After a while, Qiu Miao and Aji were surrounded by a group of bandits, these people were armed with big knives, all of them fangs and claws, densely packed in the mountains and forests, and the number of people could not be counted.

Qiu Miao saw that the situation was not good and that he had nowhere to escape, so he simply spread his hands and bowed his head and said: "Heroes, please don't harm my life, I can give whatever you want with both hands!" ”

The group of thieves couldn't help laughing, and after a while, a tall man with a scarred face walked out of the middle of them, and said with an extremely arrogant face: "Heh, I saw a smart man today, and the group of fools who asked for money and didn't want to die a few days ago really didn't go all the way!" ”

The "woodcutter" who led the way walked up to Scarface and said with a smile: "Big brother, it's also a coincidence, I was originally ordered by you to go down the mountain to find out if there was a fat sheep passing by, but I didn't expect to meet this person halfway through." Hehe, look at the black and strong guy next to him, that is a Kunlun slave, who can sell at least 100 gold in Chang'an and Luoyang, which is not something that ordinary rich people can call, this person is definitely a big fat sheep! ”

"Well, yes, your insight has always been trustworthy!" Scarface smiled and said to the "woodcutter", turned his head and shouted to Qiu Miao: "Wu Na Pifu, since you are interested, why don't you hurry up and hand over all the valuable toys?" Do you have to wait for Lao Tzu to do it himself? ”

Qiu Miao said with a bitter face: "Back to this king's words, I am indeed a trader, but it is really unfortunate, I met the king's companion once before, so now I have nothing else on my body except for a few taels of silver." Oh, by the way, the only valuable person now is this Kunlun slave, this person is very docile and obedient, if the king wants to, please take it away! ”

Scarface glared: "Your Kunlun slave is worth no more, can I still sell him to Chang'an and Luoyang?" I want real money, if you can't take it out, then I'm embarrassed, I can only borrow your head to play tricks! After that, he glanced at Aji again, and immediately said angrily: "You are a puppet, and you dare to lie to me, I will ask you, what is in the sack on your Kunlun slave's back?" You're not going to tell me there's a guy there, are you? ”

Qiu Miao had cold sweat on her forehead: "Uh, this- this is indeed a person, uh, no, she is not a person-"

"You can't even fucking speak, what a fucking idiot! Hugh, brothers, take care of him, go up and open the sack for me!" ”

"Yes, big brother!" The two thieves replied with their fists clenched, and with that, they raised their knives and surrounded Aji.

As a Kunlun slave, Aji has been trained to be a slave who only obeys the will of his master since he was a child, so he looked at Qiu Miao.

Qiu Miao shook her head and sighed: "It's important to save your life, give it to them!" ”

"Yes, master." Aji obediently handed the sack to one of the thieves, and as soon as the thief took the sack into his hands, he was surprised: "Hey, why is it so light, it doesn't look like gold and silver jewelry!" Hey, it's soft to the touch, what kind of thing is this? ”

When the other thief heard this, he also reached out curiously and pinched the sack, saying, "Well, it's quite soft, and it's a bit of a player!" At this time, a muffled snort suddenly came from the sack, which shocked his face, he thought about it for a while, and immediately shouted: "Big brother, this is a woman!" ”

"Huh? Is it really personal? Scarface's eyes were stunned, and he hurriedly said, "Open it quickly!" ”

"Yes!" The two thieves quickly untied the rope, and the sack instantly slipped to the ground, and a messy but waterfall-like long hair first caught the eyes of the thieves, followed by a white forehead and a pair of big watery eyes, under which was a jade-like nose and a small cherry mouth, which was stuffed with a strip of cloth, making the little face bulge, like a ripe peach, and then down was a slender neck and a slender body that could not be hidden.

Seeing this scene, the thieves' eyes widened one by one, and I don't know who said: "It seems to be a beauty!" ”

Scarface was also shocked, and when he heard this, he suddenly came back to his senses and scolded with a smile: "Are you fucking blind? What is called like, it is clearly is! Then he laughed again: "Lao Tzu has never seen such a beautiful woman when he is so big!" In the end, he glared at Qiu Miao and said, "I can't imagine that you, a husband, are still walking with Lao Tzu, and what you are doing is actually a flower thief!" ”

Qiu Miao hurriedly said, "This king, you listen to me-" However, in the middle of his words, he suddenly held back his words.

"What do you want to say?"

"Well, it's nothing, my lord, now she's yours, please take care of yourself!"

"Humph! Count you as an old horseman, otherwise you will come empty-handed, and Lao Tzu will have to chop off your head and feed the dog today! Scarface sneered slightly, and then he shouted, "Brothers! ”

"In!" The bandits in the mountains and forests responded.

"Take the master and slave back to the village to be guarded, this husband keeps to sweep the floor and chop wood, and the Kunlun slave will find an opportunity to sell him again!"

"Yes, big brother!" All around them were speaking in unison.

Suddenly, someone laughed and said, "Big brother, what should I do with this beauty?" She looks so beautiful like her, and the brothers have never played it in their lives, so I wonder if you can let the brothers try it after you have played? ”

Zhou Hongxian had just been liberated from the sack, her hands were still tied at this time, her mouth was still stuffed with strips of cloth, and the whole person was also in a trance, but as soon as she heard this, she immediately reacted and quickly shook her head like a rattle.

Scar's face had a cold expression, and suddenly he stepped in front of Zhou Hongxian, then grabbed her legs with one hand, and carried her on his shoulders, and then looked up to the sky and laughed: "None of you are allowed to touch her, Lao Tzu just lacks a lady in the village, and she will be her in the future!" ”

It is said that during the Zhenguan period, there was a Husu County in the south of Cangzhou, which was built in the first year of Tianping in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, although it was not very famous, but the mountains and rivers were beautiful, and it was also a good place - of course, if there was no group of bandits who did evil next to it!

At this time, in the county office of Husu County, the county magistrate Cui Shen looked at the twenty headless corpses placed under the hall with a sad face, and a large number of crowded people were gathering outside the hall, and there were many discussions about it.

"These people died so miserably, they didn't even have a corpse, and I don't know if they will become ghosts."

"I recognize the clothes of these people, they are the dart masters who are going north to Youzhou, and they passed by our county a few days ago, I thought they were numerous and strong in martial arts, so they should be fine, but how did they expect to end up like this!"

"Hey, it's only twenty dart masters, and there are hundreds of thieves in that group, so it's strange if nothing happens!"

"Those bandits not only killed people and sold goods, but also often robbed houses, my cousin was wiped out last month, and his thirteen-year-old daughter was taken captive!"

"This group of bandits is really vicious, we should implore Cui County to suppress the thieves for us!"

"Yes, we should ask Cui County to order us to suppress the thieves, otherwise we really can't live this day, and we have to be scared every day!"

The people were in turmoil, but Cui Shen's face became more and more solemn, and he looked at the twenty headless corpses, as if he saw his hopeless future.

Cui Shen, originally born in the Boling Cui family, his family has been active in various dynasties since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and in the Tang Dynasty, it has become one of the "five surnames and seven hopes", with supreme glory, but no matter how strong the family is, it can't stop the predicament he is facing now.

When today's son Li Shimin because he wants to achieve the prosperity of Zhenguan, since he ascended the throne, he has taken the rule of the world as the biggest criterion for evaluating officials, the so-called rule of the world, which refers to not only to make political achievements during his tenure, but also to ensure that there are no mistakes, which is a rule that no one who is an official in the Zhenguan Dynasty can surpass.

Cui Shen has served as the commander of Husu County for many years, although he is not selfless, but he is still conscientious, and he has done a lot of things for the benefit of the people, and Husu County is more prosperous than before, which can be regarded as good political achievements. But what is unsatisfactory is that there is a big mountain called Hufengling in the north of this Husu County, in which there is a group of mountain thieves, who have repeatedly descended the mountain to kill people and steal goods, and rape and plunder, which has caused a lot of stains on his political achievements.

Moreover, recently, the big man in the Boling Cui clan sent a letter to Cui Shen, telling him that in order to exclude the Boling Cui clan, other families have collected all kinds of unfavorable information against the Boling Cui clan throughout the country, and he is within the scope of being scouted, so the letter strictly urges him to govern Husu County well, and not to discredit the Boling Cui clan in the slightest, otherwise there are many outstanding children of the Boling Cui clan, and it will be pure wishful thinking for him to obtain political resources from the family in the future.

Thinking of this, Cui Shen's teeth couldn't help but clench, he slapped the shocked wood, and said angrily: "This group of bandits is full of evil, which has made people and gods angry, and this official has decided to lead Qingzhuang to exterminate them today!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the people outside the hall cheered one after another, and all kinds of praise followed.

However, the staff next to Cui Shen was worried, and said in a low voice: "Dong Weng, is it a little inappropriate for you to make such a decision in public?" The terrain of the Hump Ridge is treacherous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and you have no military power in your hands, only relying on the young and strong may not succeed, I think it should be considered in the long run! ”

Cui Shen turned his back to the people, and said with a hint of helplessness on his face: "Ziping, it's not that I want to be reckless, but the situation is not up to anyone!" It is not one or two people who died today, but twenty people, and if I don't make a strong statement, it is estimated that soon someone will say that I am a vegetarian meal! In this way, my achievements in Husu County for many years will be in vain, and my status in the family will plummet in the future! ”

The staff member was surprised: "How can there be such serious consequences? ”

"Ziping, although you have intelligence, you don't understand officialdom! The affairs of officialdom can be big or small! ”

"Isn't that Dong Weng's move a delaying tactic?"

Cui Shen shook his head coldly: "No! Once the words have been spoken, they have to do it, otherwise they will lose the hearts of the people! Besides, if those bandits don't get rid of them, sooner or later I'll be able to plant a big heel! ”