The same rainy day, in the other direction, in the south -

Geng Township.

The ground was calm in puddles, raindrops fell in the sky, ripples and ripples, a horse's hoof slammed down, splashing water, the knight on the horse pulled the reins, raised his arms, and the more than 2,000 light horsemen galloping in the rain curtain behind slowly lowered their speed, and then stopped.

"Dismount and let the horse rest for a while." The general on horseback turned around and shouted.

Next to him, another tall and burly, wearing beast bronze armor, raised his head slightly, the rain silk connecting the canopy fell, he sighed, swung his big knife, and turned his head to the general who was shouting over there without saying happy and angry: "After the river in front of Geng Township is the range of Wuji County, I heard the lord say that there is a group of black mountain thieves who came from Lingshou's side, General Gao, you and I simply divide the troops into two roads, one west and one east, and encircle them, and attack them here, and go back early after the fight." ”

The general who was called by this was sturdy, with thick eyebrows and angry eyes under the helmet, looking more black and less white, with a big gun in his hand, frowning and shaking his head: "When I came out, General Wen repeatedly told me to let me look good at ......."

"My brother just talks a lot." On horseback over there, Yan Liang shook the big knife: "...... How can a gang of thieves be careful? If you are afraid, just wait in Geng Township, and I will go and take the head of the thief and return. ”

The two people who spoke were Yan Liang and Gao Lan, who had received military orders, and now they had arrived in Geng Township, only a few dozen miles away from Wuji County, and the general named Yan Liang was probably not eye-catching to the Black Mountain Army that was making trouble over there. After speaking at this time, without waiting for the reaction of the companion next to him, he divided more than a thousand horses and left directly, while Gao Ran frowned, sighed, and had to follow.

They galloped away with murderous spirit......

At the same time, in the Zhen Family Courtyard outside Wuji County, a weak little figure showed its face.

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Water droplets fell down the ends of his hair and splashed on the cold floor.

"How about I be your father-in-law? Zhen Mi. ”

The little figure trembled and moved out a pair of bright and bright eyes from behind her sister, looking timidly at the figure talking over there, her pink little lips opened slightly, and she trembled and made a childish voice.

"No...... Not good...... Mi has ...... There is a father. Suddenly, the pair of eyes flashed with tears, wiped their little hands, and sobbed and choked: "Daddy is gone...... But I have a father, I don't want you to be Zhen Mi's father. ”

Hua Xiong looked at the crying villain, and his face twitched, "Leader, are we bullying a girl?" ”

"That's right, find someone to take them down."

Gongsun Zhi squinted slightly, waved his hand and took away the two crying girls, and was also quite embarrassed by the fact that he was bullying the two crying girls.

"Tell the brothers to take away the looted things to the Black Mountain thief brothers, and then hurry up and rest, the owner of this family should come from the house in the city at dawn, and we will wait for them here."

Hua Xiong put down the tiger's mouth knife, walked over and sat down cross-legged, poured wine, and pushed it over: "Leader, do you really plan to accept this girl as a righteous daughter?" ”

"You think I'm talking about fun?" Gongsun Zhi held the wine and looked at the rippling ripples inside, "I asked a maid in the house before, the Zhen family is considered a wealthy family in this northern land, the family has a lot of money, and the trade routes are accessible, if you just kidnap people for extortion, how many layers can you get?" It's just a practice of killing chickens and taking eggs. ”

The wine overflowed the corners of his mouth and sprinkled on his beard, and then the wine was put down, and the burly man pressed a few cases, and his voice was rude: "But we are also thieves in the end, how can the other party be related to us." ”

"It depends on how people choose." Gongsun Zhi threw the scimitar on the table, picked up the wine and drank it all.

The sky outside gradually cleared, and soon after, it dawned.

……

From east to west, on the official road out of Wuji County, a team of dozens of knights and ox carts was in a hurry, and those who could see their identities from their horses and ox carts did not need such a hurry, but in the gentle and gently swaying ox carts in the middle of the team, women over thirty years old did not think so.

"Recently, the bandits have been serious, yesterday really shouldn't have let Mi'er and her sister go to the other courtyard together, this nightmare is ......full of nightmares" The woman talking in the curtain is the wife of Zhen Yi of the Zhen family, her husband died when Zhen Mi was three years old, and the whole family was suddenly carried on the shoulders of a weak woman, and in a few years, she looked much older, but her tone was quite imposing.

Another female voice in the car sounded gently: "...... Mother, don't worry too much, the two sisters are the closest in age among the brothers and sisters, and they are both cheerful, and if it hadn't been for the sudden rainstorm yesterday afternoon, we would have all passed together. ”

The car was undulating, the woman sitting upright closed her eyes and nodded, next to her was the second daughter Zhen Tuo accompanied by this trip, she stretched out her hand and patted the back of her daughter's hand, and sighed: "You, you are about to have a husband's family, this day is really fast......"

"Mother...... "Zhen leaned over with her cheeks crimson and leaned down on the woman's knees.

The ox cart rises and falls, to the west for a while, when the light rises to noon, the Zhuangzi courtyard in the distance between the green fields is faintly visible, not long after, the group arrived at the place, here was originally very quiet, is used to escape the heat in the summer, after Zhang's got off the ox cart, put on the majesty, expressionless face with everyone into the courtyard, when seeing the front yard was tied by ropes of a group of domestic servants, the second daughter Zhen subconsciously tightened her mother's skirt.

"Mother...... They ......"

The moment the woman frowned, the courtyard door behind her slammed shut, and more than a dozen figures wearing leather jackets and leather armor ran out of the side rooms on both sides with bows and knives to intercept the back road.

"Mrs. Protection—"

"Put down your weapons and don't move—"

Everything changed, the knife soldiers were suddenly startled, and with a bang, the figure who wanted to fight was split into a bloody line and flew back upside down, and in the main hall above, a smear of blood on the long knife of the tiger's mouth dripped down the blade to the ground.

"Stand down, don't move!"

A cold voice came from the woman's mouth, and with a wave of her wide sleeves embroidered with exquisite patterns, she looked at the guards beside her, "Since these kings have not killed the people in my house, they want to talk to me about something, so you can wait here for the time being." ”

The hem of his skirt kicked up, and he strode towards the big man with the knife over there, and the voice sounded again: "The sky can't fall yet-"

"The old lady is so daring!" Seeing this woman striding over, Hua Xiong rarely arched his hand, "The head of my family is inside, please." ”

Zhang frowned and glanced at him, and strode in: "This is my mansion, naturally you won't be polite, the king, please go in with the old woman." ”

Hua Xiong cracked his mouth and smiled, made a gesture of please, and walked in after him. Entering the main hall, the vision became a little darker, the long skirt slipped from the ground, Zhang's eyes naturally saw the man sitting in the first place, Lianbu walked to the side, his sleeves flicked left and right, sat down and folded his legs in front of him, his eyes burned and looked over, and he spoke: "This leader doesn't know that he came to my house just for money?" Can you bring out the two daughters of the old body first? ”

In Gongsun Zhi's sight, this woman can give birth to a woman who is a sister of the Zhen family, and her appearance will naturally not be bad, but more importantly, most of the women he saw here are delicate and gentle, and it is rare for someone like the other party to talk to him like this.

"Go and bring the old lady's two daughters out."

Li Ke nodded and led people over, thinking that there was still some time, Gongsun Zhi spoke: "When I came last night, when I saw your little daughter, I had the idea of wanting to be accepted as a righteous daughter, I don't know if the old lady can agree?" ”

"No."

From an angle that could not be seen in the line of sight below several cases, Zhang's hands pinched vigorously, his eyes drooped, and his lips simply opened and closed: "If you agree, won't my Zhen family recognize the thief as a father?" The old body will be in the shadows, and he will not be ashamed to see his husband, and he will be even more ashamed of the ancestors of the Zhen family. ”

"What if it's a sale?"

"Wouldn't that be a sale of your daughter?"

Gongsun Zhi picked up the wine, took a sip, and put it down: "If you don't give money, it's not a sale." ”

The corners of the woman's mouth twitched, and over there, Gongsun Zhi stood up after taking a few shots, and smiled at her: "It's just a joke, the old lady must not take it seriously, but I do want to do business." ”

"......" Zhang didn't speak, just stared at the other party.

"My name is Gongsun Zhi..... Zhen family is well-versed in business." The figure who came over squatted down in front of the woman, under the loose hair, and looked at the past with cold eyes: "Maybe the old lady should have heard of it." ”

Over there, Zhang nodded, "The son of General Baima, the old man has heard of it a little, and he didn't expect to be in Zhen's mansion today, but it is surprising." ”

"Since you know, I'll cut it short...... I won't avoid suspicion with you. The figure walked closer, and when the other party was slightly off, he brought his stubble lips close to his ear and whispered a few words.

The slightly slanted woman frowned, her eyes crossed the corners of her eyes to look at the man next to her, and the corners of her mouth rose: "The leader of Gongsun is really ambitious, this matter can be regarded as a transaction, but the Zhen family is not a wealthy businessman in the north, unless Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang are gone......"

The atmosphere on both sides of the case has become secretive.

A moment later, there was the sound of footsteps outside, and the two girls came tremblingly, and when they saw the woman sitting in the hall, they immediately ran over and threw themselves into their arms with tears, apparently the night's fright was not light.

Gongsun Zhi looked at it for a while, and took a few steps back: "The old lady slowly reminisced with her daughter, Gongsun said goodbye first, Zhang and Su will not be alive, and the business on the grassland will be done by your Zhen family in the future." ”

Immediately, he turned and strode away.

The little man who threw himself in his arms cried with a flowery face, but he quietly looked at the back of the person leaving, and asked in a low voice, "Mother...... Who is that man......"

"It's your stepfather......"

Zhang's rubbed the green silk of his two daughters and muttered in a low voice, and soon after, the bandits outside had withdrawn, and the servants at home were relieved and went back to work.

In the back hall, the sky shone in faintly through the window above, and the Zhang family summoned the leader of the guards who had been brought here before, and lowered his voice: "...... If you kill the servants and maids in the house, you will say that they have been looted by robbers. ”

“…… This...... Old lady ...... This ......" the head of the guard widened his eyes.

Zhang looked at the quiet candle flame and turned his gaze, his expression flickering in the dim light.

"I can't make people suspicious, my Zhen family has colluded with the bandits......"