Yue Fei and Zhang Ying did not ride horses, the target of the horse was too big, and it was easy to be attacked by people hiding in the shadows with bows and arrows, Yue Fei only carried a spear, while Zhang Ying took a war knife and shield, and at the same time brought a pair of rockets, and the two followed the footprints to the valley to the north......

The winter night came very early, when Li Yanqing and his party arrived at the small temple, the night had quietly fallen, the road was no longer safe, not only there were mountain bandits, there would also be all kinds of fierce beasts infested, the heavy snow in winter blocked the Taihang Mountain, large beasts would come to the hilly area where the plain and the mountains met in groups, and they would come out to forage at night.

The soldiers have cleaned the main hall and the wings, lit a bonfire in the fire pit in the main hall, several civil officials gathered around the bonfire to eat dry food, the soldiers lit three bonfires in the courtyard, the soldiers sat around the bonfire and chatted, and a dozen soldiers used snow water outside the courtyard to peel and wash the two wild boars and a dozen pheasants they hunted today, and each of them could eat a piece of roast meat.

More than 100 soldiers went to the mountain temple to cut trees, and the trees around the mountain temple were cut down by passers-by to make a fire for warmth, and only a dozen big pine trees remained, which were all cut down by the soldiers today to burn the fire.

Li Yanqing stood at the back door and looked into the distance, he was really a little worried about Yue Fei's safety.

"Lao Li, don't worry too much, Fifth Brother is a cautious person, he won't take risks easily." Wang Gui walked up to Li Yanqing and said with a smile.

Li Yanqing nodded, and then he asked again, "Did Lao Yue really abandon his office?" ”

On the way, Li Yanqing learned that Yue Fei went home to take care of his father, but he abandoned his official position and resigned to return to his hometown, and serving as the head of the township soldiers in Tangyin County was still an errand found by Zhou Chun for him, not a formal official position, and he only had a subsidy of five yuan per month, no wonder his family was in a poor situation.

Wang Gui sighed, "He has no choice, his family only has thirty acres of dry land, and he has to fallow and rotate every year, only half of the field can be planted, if it is handed over to the tenants, the annual grain tenant rent can not support a family of three at all, he only has fifteen yuan a month under Zong Ze, his brother still has to study, his father is paralyzed, and his mother is not in good health, so he can only resign and return to his hometown to take care of his family." ”

"But you are also returning to your hometown, and your situation is much better than his."

Wang Gui shook his head, "Lao Li! You are still mixed in the officialdom, my Xiangzhou regimental training was bought with 5,000 yuan, if you don't have money in the place, don't want to be an official, this is an iron law, we didn't understand before, we thought how good the Wuju people were, and now I know, don't talk about the Wuju people, even the Wujinshi is worthless, in the eyes of the civil officials, the Wujinshi is just a bodyguard. ”

Li Yanqing was silent for a moment, and then asked, "What kind of person is this Liang Fangping?" ”

"One word, greed!"

Wang Gui sneered and said: "I bought this group training from him, he has been serving as a transfer envoy in Hebei for five years, I heard that there are two ten-acre mansions in the capital, you can imagine how he is crazy to accumulate money, and there are even rumors that Xiao Wenhou Lu Fang also has a deal with him." ”

Li Yanqing was stunned, the dignified court officials actually had a deal with the mountain bandits?

"No, it won't!"

"Of course, it's just rumors, but I'd rather believe it, otherwise where did Lu Fang's food and weapons come from?"

Li Yanqing was silent in thought, he remembered that Gao Yu used the Xixia people to rob and kill him, if they and his party died in Cizhou in vain, except for the bad luck of the local government and the Criminal Division, Liang Fangping would have no loss.

No, they still need reinforcements, thinking of this, Li Yanqing immediately went back to the wing room and wrote a letter, handed it to the two cavalrymen and said: "The two of you immediately rush to Fuyang, hand over this letter to Zhang Zhizhou, and ask him to send troops immediately!" ”

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Yue Fei and Zhang Ying were on a hillside more than ten miles away from the mountain temple at this time, and they had already found traces of this group of mountain bandits, about thirty people, leading more than a dozen mules, the mules were full of fur and game, saying that they came out to hunt, but they were not very similar, how could they have peeled their fur so quickly.

"I see!"

Yue Fei whispered to Zhang Ying: "They are out to sweep the hunters, there are many hunters in this area who make a living from hunting, after the beginning of spring, there will be merchants to buy their furs, the mountain bandits will take the lead, see no, even the game is grabbed, it is almost the New Year." ”

"Shall we go back?"

Yue Fei thought for a while and said, "These people have nothing to do with the ambush on us, you can leave them alone, let's go back." ”

The two had just walked a dozen steps back when a woman's scream suddenly came from behind, followed by the cry of a child and the roar of a man.

"It's not good, someone has suffered,"

Yue Fei and Zhang Ying hurriedly turned around and ran back, and at this time, there were two screams in a row, and there was no longer life.

"Boss, that little baby has fallen."

"Leave it to the wolves! Let's go, it's just a pity for this. ”

A group of mountain bandits walked along the mountain road, and when they walked a little farther, Yue Fei and Zhang Ying ran up, only to see two people lying in a pool of blood, a man and a woman, it seems that the man should be a young hunter, and the woman is his wife, they rushed to the night to go back to the county seat for the New Year, but unfortunately encountered this group of mountain bandits, people were killed, and furs and prey were also snatched away.

Zhang Ying stepped forward and touched the snorts of the two, shook his head and said, "It's all out of breath." ”

He didn't hear Yue Fei's response, and hurriedly turned around, but Yue Fei was nowhere to be seen, and he was immediately startled by Zhang Ying, and he didn't dare to shout, so he had to look around.

At this time, he saw Yue Fei's spear on the side of the hillside, and hurriedly ran up, only to see that Yue Fei had climbed down the bottom of the slope, and faintly heard the cry of a child below, Zhang Ying suddenly realized that Yue Fei had gone down to save the child.

After a while, Yue Fei hugged a child and climbed up from the deep valley, this boy of about two years old, he looked like a tiger and was very strong, and it was also because the deep valley was full of snow, he was not injured, but he was frightened and was crying.

"Help me!" Yue Fei was about to lose his hold.

Zhang Ying hurriedly leaned over and handed the spear, Yue Fei grabbed the spear, Zhang Ying pulled it hard, and pulled Yue Fei up the slope step by step.

"Are his parents still saved?" Yue Fei asked.

Zhang Ying shook his head, "I was pierced through the heart by a spear, and both of them died. ”

"Then bury them! so as not to be eaten by wild beasts. ”

The two worked together to dig a deep pit next to the mountain road and bury the husband and wife.

Yue Fei raised the child's little hand and saluted, and said to Zhang Ying: "Let's go back!" ”

The two of them turned around and walked quickly in the direction of the mountain temple.......

Everyone had already eaten dinner, many soldiers wrapped themselves in blankets and lay down by the bonfire and fell asleep, and in the main hall, several officials were really tired, wrapped in blankets and lying asleep by the fire, only the superintendent Wang Zao was still complaining.

"I haven't washed my feet for two days, can't I boil some hot water to soak my feet? I'm getting frostbite on my toes. ”

Wang Zao kept complaining, but no one paid attention to him, and even his attendants fell asleep exhausted.

Li Yanqing sat alone in the main hall, still very uneasy in his heart, Yue Fei and the two had been gone for almost an hour, but there was no news, although he knew that Yue Fei would be fine, but worry was still inevitable.

At this moment, a soldier rushed in, "Yue Dutou is back 1"

Li Yanqing's heart was relieved, he got up and walked out quickly, and saw a group of people surrounding Yue Fei, and when he looked closer, there was a sleeping baby in Yue Fei's arms.

"Where did this kid come from?" Li Yanqing stepped forward and asked.

Zhang Ying hurriedly reported: "Qi Yu Shi, it was me and Yue Dutou who were rescued in the ravine, his parents were hunters and were killed by bandits. ”

Li Yanqing didn't care about the child for the time being, and asked Zhang Ying again: "What is the movement of the mountain bandits?" ”

"The more than 30 bandits we saw were not aimed at us, they came to sweep the hunters, and now they have gone far away, and no other bandits have been found for the time being."

Li Yanqing nodded, "Let's go eat first!" ”

Yue Fei took the child and Zhang Ying to dinner, and at this time, Wang Gui stepped forward and said, "Could it be that we are all soldiers?" ”

Li Yanqing shook his head, "It's only been dark for an hour, if the mountain bandits want to deal with us, at least after one shift, it's too early to say safe." ”

"I understand, let's go and arrange the sentry, and we have to make sure that nothing goes wrong."

Wang Gui turned around and left in a hurry, Li Yanqing looked back at Yue Fei, and saw that he was hurriedly taking off his coat, the child was soaking urine in his arms, which made him very embarrassed, Mo Jun was holding the child for him with a smile next to him, and several soldiers laughed so hard that they couldn't straighten their waists.

Li Yanqing shook his head, he didn't care about Yue Fei anymore, he actually came back with a child, there were more than 300 people in their team, and there was not a single woman, who would bring this child to?

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