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A group of officers and men crossed the road, all on horseback, armed with spears and knives.

Fan Dajian said with a smile: "You also said that the factory will not send someone to chase you." ”

Yuan Mao also said: "I don't know what it's like under the whole world, more than ten miles outside the city, it's still 'royal land'." ”

Hu Guiyang was surprised, glanced at it, his eyes fell on a person who looked like an officer, and said loudly with his fists clenched: "Your Excellency is the general of which guard?" We met the thief and saw him running this way, with three mules. ”

The officer slapped his horse forward, stopped when he was a dozen paces apart, and the long knife was crossed in front of him, and he looked at the three of them coldly.

The officer wore armor, but no helmet, a dark scarf tied around his head, and a thick beard, which was connected to the horse's mane, and his face was very red, like a piece of burning charcoal in the setting sun, and it was a little unrealistically red.

"Where did you three come from? Where are you going? What to bring? The officer asked in a gruff voice.

Hu Guiyang glanced at Yuan and Fan, and the two of them clenched the bird gun and blocked the already lit fire rope with their hands, which to outsiders looked like were just two wooden sticks wrapped in cloth.

"The three of us are from the capital." Hu Guiyang paused for a moment, "I'm Jinyiwei, and I'm here to investigate the case." ”

The red-faced officer scolded, "Where birds don't, what case is to be investigated?" ”

"yes, where the birds don't, what are you doing here? I don't remember a guard nearby. ”

The red-faced officer spat on the ground, turned his head to his companion behind him and said, "This kid is talking so horizontally, maybe it's really Jinyiwei, what do you say?" ”

"Jin Yiwei must have silver on him, and I said that whoever killed his mother would also be counted as eliminating harm for the people." One person replied loudly, and the others coaxed together.

These men were dressed like officers and soldiers, but they behaved like bandits.

Hu Guiyang raised his right hand and was about to speak, when there was a bang around him, and a ball of fire passed by, which shocked his ears numb, and he hurriedly turned around to dodge, which was actually superfluous.

The bird gun is not a weapon that can be seen everywhere, and the people on the other side are startled by the sound, and their mounts are even more neighing, controlled by their masters, and they spin in place.

The red-faced officer was closer, and the mount was more frightened, and he turned around and ran, and after a few steps, the officer fell, one foot was stuck in the stirrup, and ran out of it for a while before breaking away, lying motionless on the ground.

The officers and soldiers who had just been clamoring for murder shouted "not good" and fled one after another.

Hu Guiyang turned around, "Why are you letting go?" ”

"I thought...... You've raised your hand. Fan Dajian said embarrassedly, but his eyes were flashing excitedly, as if he felt that it was much more interesting to release the gun than to do things.

"You...... Later, when I say, 'Release,' you can pull the trigger, understand? ”

"Okay, you should have said earlier, I'm not a gunner, how can I understand these rules? But I hit it quite accurately, and I hit it with one shot, even if it's an old man, that's the level, right? Fan Dajian is quite proud, in fact, the two sides are very close to each other, and it is difficult to miss.

"Get your bird guns ready." Hu Guiyang ordered, the other party has a bow and arrow, and he fled in a panic, in case he kills back again, and releases the arrow from a distance, they may not be able to resist it, "It's really troublesome, you wait here, be careful, I'll take a look." ”

Fan Dajian re-put the medicine and plugged the bullets, because he was too excited, the gunpowder poured a little too much, and after Yuan Mao reminded him, he poured out some more, but his mouth was not idle, "Don't worry, these people must be robbers disguised as officers and soldiers, kill them, and they won't cause trouble." ”

Hu Guiyang had already walked away, and Yuan Mao said: "But our bird gun has been exposed." ”

"What can I do? You can't wait for the other party to rush over, can you? ”

Hu Guiyang came to the corpse.

The officer's beard fell off, it turned out to be fake, and the real beard was only a few inches long, Hu Guiyang reached out and wiped it on the officer's face, and found that the red face was also painted.

"Alas, since you are a robber, why do you pretend to be a Guan Gong?" Hu Guiyang searched the officer's body, found a small bag of silver, and a few pieces of paper, and stuffed them all into his arms, "You asked for it, the armor and beard were left for you." ”

It was getting dark, there were robbers in front of them, and the three of them had no choice but to go back, planning to go to the Shenjiacun Hotel to rest again, discussing where the robbers came from along the way, and no one could think of a reasonable explanation.

Yuan Mao and Fan Dajian kept holding the bird gun, not daring to let the fire rope go out, Hu Guiyang carried two big burdens on their backs, and let them free their hands.

When I came, I half ran and half walked, and the return trip was all about walking, and it was at night, and the direction was difficult to discern, and it seemed much longer.

After walking for more than an hour, Hu Guiyang stopped, "I think we are lost." ”

"How so? Let's keep walking along the road, just one way back and forth...... It's a road, right? "Fan Dajian is not sure.

"There were mules in front of you when you were chasing, I didn't pay attention to whether there was a fork in the road, Fan Laodao, you walked slowly behind, look more carefully, right?" Yuan Mao also felt that they were lost.

"I have followed in your footsteps." Fan Dajian was even more confused, and looked around, "I can't even see a little light, this place is really only a dozen miles away from the capital?" ”

Yuan Mao said: "The southwest of the capital has always been vast and sparsely populated. ”

"It's not that the land is vast and sparsely populated, it's that there are too many trees, and the village is blocked, so I'll go to a high place to take a look." Fan Dajian carefully handed over the bird gun to Yuan Mao, found a tree, climbed up, his hands and feet were quite neat, and he looked into the distance, and suddenly said in surprise: "Hey, there seems to be a light not far ahead." ”

Fan Dajian got down from the tree, wanted to return to the bird, walked ahead to lead the way, passed through a meadow and woods, and really saw a bright light, but it was not the light of the villagers' house, but a bonfire.

In the middle of the night, the fire was lit in the wild, no matter how you looked at it, Yuan Mao and Fan Dajian hurriedly re-lit the fire rope, and then followed Hu Guiyang forward.

There were many people in the firelight, there seemed to be a lot of people, Hu Guiyang motioned to the two companions to stop, walked over slowly, stopped when they were dozens of steps apart, and said loudly: "Lost traveler, can you borrow a light?" ”

"Hu Guiyang?" The opposite side was called out accurately.

Hu Guiyang was shocked, and immediately understood, "Shen Qianyuan? ”

"Hehe, it's down there, I've been waiting for you for a long time, come here."

Hu Guiyang breathed a sigh of relief, this was the first time he had gone out of the city, and he had come to the deserted suburbs, he was not fully prepared, and he urgently needed help.

"Yuan Mao, Fan Laodao, people have found it." Hu Guiyang shouted.

Yuan and Fan followed, and the fire rope on the gun remained lit.

There were seven or eight people around the fire, and they all stood up at this time, Shen Qianyuan walked first, hugged his fists and said: "I didn't know that Hu Gongzi was coming, and he was disappointed." ”

Hu Guiyang glanced at it and saw a somewhat familiar figure, "You stole our mule." ”

The man laughed hesitantly, retreated to the back, and Shen Qianyuan said: "No way, I can't make a public appearance in the village, so I have to make this decision, lure Hu Gongzi out, and see you again when you turn around, why did you arrive?" ”

"We met a robber, isn't it your man?"

"Robbers? How can there be robbers here? You five or six, what's going on? ”

You Wuliu is the mule thief, who came out from behind, a lean man with bright eyes, "What kind of robber?" ”

"It looks like an officer and soldier, and the leader is dressed like Guan Gong in the painting."

"Oh, that's Dadao Guan Dazi, they are really officers and soldiers, there are people from all the guards, they are brothers, they often rob business travelers, they don't usually come here, you have caught up. If I had walked slower, or had not taken a detour when I came back, I would have crashed into it. Guan Dazi hates his hands, how can he be open today? ”

Fan Dajian sneered, "It's not that he left a living mouth, it's that he became a dead mouth." ”

"Guan Dazi is dead?" You Wuliu gasped, and his eyes immediately became different, "Dare to ask which hero's righteous act?" ”

"It's just below, the real person Fan Dajian."

"It's unexpected." You Wuliu hugged his fists and bowed a few times, "Fan Zhenren has done Jingnan a harm, please forgive me, I stole the mule on orders, and there are a lot of horses, all of which are tied over there." ”

"Well, it's nothing, it's his bad life." Fan Dajian said lightly, regaining a bit of the feeling of fairy wind bones.

Hu Guiyang interrupted the two, "Wait, since you are an officer and soldier, how can you be a robber?" ”

"That's right, it's only a dozen miles away from the capital." Yuan Mao also felt incredible.

"Let's sit down and roast the fire first, the three of you must be hungry, there is wine and meat here, let's talk while eating."

The three of them were indeed tired and hungry, and gladly accepted this suggestion, Yuan Mao and Fan Dajian pinched the fire rope, cleared the lead bullets and gunpowder in the pipe, and Hu Guiyang put down his burden and sat around the fire with everyone.

Shen Qianyuan first introduced his companions, they were all "heroes" in the nearby villages, and there were a bunch of numbers in their names, which could only be slightly distinguished by their surnames, and their nicknames were nothing more than "flying on the grass" and "night wandering gods".

This is a group of roosters and dog thieves, and the very Taoist Shen Hanyuan actually befriended them, Hu Guiyang was puzzled, but he didn't ask, and after saying "long admiration" to each other, he asked: "Guan Dazi is not Han?" ”

"He is a Jurchen, his ancestors belong to the imperial court, change his surname to Guan, he is very bold, he worships his brothers everywhere, and he forms a gang to do evil."

Yuan Mao was still surprised, "Since he is a high-ranking official and leads the court, doesn't he have a boss to take care of him?" ”

"Hehe, the boss eats flowers and wine in the city, and occasionally goes back to the guardhouse, just ask for silver, what do you care about these idle things? Guan Dazi and they didn't become robbers in a day, they were all connived at by their bosses a little bit. However, they used to rob along the river, and there were few merchants in this area, so they rarely came, and I don't know what is going on today. ”

Another said: "No need to ask, I must have gone to Ximatun Hammer's house to drink, they are in a group." ”

Everyone was complimenting Fan Laodao, and Hu Guiyang said to Shen Qianyuan, who was sitting beside him: "I came to visit this time to discuss something. ”

Shen Qianyuan waved his hand, "Needless to say, I know your intentions, it is very moral to catch the demon thief, we also have to take revenge, we should help each other, these brothers of mine are also at your disposal." ”

"You don't need so much, with Brother Shen's help, one or two more is enough. A few days ago, the captain of the West Factory once hunted down ......"

As soon as Hu Guiyang wanted to talk about the He family's sisters and brothers, he heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves, and then an angry voice: "Is the Jinyi guard from the city here?" Stand up and pay for my brother's life! ”