Shao Xu and Niu Tam had a full meal and wanted to say goodbye to Yang Yingkey and his party, but Niu Tam was not good at talking to women, so Shao Xu went to say goodbye to him alone.

"Miss Yang, I'm going to go first, it's sudden, it's too late to repay the kindness of the grain, I hope the girl will forgive me."

Yang Yingjian was a little reluctant, so he said: "Isn't Gongzi Shicai supposed to go down, take our group to walk together, don't you remember the grace of food distribution at all." ”

"There is a difference between men and women, the girl Yunying is not married, and going on the road together is afraid of ruining the girl's reputation, and now it is also a time to flee, I am afraid that it will affect the girl."

"Why are you southerners so grinding, I grew up in Saibei since I was a child, and I have never tabooed these red tapes, if the son really doesn't want to go together, it's just that, I don't force it."

Shao Xu saw that this girl was sharp-toothed, and he was afraid that he couldn't say it, so he prepared to respond. was looking up at her, Yang Yingkey's gaze happened to move here, the two looked at each other, Shao Xu hadn't looked at her carefully before, and now his eyes were relatively immediately blushing, and he felt a little rude, so he immediately turned to the side. Yang Yingjian could also see that he was divine, and when he saw Shao Xu turning around like this, he gradually came back to his senses, felt a little embarrassed, lowered his head and kept silent. The two stood in place like this for a while, and Shao Xu was so embarrassed when he saw this, so he said to Yang Yingkey: "Miss Yang, let's go and hurry early, I'll go and ask my brother to get ready, and set off immediately." ”

Yang Yingkey didn't seem to have come back at this time, so he only responded softly: "It's arranged by Gongzi." ”

"Chinu, you go and tell them to get ready, and we will go on the road with this son." The red slave nodded, and immediately went to lead the horse and packed up.

When Shao Xu walked into the woods, his face was still slightly red, and he said to Niu Tamp: "Brother Niu, let's go on the road with them, let's pack up and get ready to go now." ”

"Brother Shao, what's wrong with your face, could it be that you were beaten?" Niu Tam looked suspicious.

"It's okay, it's just that I was bitten by mosquitoes, let's hurry up, don't let Miss Yang and them wait for a long time."

Shao Xu, Niu Tam, and Yang Yingjian walked together and headed for Anding City. Along the way, as long as Yang Yingkey sat on Shao Xu's side when he was resting, the conversation between the two became more and more compatible, Shao Xu quoted scriptures and told some poems, allusions, etc., Yang Yingkey admired his talent, and gradually secretly felt affection for him.

After about 10 days, they came to a small village near Junpanling, and saw that all the people in the village were afraid, and every family was hiding in their houses. Seeing this, Yang Yingkey was not curious, turned his head and asked Shao Xu, "Young Master Shao, why did they hide when they saw us." ”

"I don't know, I'm afraid there must be an unspeakable reason for this, let's go ahead and have a look."

Shao Xu walked in front of him, saw a family, it seemed that there was an old man hiding his face and crying, he couldn't help but feel strange, so he stepped forward and asked the old man why he was crying, the old man said that his surname was Zhang, he saw that this person was polite, not like a bandit, so he confided in him how his daughter was favored by the bandits on the mountain, and the bandits would come to "greet their relatives" in three days and so on. Speaking of the sad place, the old man and his daughter hugged and cried, Yang Yingjian on the side had already heard it angrily, and he couldn't wait to immediately lead a team of people to destroy this gang of bandits.

"Young Master Shao, we have to find a way to save this girl, why don't we stay and help."

"Miss Yang's meaning, I also understand, it's just that how can the six of us be able to defeat this large number of bandits, this matter can't be too impatient, we need to plan before acting."

"Then when you think of a countermeasure, wouldn't Miss Zhang have already entered the tiger's mouth." Yang Yingkey's expression was displeased, his brows were tightly locked, and anger appeared on his clean and beautiful face.

Shao Xu wanted to appease this warm-hearted Yang girl, but he really couldn't think of any good plan, so he had no choice but to say: "Let me think about it tonight, and I will definitely be able to come up with a good plan tomorrow." ”

Everyone was tired after a day's walk, the old man vacated a firewood room and Shao Xu and others, Shao Xu and Niu Tamping discussed, let Yang Yingkey and other four women sleep in the room, and he and Niu Tam slept outside the door. Shao Xu sat on a stone slab at the door, took out a few military books in the package, and looked at them in the dim light of dusk, these books were given by Tao Gong when he was leaving, since Tao Gong recommended himself to Yingzhou under the pastoral tent for about two years, he hit a wall everywhere in the army, the son of Tian Yi relied on his father's power to get help every time, and he did not rely on it, and he was afraid that he was already on it, and every time he talked about it, he was often deducted most of the time, and there was only one year left from the three-year period, and he would definitely make a name for himself on the battlefield when he returned from visiting relatives at home. Therefore, I usually turn these military books to study from time to time, and I will definitely see the truth today.

"Young Master Shao, it's windy outside the door, and it's very cold at night, or let's stay in the room together for one night." Yang Yingjian couldn't bear to let him freeze in his heart, so he pushed open the chai door and said to him.

Shao Xu closed the book and stood up, and replied with a smile: "Miss Yang, let's go and rest, I have warm clothes, Miss Yang should go to rest early, and tomorrow we will get up early and explore the surrounding area." ”

"Then Shao Gongzi should also rest early, if it rains and is unstoppable at night, knock on the door and tell us, enter the room to take shelter from the wind and rain."

Shao Xu thanked Yang Yingkey for his kindness, and a trace of evil thought flashed in his heart, and then he slapped his head with his palm. "What are you thinking, Li'er is still waiting for me to build up my career and go back to marry her. In the future, you should keep a little distance from Miss Yang, so as not to regenerate this evil thought. ”

Early the next morning, Yang Yingkey got up early and pushed the door open, Shao Xu was nowhere to be seen, she hurriedly chased him out, looking for him.

Shao Xu and Niu Tam had already made a round around them, and Shao Xu had written down all the woodlands, hillsides, and rivers. After a while, he went back, and Niu Tam didn't know the reason, but just walked with him.

Yang Yingji went out for a long time, but he didn't see Shao Xu, so he went back. At this time, Shao Xu had already returned to his residence, and when he saw the old man, he said: "Uncle Zhang, how many families are there in your village, and how many men are among them. ”

"Our village is small, there are about twenty or thirty families, and there are only about thirty men."

"Uncle Zhang is bothering you to gather all the people in the village who can come, I already have a way to save your daughter, you said that there is a vision here when you see people, the more strange the better."

This old man didn't know what he meant after hearing it, anyway, there was no other way at the moment, so let's do what he said. When he met people, he said that there was a strange person in his house, and he told all kinds of strange things, and everyone was curious, so they went to Uncle Zhang's house one after another.

Everyone stood outside the fence and looked inside, all wanting to see something strange happening, but no one dared to step into the courtyard. "The door is open!" Shao Xu walked out of it, filled his hand with a hunting bow, and shot an arrow into the bushes in the northwest, only to hear a boom, and the bushes ignited. Just as everyone was surprised, another arrow was fired, shooting straight at a masked man. The man didn't move, the arrow passed through the grass, and by the time everyone reacted, the arrow had pierced through the stone. Shao Xu shouted at the man: "You are a bandit on the mountain, and when you step forward, this stone is your head." Seeing this, the man hurriedly retreated a few steps, and read in his mouth: "The owner of the village confesses, if he does not hand over ten yellow flower girls in three days, he will definitely come to slaughter the village." As he spoke, the big man moved his legs backwards, and when the others were not looking, he pulled his legs and ran away.

"What can I do now, didn't I want one a few days ago, and I want ten more today, what can I do in the future! If you don't give your life, you can't save it, what can I do! "Everyone began to talk about it, and you said everything to me." Isn't there a man of God here, who can catch fire and enter a stone with just an arrow, and must be a man of God sent by Heaven to save us? ”

"Yes, yes, yes. Pray that the man of God will save us, and you will be sent by Heaven to save us. ”

Shao Xu put down the bow in his hand, paused and said: "Don't worry, everyone, although I am not a god, I have also practiced some martial arts and the art of war, if you can trust me, I have a way to exterminate this bandit." ”

"What way." A young man in the lead asked.

"As long as everyone works together with me to fight against the bandits, I believe that the bandits will be destroyed."

Everyone was in an uproar, and no one dared to say a word anymore. Seeing everyone like this, Shao Xu suddenly lifted the bow in his hand and broke the bow in his hand with a "drink".

"If this is the case, then I don't have to stay, it's better for you to hand over your daughter, I don't know what else to do in the future." After speaking, Shao Xu said goodbye to Uncle Zhang and the villagers, turned around and wanted to walk forward.

The young man who took the lead hurriedly stepped forward and bowed down to Shao Xu, begging Mr. to save me and wait, I am willing to listen to Mr., whoever doesn't listen to Mr. is not able to get along with me, and Mr.'s words are my words. ”

"Why don't you speak, sir? Are you afraid that I will regret it tomorrow? Shao Xu bent down and helped Zhang Da to his feet, but still didn't speak. Zhang Da bowed anxiously, knelt heavily on the ground with a "bang", and swore to the sky: "I am willing to swear to follow Mr. to the death, and fight with the bandits, if I regret it, it will be better for pigs and dogs." ”

Seeing that he was so firm, Shao Xu immediately helped him up, and after everyone left, Shao Xu asked Uncle Zhang to call back Yang Yingkey, Niu Tamping and others in the bushes, and talked with Zhang Da in the house about how to fight the bandits.

"I've been hunting in this mountain since I was a child, and I've never seen a bow and arrow like this, and I've never seen Mr. like this.

Yang Yingji couldn't help laughing at this time, covered his mouth and said with a smile: "Where is this divine power, these are the tricks that Shao Gongzi came up with." The fat bandit was dressed up by him, and she pointed to the ox rammer beside her; I set the fire, and the stone was cut open, and the arrow was inserted while you were not looking."

"Please Brother Zhang, don't be surprised, you really shouldn't use this little trick to tease everyone, but I also do this to arouse everyone's determination to fight against the bandits, and I have no other way, I hope Brother Zhang will forgive me."

Zhang Da bowed to his senses at this time, and couldn't help laughing, and since then he has admired Shao Xu's strategy and thoughts, and discussed with Shao Xu how to contact nearby villages to fight the bandits together, how to ambush the bandits when the bandits are going down the mountain, and so on.

Three days later, in the early morning, a group of people came to the village, and the leader was followed by a man dressed as a scholar. The leader had a look of displeasure on his face, and his mouth kept chanting something, and he turned around and urged the group to hurry up, not to miss the auspicious time.

At this time, Shao Xu and the others were ambushed at the foot of the Junpan Ridge, and this group had just come down the ridge and had not made any preparations. I saw Shao Xu give an order, everyone shouted in unison, and many large flags were faintly erected in the trees not far away, and it seemed that there were thousands of troops ambushed there. Seeing this, the leader couldn't help but feel a shock in his heart, when did so many troops come here, and at this moment, there was also a sound behind the bandits, and the leader was completely panicked, he didn't dare to fight, and he didn't know where to flee.

"Listen, we are under the Yingzhou pastoral tent, ordered to fight the bandits, and now the army is leading here, only the bandit leader, as long as the rest of the people do not resist, they will not be held responsible, you better abandon your weapons and surrender as soon as possible."

"Mr. Qi, are we going to surrender or fight to the death?" The man who had taken the lead before whispered. Mr. Qi seemed to be thinking about something more, and waved his hand to signal the others not to act rashly. He walked forward and shouted into the woods on the riverbank, "General, can you take a step to speak?" ”

Shao Xu walked out of the woods. "Young Master Shao, be careful of deception, don't go out directly like this." Yang Yingkey said worriedly.

"Just for this guts, this person is by no means an ordinary bandit, it is worth seeing."

Shao Xu and Mr. Qi walked along the river bank towards the only wooden bridge, and after a while, the two stood on both sides of the bridge. The two looked at each other, looking at each other's attire and demeanor. I saw Shao Xu wearing armor, pressing his sword in his hand, and his face was radiant. Mr. Qi couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw it, this person must be an extraordinary person, he has been wronged by the bandits for a long time, and today may be a good opportunity.

"General, how many soldiers and horses have you brought here?"

Shao Xu pressed the sword in his hand and replied, "What does the gentleman want to do about this?" My men are all good warriors, and 3,000 people are enough to exterminate the grass bandits. ”

"Hahaha, the general misunderstood, although I see that there are thousands of troops and horses around here, there are no thousands of troops and horses."

Shao Xu thought to himself that this person could observe and analyze so carefully and calmly under such an unfavorable situation, he would never be a person who succumbed to just being a bandit, perhaps..."

"What is the name of this gentleman, with the talent of the gentleman, why is he a thief and a bandit? If you are in the army, you will definitely be able to do a great job.

After hearing this, Mr. Qi immediately bowed down and replied: "Can the general reveal his name or not?" After he finished speaking, he glanced up at Shao Xu, and saw that his expression seemed to have changed, so he hurriedly added: "General don't misunderstand, I don't mean anything else, in Xia Qi Changmin, he was originally a clerk in Pangcheng, and then he had to live here for various reasons." ”

Shao Xu suddenly stepped out of his footsteps, stepped on the wooden bridge and walked towards Qi Changmin, just when Qi Changmin was stunned, Shao Xu had put his hand on his arm, as if he had been reunited by old friends who had not seen him for several years.

"Now, I have to cooperate with the general, someone must be watching this place from a close distance, this is "whitewashing" me, hahaha. Qi Changmin laughed loudly, and then talked very closely with Shao Xu, Shao Xu reported his name and official position to him, Qi Changmin learned that he was a child of a famous family in the court, and decided to follow him.

"I have a plan, I need to borrow a valuable thing from the general, I wonder if General Shao can trust Qi?"

"Everything is arranged by Mr. Qi, except for this Que Xing Sword, the only valuable thing on my body is the jade plate given by His Majesty, if my brother needs my brother to untie it to you." As he spoke, he took off the jade plate around his waist and handed it to Qi Changmin. "Brother is willing to wait here, I believe that brother will not be a person who does not do what he says."

"Hahaha, General Shao has such a mind and courage, and his future will be limitless, and the general has such trust in Qi, I am willing to use this mouth to make this contribution to the general, and the right to meet is a gift, how!"

Shao Xu immediately agreed to Qi Changmin's plan and agreed with him to wait for his news here before noon tomorrow. After Qi Changmin returned, he said to the leading bandit who came with him that Shao Xu was his old acquaintance when he was in Pangcheng, and now he is a general under the Yingzhou Assassin History, so it is inevitable that people will talk a few more words when they meet. The leader was overjoyed by him, not only picked up a life but also knew a general, so he admired this Mr. Qi even more, of course, he only obeyed his words.

"Report to the owner of the village, Mr. Qi and Brother Hu were ambushed by a group of officers and soldiers at the foot of the mountain, and their life and death were uncertain, so I fled back desperately."

"Did you see it with your own eyes? Over the years, if it weren't for Mr. Qi's strategy and the courage of Leader Hu, I am afraid that I would have been suppressed by the officials and soldiers long ago, and now Mr. Qi is ......... The lord of the village suppressed his panicked expression, paused and said, "Do you see clearly whether it is the officers and soldiers there, and what banner is it fighting?" What kind of person is the leader? ”

When he came back to report the news, the man had already been frightened and lost half of his soul, and when he saw the lord of the village asking like this, he could only forcibly settle down, and replied hesitantly: "The little one didn't have time to see clearly, but I only heard the shouts of the heavens, and at a glance the forest was full of people." ”

"Ji Liu, you take a team of people to take a detour to Chai Ziao to explore the situation at the bottom of the mountain, and if there is news from Mr. Qi, he will immediately send someone to report back."

Ji Liu received the order and immediately set off to Chai Ziao, and after more than half an hour, he arrived at a hidden ramp under the mountain, and saw a group of people standing not far away. Ji Liu slowly climbed down the slope and shouted over there, "Mr. Qi, Brother Hu, have you been ambushed by the official army?" The owner of the village is worried, Mr. Qi, and asked me to come down to find out the truth, you are fine! Qi Changmin was whispering to the leader of the beard, and when he saw Ji Liu coming, he raised his hand and waved at him, and said: "Brother Ji, fortunately, Qi has no credit, and he has been cared for by the lord of the village in vain, let's go back to the ridge, today's matter, after I see the lord of the village, I will talk slowly." All the bandits said "good", and a group of people went back to the village along the mountain road. After a while, Mr. Qi entered the gate of the village, the owner of the village was already waiting at the gate of the village, seeing that it was intact and returned, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and went up to ask long and short questions, Mr. Qi also answered one by one, and the two walked all the way into the big tent.

Along the way, the owner of this big village felt that Mr. Qi was a little weird today, and he always wanted to talk about the reason for it, and he felt that he had hidden something and did not say it, and he had some doubts in his heart at the moment. The master of Dazhai withdrew his subordinates in the tent, and after all of them went out, he turned around and said to Mr. Qi with a smile: "I heard that Mr. was ambushed by officers and soldiers today and was captured, and the officers and soldiers let Mr. come back, but is there such a thing?" After the master of the village blurted out, he felt that his words were a little too much, and he hurriedly made a loss, and said: "Mr. Gao Feng person, I have no doubt about Mr., right now, Mr. is fine, nothing is fine." ”

"Doesn't the owner of the village believe in someone? The owner of Dazhai hurriedly stepped forward to comfort Qi Changmin, explaining that he was just a momentary gaffe. "This matter is really not deliberately concealed from the owner of the village, but this matter is related to the future of everyone, can it be that my brothers and I will be bandits in this poor mountain for the rest of our lives? Now there is a rich road, I don't know if the owner of the village is intentional. ”