Chapter 207: Blessing to Give? The woods are blocking the way!
Crash!
At this time, the bushes swayed, and a beam of moonlight shone down, illuminating the figure of the speaker for a few minutes, and I saw that this person had a tiger's back and a bear's waist, his face was full of beards, and his eyes were as wide as copper bells, and he looked fierce and vicious. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
If there are people from Jizhou and Yanzhou here, just looking at this appearance, they will think of the reward notice posted by the government.
This man was the leader of a gang of horse bandits in the north, named Niumen.
This Niumen is also said to be from a big family and has its own martial arts, but for some reason it fell into the grass and brought a bottle of people and horses to wander in the north.
Over the past few years, he has committed a lot of major crimes in the two northern states, ruthless, and killed, because he is a horse bandit, his bandits are all riding horses, moving quickly, plus the number of people is small, the target is relatively small, and because of Wang Mi and other big bandits to attract officials and soldiers, it is so that this team of Niumen has survived to this day.
During this period, although the government surrounded and suppressed several times, he got out of the country without breaking his muscles and bones.
It's just that often standing by the river can not get wet shoes, three months ago, when they intercepted and killed a horse team, provoked a person, that person is more than ten years old, but the bow and horse are skilled, it is from the family of soldiers, after the attack, with ten horses, all the way to pursue, more than two hundred horse bandits can not be defeated, but was chased by the young man all the way, even if he hides in the corner of the mountain, he will be found out in the end, and finally in desperation, he fled to Qingzhou, wanting to take refuge in Wang Mi.
But when they arrived in Qingzhou, they learned that Wang Mi had broken through the encirclement and suppression of the official army and had led the army south, so the Niumen horse bandits also went south, but when they arrived at the edge of Surabaya, they heard that Wang Mi was defeated by Zhu Shou, and the soldiers and horses were defeated.
At this moment, Niumen was suddenly confused, and he didn't know what to do, but soon news came that Wang Mi was hiding in Pengcheng and seemed to have some scheme.
When Niu Men heard this, he led the men and horses over again.
However, at this time, he had less thoughts about taking refuge in Wang Mi, but he had the heart to worship, and wanted to join the gang with soldiers and horses, and be a big and small leader with Wang Mi, but before he arrived in Pengcheng, news came that Wang Mi was scolded to death.
At first, Niumen thought it was a joke and didn't believe it at all, but as more and more news came, the authenticity was finally determined, and then the horse bandits were completely confused.
Within the bandits, there were disagreements about the next move, some people thought that they should loot in the Qingxu realm, and added first, while the other part advocated going north and taking refuge in other forces.
Of course, there were also those who suggested surrendering to the imperial court, and given the uncertainty of the imperial court, the opinions of this department were not at all in the climate.
Just when there were disagreements within the horse bandits, news came again, saying that Chen Zhi, who scolded Wang Mi to death, wanted to go out to study, and maybe it would happen soon!
Suddenly, the bandit leader Niumen had a thought, he was originally inclined to go north to join other forces, but this person knew that as a horse bandit, even if he took refuge in the past, he might not be able to get an official position, and maybe he would become someone else's pawn, so he hesitated.
But as soon as Chen Zhi's news came, he had an idea.
Chen Zhi is in the limelight in Xuzhou, a little stronger than when he scolded Wang Mi to death, the news that he was ready to study abroad spread far and wide, and Niumen took people to wander at the junction of Qingxu and Xuzhou, although he also robbed the house, but the trouble was not fierce, and the local government turned a blind eye to the idea that more things are better than less things.
While waiting, the news of Chen Zhi's departure finally came, but because Chen Zhi was relatively low-key, when Niumen received the news, it was a few days later, and when he learned that Chen Zhi and his party had arrived in Wuyuan County, they rushed here day and night.
As soon as he arrived at the place, he sent people out to find out the news, because almost all of his people were wanted by the government, and the people who inquired did not dare to enter the city, but they probed from afar, and saw a large convoy arriving, and a county order personally greeted him, and he immediately came to report.
"There is a county order to greet you, and it is a convoy, it must be that Chen Zhi didn't run, the younger brothers hurry up to recuperate, finish this ticket, let's eat and drink spicy from now on!"
Many horse thieves were encouraged by his words and became motivated.
Time passes, the East turns white, and a new day arrives.
The monks and others who lived in Wuyuan City got up very early, their destination for the north this time was Qingzhou, but after passing through the counties along the way, they still had to behave in the world, even if they made up their minds to go on the road early, but what should be done was still done at a faster pace, so this morning, they had to meet and talk with the patriarch of the family who came to visit.
And the news about them is also spreading in the city and has become the talk of the streets and alleys, but it still can't avoid the three-character post of Chen Zhi, especially the Zheng Wan family, which is even more talked about.
said that the family is now well, and they have been favored, and they welcomed the nobles again yesterday, and even brought the wife who was taken back by her mother's family, and they came back again, and the family was happy.
On the other side, on the official road, Chen Zhi's convoy, which had left Pengcheng County, was also talking about Zheng Wan's family in the carriage.
"Brother Liu, you let Brother Chen leave that letter, and from then on, Zheng Wan's family will inevitably come and go, I estimate that his wife who ran away will go back." Lu Ying obviously has her own understanding of the changes in people's hearts and expressed her opinions.
Tao Ya shook his head and said: "I think that this may not be a good thing, the experience of Zheng Wan's family is certainly worthy of sympathy, but it is not only this family that is really miserable. ”
Zhao Xing also nodded and said: "Simply giving help can solve a temporary predicament, but it can't eradicate the cause, it stands to reason that Zheng Wan is also a scholar, but I see that his three sons have no intention of reading, and they don't practice martial arts, they only sell calligraphy on the street, and in the long run, when the three brothers grow up, what will happen?" His family's land has almost been sold, and he won't even be able to farm in the future. ”
Liu Gang said: "There are many unsatisfactory people in the world, but since I have encountered it, I want to help them, if I can't see it, it's just that, is it possible that my move can hurt them?" As for reading and practicing martial arts, in fact, it is easy to explain, he has always been poor and rich in martial arts, how much does it cost to practice martial arts, which is cheaper, meat or medicinal food? Brother Zhao doesn't think it's anything, but how can ordinary people afford it, but it is still possible to study, in the past, it was probably because Zheng Wan was busy with his livelihood and had no time to teach his son knowledge. ”
Tao Ya smiled and said no more.
Chen Zhi sat aside, listening to several people discussing, but never expressed his opinion, making people confused about his thoughts.
As he spoke, the convoy drove into the confines of Tokai County.
It was past noon.
In Wuyuan County, the monks and others who had been busy all morning saw off the last guest, had a simple lunch, organized a convoy, and set foot on the road.
Their action, Wuyuan County was busy again, the county commander had to come forward again, after a polite word, looking at the distant convoy, the county commander finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Two convoys in a row arrived, they are not ordinary people, the interval is so short, it is really a drain of effort, material resources, and manpower, fortunately, people are gone, and they can finally be at peace.
With such a thought, the people of Wuyuan went back again, and the entire county returned to calm, the only difference was that Zheng Wan and his son were still the heroes.
Zheng Wan father and son also participated in the send-off when Ming Fa Seng and others left, and after going back, they became the people of the township.
This is a later story, and I will skip it.
However, it shows that the monk and others actually have the idea of catching up with Chen Zhi's convoy this time, at least they can't be left behind, otherwise every time they go to a place, they have to listen to some rumors about Chen Zhi first, which is really not a thing.
The family in charge of guiding the way was introducing the situation ahead to Cao Qing and others: "The official road ahead is in disrepair, and the speed of the convoy is about to slow down, so we have to settle down in a village and town on the border of Pengcheng County tonight, and there is still a checkpoint for officials and soldiers over there......
Hearing this, everyone couldn't help nodding their heads and asked him to make arrangements.
"If you can catch up with Chen Zhi, you can also save a little cumbersome in the back," Cao Qing said, his eyes suddenly lit up, "Actually, it is completely possible to invite Chen Zhi to accompany him, I heard that Zhao Yun of the Zhao family, Lu Ying of the Lu family, and Tao Gong's close juniors are also traveling with him, and it is not rude to invite them." ”
Monk Ming smiled: "What, don't you worry about it now, you can't give Chen Zhi an invitation?" ”
Without waiting for Cao Qing to answer, Sun Min said first: "Along the way, I have seen his Chen Shouyi's ability, such a character will not care about some trivial matters, besides, even if he should come down in advance, what can he do?" My junior brother, sometimes he is too cautious, and it is good to be cautious, but he also has to see the situation clearly, and Chen Zhi's invitation is indispensable to him. ”
Having said that, many people know in their hearts that the reason why Cao Qing is so cautious is related to his background, he is the son of Cao Cao, Emperor Wu of Wei, and the descendant of Cao Zhi.
"What's in the way!"
As he spoke, the moving carriage came to a halt, and then there was a chaotic sound of horses' hooves outside, accompanied by a burst of roars, and a few screams and curses.
"What's going on?"
The people in the carriage were shocked, carefully opened the corner of the curtain, peeked out, and saw the figures outside, the horse shadows shuttled, and there were many fierce men riding horses, surrounding the convoy, and confronting the horse team guards.
When I looked around, I could see several figures who had fallen to the ground, and it was obvious that there had been a round of conflict.
"Encountered a robber in your way?"
The first reaction of Cao Qing and others was this.
At this moment, a rough voice shouted to them in front of them, "Which one is Chen Zhi?" Come out and show us! I want to see if the person who can scold Wang Mi to death has three heads and six arms! ”