ask the other party Xingshi about the crime, stood up and chased a few steps, and asked sharply: "Brother Wang, where did you hide Brother Wang!" ”

"I'm here!" Wang Fubao had already listened to the conversation between the two sides word for word, and when he saw Dou Hongxian mentioning himself, he immediately stepped forward slowly and responded in a low voice: "Are you here to arrest me and go back, Dou family girl?!" ”

"If I'm here to arrest you back, why should I steal the arrows for you!" When Dou Hongxian saw Wang Fubao, his tone suddenly softened again. The sharp gaze also became gentle, and there was a faint sense of guilt in it. "The surname Cheng has destroyed the entire Qinghe City, I just hate him for doing evil. Brother Wang, are you okay, not injured?! ”

"No, thank you for your concern!" Wang Fubao shook his head and replied with a smile. looked at Dou Hongxian lovingly, like an older brother looking at a naughty sister. "You stole your brother's arrows just to save me?"

Dou Hongxian didn't answer Wang Fubao's words, and asked with a smile: "Have you thought about where you will go in the future?" ”

"Do you know how to explain to your brother?" Wang Fubao sighed and replied to the question.

"My brother lost the battle this time, and he was holding his breath in his stomach, don't hate him. When you get to Xiangguo, remember to leave early. Sooner or later, my brother will call him. You and the surname Cheng may not be able to beat him! Dou Hongxian looked at the newly born white hair on Wang Fubao's forehead, and said with a smile.

Wang Fubao smiled, stretched out his hand to dust off the sand on Dou Hongxian's shoulder, "Don't be so willful in the future." Go back to your hometown and hide for a few days, and then come back to make amends to him when your brother's anger is gone. Otherwise, in front of so many people, it will be difficult for him to let you go! ”

You have a word, and I have a word, and each of you has his own words. None of them are in tune. But he still said it with relish, and Cheng Mingzhen and the others were so sour that their teeth were soft, so they hurriedly walked away, jumped on the raft and waited for Wang Fubao to say goodbye.

Dou Hongxian's guards were also embarrassed, Yu Gong, they should rush to arrest Wang Fubao and Cheng Mingzhen. Yu privately, they are Dou Honghong's henchmen, their own master and Wang Fubao Qingqing and I can't stop talking, how can everyone as a guard get together to get some eye medicine? had to walk away with a wry smile one by one, making room for a quiet place for the two in the farewell.

"Girl, go back. Be careful not to mess with your brother in the future. He is already the king of Xia, and he has to look like a prince in front of people! Besides, when you become an emperor, you are no longer a mortal, and you can no longer have personal feelings! Finally, Wang Fubao realized that time was pressing, patted Dou Hongxian's head, and told with a smile.

"Then, then you ......" Dou Hongxian muttered in response, wanting to say a few more words, but didn't know what to say. Looking back at the smoke that was getting closer, he smiled, and turned to his mount.

"Brother Wang, hurry up!" Most of the rafts had already gone offshore, and only Cheng Mingzhen, Wang Ermao, Wu Tianxi and Jiang Bailing were still waiting on a raft.

"You go!" Wang Fubao smiled and waved his hand to Cheng Mingzhen, "Brother, I won't drag you down!" I'm done on my way! With that, he suddenly wiped the horizontal knife in his hand on his neck, and with a "poof" sound, the blood splashed away like a waterfall.

It happened suddenly, and no one could have predicted it. Cheng Mingzhen, Wang Ermao and others let out an exclamation of "ah", jumped onto the river beach, and reached out to hug Wang Fubao's body.

Dou Hongxian took the first step, picked up Wang Fubao from the beach, and covered the wound with ten fingers. Where can I still cover it. Blood gushed from her broken neck, rushed away her fingers, ran over her arms, chest, thighs, and splattered on the icy riverbank.

Cheng Mingzhen, Wang Ermao, Jiang Bailing, and Wu Tianxi knelt on the ground and cried loudly. I thought that Wang Fubao would leave with everyone after saying a few words of love to Dou Hongxian, but who expected that the few seemingly fleshy love words just now were Wang Fubao saying goodbye to Dou Honghong.

"Now, you're satisfied?" Suddenly, Dou Hongxian put away her tears and asked Cheng Mingzhen with a sneer.

How is it our fault? Cheng Mingzhen looked up blankly. did not respond to Dou Hongxian's words, and the tiger's eyes wept.

Dou Hongxian picked up Wang Fubao with both hands, took a few steps towards the war horse, shook his body, and almost fell to the ground. Several guards rushed over to help, but she kicked them all away with her feet, and while kicking, she scolded in a low voice: "Don't come, don't come." You don't want to use Brother Wang's corpse to please my brother. Get out of here, get out of here. A bunch of things without a conscience! ”

The guards were scolded stupidly, so they had to stand aside in a daze. Cheng Mingzhen, Wang Ermao and others knew that Dou Hongxian was too sad and wanted to step forward to comfort him. But listening to the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, getting closer and closer, the shadows were full of shadows, and Dou Jiande's banner had poked out from the junction of heaven and earth. had to signal the guards to steal all the weapons around Dou Hongxian, and then retreated to the raft in a hurry.

"Big brother is here to get you! Brother Wang. Don't be afraid, with me, no one can hurt you! Dou Hongxian didn't notice the small movements of the guards, and only heard the sound of horses' hooves getting closer and closer. She is not afraid, she has long been fearless. While laughing, tears fell on Wang Fubao's body. "They all have a bad conscience, and my sister and I have a bad conscience, and I have always refused to marry you. Don't hate me, my sister has been confused in those years. I'm afraid you'll treat me like them, and give me dry food to others when you don't have anything to eat......"

As she spoke, she put Wang Fubao's body on the saddle and led the war horse along the river bank for a few steps. Then he found that Wang Fubao's face was too dirty, so he took the body down and walked to the river to get water to wash it. The nearby river was soon stained red with blood, and Dou Hongxian's eyes were getting redder and redder.

The pursuers of the Dou family army were already clearly visible, and Cheng Mingzhen, Wang Ermao and others had to open the raft first and break away from the riverbank. Floating on the Zhangshui, they saw Dou Hongxian constantly scrubbing Wang Fubao's body. First his hair and face, then his neck, and finally he simply stripped off Wang Fubao's clothes and put them naked in Zhangshui. It seems that through the boiling river, all the filth in the world will be washed away from Wang Fubao's body. Let him come cleanly and go cleanly.

"County Lord, the prince will be here soon!" One of the guards couldn't bear it, and wept as he admonished.

"Go away! Do you want to use Brother Wang's corpse to please my brother! Dou Hongxian was crazy, and reached out to push the kind guard on his heels. The guard had no choice but to take a few steps back. Dou Hongxian fished Wang Fubao's body out of the water, slowly dried it, and laid it flat, with the same gentle movements as a wife serving her husband. "That's it, that's it. You shouldn't be a general, and I don't deserve to be a county lord. The eldest brother wants to fight for the world, let him fight for himself, let's go, let's ...... together."

As she spoke, her body also bowed towards Wang Fubao's body. Bright red plasma flowed down the abdomen, staining the river red again.

"Red Line!" Cheng Mingzhen and the others in the river and the guards on the bank of the river were frightened and shouted at the top of their voices. Several guards quickly ran forward and turned over Dou Hongxian's body, only to see a short dagger inserted into Dou Hongxian's abdomen at some point, reaching the handle.

"County Lord!" A group of male and female guards gathered in front of Dou Hongxian's corpse and wept bitterly. Not far away, a red battle flag hunted and rushed up the riverbank. On the flag is written a big word, "Xia".

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