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Everyone on the side of the bonfire immediately picked up their weapons, and Shen Qianyuan said, "I'll deal with it, don't come forward yet." ”

Hu Guiyang nodded, beckoning to Yuan Mao and Fan Dajian, "Prepare the bird, you are not allowed to move without my order." ”

The two of them had already emptied the gunpowder, and at this time they were hurriedly preparing again, not daring to get too close to the bonfire, and went to the shadows to feel the black charge, which was even slower.

You Wuliu and the others stood in front of the bonfire, holding swords and sticks in their hands, but they had no fear, Hu Guiyang pulled out a short knife from the baggage, stood with them, and thought: It is really difficult to mix outside the city, Shen Qianyuan's martial arts are not as good as the children of the Wen family, see how he deals with the "soldiers and bandits".

Shen Qianyuan took a few steps forward and said loudly: "Shen Qianyuan is under the double knife, who is coming from the other side?" ”

"Shen Laosan?"

"Your Excellency is ......"

The person on the other side scolded, "I haven't seen you for a few years, I've learned to speak, what is 'Your Excellency'?" I'm your big brother. ”

Shen Qianyuan made a happy expression, "Big Brother Tie? Big brother with a sledgehammer in Ximatun? ”

"Isn't that me, when did you come back?"

"It's been more than a month." Shen Qianyuan was a few less.

There was another curse on the other side, followed by a sneer, and a man came with a group of officers and soldiers, the man was short and strong, but he walked like the wind, like a big rolling ball of meat.

Hu Guiyang saw it in his eyes and understood the meaning of the name "sledgehammer".

The big hammer swear words did not leave his mouth, came to Shen Qianyuan, opened his mouth to scold first, and then jumped up and punched Shen Qianyuan in the shoulder, "It's been so long since you came back, why didn't you go to me for a drink?" Did your former friends forget? ”

Shen Qianyuan received this punch and said with a smile: "How dare you forget? When I left Beijing, I borrowed ten taels of silver from Brother Tie. ”

"Borrow? If you dare to say 'return', I will cut off relations with you on the spot. ”

Shen Qianyuan said "don't dare", he was both in awe and vigilant of this big hammer, and he responded with twelve points of spirit.

After the greetings were over, the big hammer suddenly glared at the people behind Shen Qianyuan, and said coldly: "The Jinyi guard who killed Guan Dazi is here, right?" ”

Hu Guiyang couldn't just let Shen Qianyuan come out, he hid behind as a shrinking turtle, and stepped forward, "Here." ”

Shen Qianyuan was about to speak, but the sledgehammer pushed him away, looking up and down a few times, "Your name is Hu Guiyang?" ”

Hu Guiyang once reported his name in front of the officers and soldiers, and nodded, "That's right." ”

"Guan Dazi's big sword is the best in the capital, what did you use to kill him?"

"A bird's shot."

The big hammer spat on the ground with disdain, and turned to Shen Qianyuan, "Third child, this is your friend?" ”

"Yes, Big Brother Tie......"

"Don't call me Brother Tie yet, I respect you as a good man, and I was willing to make friends with you at the beginning. I haven't seen you for a few years, you don't look down on my sledgehammer, okay, but how did you become friends with the court eagle dog? If this is spread, how can you walk the rivers and lakes? ”

Hu Guiyang interjected: "I am an eagle dog, Guan Dazi and they can only be regarded as lackeys of the government, or the kind that is disobedient." ”

More than a dozen officers and soldiers angrily reprimanded, but they did not dare to approach, for fear that someone would secretly release their guns.

The sledgehammer raised his arm to stop the crowd from making noise, "Guan Dazi and their people are in the official mansion, and their hearts are in the rivers and lakes, which is not the same thing as you desperate eagle dogs." Shen Laosan, whether it is friend or foe, you choose. ”

Guan Dazi was killed after the robbery, Hu Guiyang felt that he was not at fault at all, but Shen Qianyuan knew the rules and did not defend it, and hugged his fists and said: "Shen acts uprightly, and he doesn't care about whether he is high or low, Hu Guiyang is my friend, and it has nothing to do with whether he is a Jinyiwei or not." Brother Tie, I respect you as a person, you can let me go up the sword mountain and go down to the sea of fire, but you can't let me make friends. ”

The sledgehammer thought for a while, and an officer and soldier behind him just shouted "iron", he raised his arm to stop it, and then put down his arm, "Okay, you talk about righteousness, I'll give you this face, after three, Ximazhuang, let's follow the rules of the rivers and lakes." ”

"After three, Ximazhuang, see you or leave." Shen Qianyuan said.

"Let's go." The sledgehammer turned around and beckoned the officers and men to the horses, and before long, the sound of hooves was heard and faded away.

A crisis was temporarily resolved.

Hu Guiyang was quite surprised and asked, "What will happen after the third day?" ”

Shen Qianyuan smiled and did not answer.

Fan Dajian walked over, because he was too nervous, the bird gun was not ready, and he could only hold it in his hand like a stick, "Whew...... Fortunately, you know this sledgehammer, otherwise there will be a scuffle, there are many of them, not only these, there seem to be people behind them, we are probably not opponents. ”

Yuan Mao also walked over, and the bird gun was ready, "The robbers are still so arrogant, don't you allow the robbers to resist?" ”

The people around laughed, as if Yuan Mao had said something very funny.

Shen Qianyuan said: "Leave them alone, let's continue drinking, and everything will be later." ”

There was not much wine and meat left, and after eating for a while, it dispersed, and everyone rested on the floor, Hu Guiyang was very sleepy, and fell asleep after a while.

With Shen Qianyuan's assurance, the night was safe and there were no more accidents.

Early the next morning, Hu Guiyang was woken up cold.

The bonfire had been extinguished, Shen Qianyuan and the others had already left, and only You Wuliu was left, guarding the three mules he had stolen before, and said with a smile: "If the three of you don't dislike it, come to my house and rest for a while, it's not too far from here." ”

"What about the others?" Hu Guiyang got up, Yuan Mao also woke up, and only Fan Dajian was still sleeping.

"The third brother has something to do, and he can come back before dark."

You Wuliu's home is not in the village, the three thatched houses are hidden in a forest, far away from the country road, and they cannot be seen outside the forest at all, and it is extremely difficult to find unless someone leads them.

"It's not a good place, please deal with it."

Hu Guiyang was nothing, Fan Dajian frowned, "Why did it look like fleeing." ”

You Wuliu smiled and said: "Although it is not to flee, you must also avoid some outsiders, so as not to cause trouble, right?" ”

Fan Dajian snorted, nothing, Hu Guiyang said: "After the third day, are you going to compete in Ximazhuang?" ”

You Wuliu looked embarrassed, "This ...... It doesn't matter, you'll have to find out sooner or later. After three, there is a competition, or a game to win or lose, bet on your three lives, or three games, one life at a time. ”

Fan Dajian's color changed, "This matter is not over yet?" ”

"Don't worry, none of the Sledgehammers are Shen Sange's opponents, and the competition is to give Sledgehammer a little face and let him have a step down."

"They're robbers!" Fan Dajian was angry, and he was still a little scared in his heart, after all, Guan Dazi was killed by him, "The rivers and lakes are also indiscriminate, right?" ”

You Wuliu smiled bitterly: "The rivers and lakes are not official mansions, and they must be divided, but they are not the most important. ”

Hu Guiyang smiled and asked, "What is the most important?" Loyalty? ”

You Wuliu felt that it was not easy to answer, "Of course righteousness is important, but ......" After thinking for a while, his heart suddenly brightened, "The most important thing is friendship." ”

"Friendship?"

"Yes, friendship. What is indiscriminate, right and wrong, high and low...... has to be ranked behind friendships, such as Guan Dazi, he is an officer and soldier, a robber, he kills people and goods, and harms the township, these are not important, the important thing is that he has many friends. Now that he is dead and killed by this Taoist master, then his friends have to come forward to take revenge, otherwise, they will not be able to mix in the future, this is friendship. ”

You Wuliu was a little proud, not only because he came up with the answer, but also because of his longing and reverence for "friendship".

Fan Dajian was dumbfounded, and only said after a while: "You guys had a lot of friends with Guan Dazi last night, do you still want to find us one by one to take revenge?" ”

You Wuliu said with a smile: "That's why Third Brother Shen agreed to the competition, within three years, the friends who should have come have come, and the matter will be smoothed out, no matter whether you win or lose, no one will seek revenge on you in the future." ”

"Yes, if Shen Qianyuan loses, we will even have to take our lives, and naturally no one will come to take revenge." Fan Dajian deeply felt that this matter was not very reliable.

You Wuliu was a little embarrassed, "With Third Brother Shen's ability, it shouldn't be ...... Well, you guys take a break, I'll go boil some water and see if I can catch a chicken or something. ”

You Wuliu went out, and Fan Dajian said: "I must have gone to a nearby village to steal chickens." ”

Yuan Mao persuaded: "Old Dao, you should say a few words, everyone has the most important friendship in the rivers and lakes, you have offended people, who will save you?" ”

"Then go back to the city, I don't believe that any of them dare to chase in, any sledgehammer, iron lumps, and real officers and soldiers will be turned into discus." Fan Dajian looked at Hu Guiyang expectantly, although he had only come out for two, he already missed life in the city very much.

The grass house was low and narrow, Hu Guiyang did not participate in the conversation, sat at the door with a stool, and took advantage of the sunlight outside to read a few pieces of paper, which he had searched from Guan Dazi.

"Can't go back to the city." Hu Gui raised his head and did not raise his head, "The rivers and lakes are difficult to walk, so it has become the hiding place of He Million, the so-called tigers who do not enter the tiger's den, if we want to catch He Million in front of others, we must go deep into the rivers and lakes." ”

Hu Guiyang put away a few pieces of paper, left only one in his hand, looked up and smiled: "Follow the customs of the locals, don't we have the 'friendship' of Shen Qianyuan?" Hold on tightly. ”

Fan Dajian snorted a few times, nothing more.

Yuan Mao said: "Since it is a 'friendship', we have to exchange courtesies, we haven't even found the shadow of He Million, and we already owe Shen Qianyuan a big favor, how can we pay it back in the future?" ”

Hu Guiyang handed the piece of paper in his hand to Yuan Mao, "Just use this to pay it back." ”

Yuan Mao received it with a puzzled face, and Fan Dajian also came over to watch.

It was a short message, which was polite at the beginning, and then wrote down to business: Hu Guiyang, the captain of Jinyi, went out of the city today, or haunted in Shenjia Village, and those who got this person's head could exchange it for a golden pill.

The end of the letter is unsigned, and a simple sword is drawn.

"It's not a real robber! No wonder everyone shouldn't have come here. Fan Dajian glared at Hu Guiyang, not understanding how he could still laugh.

"We only decided to go out of the city the night before, who leaked the news?" Yuan Mao asked.

Hu Guiyang shook his head, "It's difficult." This letter must be related to He Million, so this is no longer an ordinary grievance between the rivers and lakes, Shen Qianyuan wants to find He Million, so he has to be busy. ”