"These are horse thieves?"

Yang Shuo turned his head and glanced at the two scouts, who suddenly understood, and stepped forward to reply-

"General, according to the villagers here, these people are horse thieves, and their subordinates have also seen it roughly, these people have weathered faces, strong muscles and bones, and they are not ordinary bandits, so there is no doubt that they are horse thieves. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Horse thief, what a horse thief, when a horse thief is in charge, it is really the only one." Yang Shuo shook his head, turned his face and chatted with the village officials for a few words, and then walked forward.

In front of him, there were about 100 people trapped together, around the city a few times, their hands and feet were tied with ropes, and the rope heads were even more entangled, and the technique of this rope was very peculiar, connected to each other, so that the few people who were tied, any one of them struggled, and the others would be pulled over, so they were all difficult to move in the end, and the shoulders and knees collided together because of the previous struggle, and made very strange movements.

"It's surprising that so many horse thieves were captured in one go!" Looking at the expressions of these people, he couldn't help but sigh, just looking at a person's head, he thought of the difficulty of the imperial court to capture the horse thief again, and couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.

He has been with Zhu Shou for some years, usually not less encirclement and suppression of bandits, chasing horse thieves also a few times, the bandits are good to say, the village is on the mountain, they do not go down to plunder, the standard of living will decline, food and material supply is not enough, the combat effectiveness will continue to decay, often self-defeating, but the horse thieves are different, fast action, strong mobility, even if it is several times the force of encirclement and suppression, at most it will be repulsed, it is difficult to completely annihilate, there are always fish that slip through the net.

But the scene in front of him is clearly the annihilation of the whole army.

This doubt in his heart made Yang Shuo observe more carefully, and he noticed some details on these people.

"What is it about these many people who look physically fit, but are pale and exhale very roughly, as if they are exhausted, as if each of them has exhausted their strength, or has been badly injured before they are caught?"

In his doubts, he became more and more cautious, selected a few people to look carefully, and suddenly noticed that almost all the wounds on these people's bodies had been simply bandaged, although most of them were only torn a few strips of cloth.

"It's kind of interesting."

This discovery made Yang Shuo silent.

Not only Yang Shuo, but the others looked at the trapped figures one after another, as well as their expressions, Sun Min, Xun Zhe and the others were even more amazed, thinking of what Yang Shuo had said before, they couldn't help but become more and more curious?

"What do these formations do? How did he do it? If it is really his means, then this Chen Zhi is indeed extraordinary, with dozens of family members, he can capture all the horse thieves, and it is no wonder that Yang Shuo has such a reaction after hearing his news. ”

Cao Qing and Xun Zhi thought about it, their expressions became more and more respectful, although they did not look at Chen Zhi face to face, but they had a sense of admiration for martial arts in their hearts.

As for Sun Min, he was even more surprised, and the idea of meeting Chen Zhi became stronger and stronger.

In contrast, Ming Fa Seng and Wei Ou are a different look, after the two of them were surprised, their expressions were much more solemn, Ming Fa Monk was frowning, obviously thinking of something difficult, while Wei Ou was pale, and then turned to Wei Tieqing, obviously the thoughts in his heart turned upside down.

What are the thoughts of these people, Yang Shuo doesn't know, and he doesn't want to know, what he desperately wants to know is where Chen Zhiren is, so after the initial shock, his thinking was slightly straightened out, so he quickly recruited the township officials in this town and asked, "Where is Mr. Chen?" Hurry up and bring it over for a visit! ”

His face showed a rather anxious expression, the deputy general was very clear, his commander Zhu Shou, after defeating Wang Mi, was rewarded again and again, so he was more and more grateful to Chen Zhi for his original military strategy, and Zheng Guan went south to Pengcheng, congratulated Chen Zhi, and after having a friendship, he returned to the army and informed some of the situation in Pengcheng, and then Zhu Shou respected Chen Zhi even more.

Because of this, Yang Shuo knows very well that as long as he can get Chen Zhi's favor, then when Chen Zhi goes north, he will meet Zhu Shou and give himself a few kind words, not to mention anything else, at least he can leave here without being stationed here-

Don't look at this Yang Shuoyi's command, it seems that he doesn't take the local scholars in his eyes, but his position, far away from the main general, has many disadvantages, and he has no chance to win military exploits, otherwise when the news of the horse thief comes, he will not lead the troops here.

There is such a layer of consideration in it, and I want to borrow a good relationship with Chen Zhi.

But the village man said, "Mr. Chen is gone." ”

"Gone?"

From Yang Shuo and Sun Min to Xun Zhe and Cao Qing, the monks and Wei Ou were all stunned when they heard this answer.

"Why did you leave?" Yang Shuo turned his head to look at the horse thieves all over the ground, "These horse thieves are already wanted in the north, and the bandit leader Niumen is even on the notice, could it be that Mr. Chen took the thief leader to the county government to receive the reward?" ”

In Yang Shuo's opinion, Chen Zhi captured so many horse thieves in one fell swoop, so how could he take a credit, how could he say that he left his war exploits here, but people left.

The man said with a puzzled face: "We don't know, but Mr. Chen said that this incident is not his ability, and the horse thief came because of him, causing damage to the village, and some people were injured because of it, so he should not take this credit, he should leave all the horse thieves behind, teach me and other villagers to deal with it, and said that I don't have to worry about being swallowed up by others, because soon there will be court generals and famous people from all over the world to come over and administer justice to us." ”

When Yang Shuo heard this, he was stunned, and looked back at the few people behind him, showing a surprised expression.

The man pointed in another direction, and said, "The leader of the horse thieves is over there, and if you have anything you want to ask, General, why don't you go and ask him." ”

Horse thief leader? Niumen, all left behind? This person's reward is not a lot, and for a celebrity, catching a thief, gold, silver and jewelry are secondary, and the most critical issue is the gain of fame.

The fame has been gained, and the benefits are too numerous to mention.

But Chen Zhi left the thief capital here, which is tantamount to giving up this reputation and cheapening the latecomers for nothing.

"No, it's not a latecomer, according to Chen Zhi, the credit for capturing the horse thief is clearly to give the cloth clothes to this village and town, and in order to prevent accidents, we also anticipated the arrival of our waiting, and deliberately explained it to the township official, this is to let us help the villagers here to witness and support."

But Sun Min thought more, and he heard more from the words of the township official.

"Military generals, celebrities, propose to name these two in the message, is it because they want to contain each other and prevent one party from completely swallowing the credit?"

While he was thinking, Yang Shuo walked closer to the inside and stopped when he reached the cow gate.

The leader of the horse thieves, now trapped on a pillar, with ropes and strips of cloth tied all over his body, for fear of being freed by him, was guarded by several servants on either side, and the people of the village knew that it was this man who really mattered.

Yang Shuo walked over, glanced at the cow gate, and saw this fierce man, but at this time, he was like a frosted eggplant, exuding a depressed atmosphere, and when he saw himself coming, he didn't react much, just raised his head to look at it, and then lowered his head again, muttering something in his mouth.

After walking in, Yang Shuo faintly heard what was said in the door of the cow, what kind of strange door escape method, yin and yang formation and the like, he couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, and then asked lightly: "Are you the thief head of the cow gate, and now you are caught, but what else do you have to say?" ”

Niu Men raised his eyes and glanced at him again, stopped muttering, and sneered: "You are a garrison general, you don't have to be majestic in front of me, you are not Chen Zhi, but you just came to pick up the leaks, what is there to be majestic?" ”

"Huh?" Yang Shuo's eyes immediately popped up with a cold color, but he pressed it vigorously, how could he not see that the thief in front of him was consciously trying to provoke himself, as for the reason, it didn't matter much.

Therefore, Yang Shuo just shook his head, gave Niumen a cold look, and turned around and found the township official, wanting to know more information, especially Chen Zhi's whereabouts.

Qiang Fu said: "I don't know this specific situation, you might as well ask Master Chu, he is more aware of the situation." ”

"Master Chu?"

"Just call me Chujin!"

When that old man Chu was brought to a few people, he still looked frightened, looking at the few people in front of him, his hands and feet trembled, and he was afraid.

Yang Shuo frowned and said, "Calm down, I'm not going to eat you, you can tell me about the situation at that time, especially about Mr. Chen." ”

As soon as Chu Jin heard this, he immediately showed gratitude, and said again and again: "Chen Junzi is really a really good person, he didn't think that I was wrong, he forgave me, and just asked me to treat the villagers well. ”

His words were quite messy, which made Yang Shuo and the others confused, but they could see that this person was agitated.

Sun Min stepped forward and said with a smile: "Don't worry, calm down first, and then explain things clearly, General Yang, all the soldiers are coming all the way, the carriage and horses are tired, you might as well rest first, and ask later." ”

Yang Shuo glanced at Na Chu Jin and nodded.

………………

At the same time, on the official road to the north of the village and town, the carriage moved slowly, Liu Gang sat next to Chen Zhi and asked a question: "Brother Chen, I really don't understand, why do you want to let out the great merit?" ”

Tao Ya said with a smile: "This kind of thing, fight is not to fight, let is not to allow, there is no difference, what really makes me care, but that Chu Jin, he fell into the hands of thieves last night, I heard that no one in the village is willing to help, Shouyi left, and gave him a warning, I don't know if this person can change his past?" As he spoke, his gaze fell on Chen Zhi.

Chen Zhiben was reading a book, raised his head when he heard the words, shook his head and said: "The momentum of the family is easy to change, but the nature of people is difficult to change. ”