Before I knew it, it was December, and the chaos of Linjiang City after a few days of strict investigation by Yang Hong gradually subsided a little because of the first snow of the second year of Guanghe, and the earth gradually turned white, and the streets and alleys returned to silence.

The snowflakes fell quietly, and the snowflakes that flew with the cold wind, one after another, seemed to be dandelions in the sky, and like countless young and indescribable lives, trembling, rising and falling, rippling in the vast night sky, the expression was so pleasant, and the change was so magical. Tian Jing seemed to feel that a huge white wing was covering the earth in the dark, and before he knew it, there was already a white expanse outside the house.

As the night deepened, the lights in the backyard of the Linjiang County Office were extinguished one after another, and it fell into darkness and silence, and there were only relatively warm corners where there were soldiers from the county office, who were huddled in a corner by the lights on duty. Under the hazy moon, the snow fell at night, and a black-clothed figure sneakily climbed the wall, crossed the backyard wall, and quietly touched the residence of Yang Hong, the superintendent of the backyard, by virtue of obtaining the location of the county office in advance.

The cold snow continued, the more dense it became, Yang Hong fell asleep soundly, and suddenly woke up, only to feel the sound of weapons connecting outside the house, and the terrible sound of the wind outside the window came into the house.

Yang Hong opened his eyes, adapted to the darkness of the room, and listened attentively, someone in the backyard was shouting: "Thief!" Ann Dare! With this shout, there was another sound of weapons clashing.

Suddenly, he heard a painful cry of "ah" from a person, and immediately shouted: "The thief has a sharp sword, besiege it, don't break in." Then he shouted in a loud voice: "The rest of the people are going to protect your superiors as soon as possible." ”

Yang Hong is not the only one who lives in this official house, but also the state and county officials who come and go, with the documents and seals that prove their official identity, such as "passing", can live, and there are many people in high positions, and sometimes the county officials released from outside the county do not want to buy another house in the county, and they also take their families to live in the official residence for a long time, and these soldiers on duty do not pay attention to it.

Then, there was a noisy fight, shouts, cries of pain, the sound of weapons colliding, noisy and chaotic, and the screams of men and women in the backyards of the official houses. All kinds of different sounds, intertwined, cut through the silent snowy night, but they don't know when it will dissipate.

"What's wrong?"

"Back to Yang Jun, there was a thief in the yard."

There was a sound of footsteps outside the door, listening to several people, who should have been sent to guard their area, Yang Hong asked, and a person outside the door immediately answered, he knew what was going on in this official office.

After this trouble, Yang Hong couldn't sleep at this time, not to mention the noise outside the hospital, but thinking that there were thieves in the guest house of the official office, it was impossible for him to sleep in peace. Simply got up, Yang Hong put on a thick coat, put on shoes, and then took the long sword on the wall, just in case of accidents, and did not tie his hair, he spread his hair and pushed the door out.

I saw the night sky and the moon, the snowflakes were flying, the cold was blowing, the stone steps were paved with a thin layer of snow, the black roof, the big trees in the courtyard, the bluestone slab ground was all covered in silver, the snow reflected the moonlight, the whole backyard was cold and bright, and the world was white.

"I've seen Yang Jun!" When everyone outside the door saw Yang Hong come out, they hurriedly saluted, there were five of them, all wearing thick clothes and carrying ring knives at the moment.

"Hmm." Yang Hong responded, and then asked, "The thief has not been subdued yet?" ”

"It's coming! Soon! The middle-aged man at the head of several people said with an embarrassed face, there were thieves in the official house, they delayed so much effort, and they didn't subdue the thieves, it really can't be said.

"The thief is coming?" Yang Hong expected that there must have been a lot of people coming, so that the soldiers in these counties would not be able to solve it for a while, otherwise, I am afraid that this farce of catching thieves is estimated to have already ended.

"Uh, one person." The middle-aged man who was the leader said embarrassedly again.

"Alone?"

"Exactly."

Yang Hong received an affirmative answer again, his face was displeased, his brows furrowed, the conscripts in the county are also brave warriors after all, listening to the movement, dozens of conscripts in the official residence are all there at this moment, so many people are besieging together, and they can't take a thief? Looking at the sweaty appearance of these conscripts in front of him, in this cold and snowy night, it doesn't seem like he is lazy, and listening to the movement, it seems that there are still people in the conscripts who are injured, where did this thief come from? It's too powerful, isn't it like the two generals Guan Yu and Huang Zhong under the command of Duke Ming, who have the courage to be unstoppable?

Stepping on the snow, going down the steps, turning a corridor, Yang Hong went straight to the backyard with a sword, and the man at the head hurriedly separated a person and went with him. The journey didn't take long, that is, a few words, Yang Hong also happened to learn that this thief was unfortunate today, and happened to be hit by a soldier who went to the toilet on a snowy night.

There is a toilet location in the backyard of the official house, Yang Hong knows, in his memory, there are few people except for people who are anxious, after all, it is also smelly and smelly, even in winter, the smell is less, and few people go.

Originally, the soldiers on duty in the official office of this snow day were very slack, and no one went to the toilet, but today there happened to be a soldier who went to the toilet on a snowy night, and his buttocks were shivering, and he didn't expect to bump into a thief sneakily over the wall, and went to the backyard, and quickly scraped his butt with a toilet chip, put on his pants, and shouted to the servant on duty to report the news, but this thief had made countless careful arrangements in advance, but in the end he was arrested because of a person who went to the toilet on a snowy night, and God really didn't help him.

When I arrived in the backyard, there was already chaos here, and I saw more than 20 people surrounding a man in black, moving forward and backward, swords and swords, fighting to the death. The man in black used a short sword, and some of the people besieging him used ring-headed knives and those who used long swords, and only half of the swords in the hands of two or three people remained, probably cut off by the sharp sword of the man in black, and there were two or three sword heads and knife heads scattered on the ground.

Under the corner of the wall on the side, there were still a few people sitting under the wall, their weapons thrown aside, some covering their legs, some covering their chests, and the thick clothes were already stained with blood at the moment, presumably the man in black must have done it. Yang Hong was terrified, he didn't believe what the conscripts said just now, but now when he saw it, he was shocked, what kind of person is this person, dozens of people, injured several people, and can not fall under the siege of more than 20 people, this kind of kung fu is really good.

Yang Hong glanced at several seriously wounded conscripts leaning against the wall at the moment, the blood was flowing all over the ground at this moment, and it was very infiltrating, he hurriedly said to the conscripts beside him: "Hurry up and find a doctor!" "Ulcer doctor, a kind of ancient medical craftsman, equivalent to a surgeon, since the Zhou Dynasty medical craftsman has a clear division of labor, doctors are divided into food doctors, disease doctors, ulcer doctors and veterinarians. The ulcer doctor is a swollen ulcer, ulcer, golden ulcer, and the medicine of the ulcer, killing Qi, and the trauma are all cured for it.

After speaking, Yang Hong raised his sword to cut the clothes on his body, tore off the strips of cloth, wrapped the wounds of a few people, and then looked at the field.

"No!"

The soldier who followed Yang Hong saluted in response, and then left quickly, thinking that he also understood that he had suffered from trauma in this winter, and if he did not treat it in time, frostbite and frostbite and other diseases would strike, and his lives in those robes would be worried.

"Thank you, Yang Jun."

At this time, seeing that Yang Hong did not hesitate to tear open his gorgeous brocade clothes at will, and bandage the wounds of several of his own people, the injured conscripts hurriedly thanked him.

"There is no need to be like this, you are loyal, and you will not be able to see death without help." After speaking, Yang Hong paused, and then asked, "The thief is sharp, how is the kung fu?" ”

"It's so high that three or five people can't get close." The servant who was stabbed by a sharp sword and injured his thigh hurriedly replied, and the other servants who were slightly injured also nodded in agreement, and the servant who injured his chest obviously did not have enough strength to speak, so he could only nod his head with everyone in agreement.

Sure enough, Yang Hong nodded, and at this time he was sure that this black-clothed thief was by no means an ordinary thief. Just imagine, being able to advance and retreat freely under the siege of more than 20 soldiers, how can he be just an ordinary thief with such skills?

The chaotic battle in the field continued, but there was no end in sight, suddenly there were footsteps outside the official residence, Yang Hong was stunned, thinking that there were thieves outside the courtyard to answer, but he didn't think about it, but he heard a loud shout: "The soldiers in the courtyard are quick to give way, and the bow and crossbow have no eyes." ”

Those conscripts didn't know why, and immediately put down the black-clothed thief holding the sword, and after three breaths, before the black-clothed thief could react, he saw countless arrows flying out of the courtyard, shooting indiscriminately at the corner of the courtyard, and instantly shot the black-clothed thief in the corner of the courtyard into a hedgehog.

Even if the arrow shoots a crossbow on a snowy night, the accuracy will inevitably be affected, and the speed and penetration of the arrow are also lacking a lot, but the black-clothed thief is defenseless, how can he resist this arrow as dense as snowflakes in the sky. Pity this man in black, even if he has the courage of ten thousand enemies, he still can't withstand the arrows coming from everywhere, and he ends up with the pain of body piercing, and the courage of the puppet is really insignificant.

This scene also happened in an instant, Yang Hong witnessed the scene of the black-clothed thief being shot to death by random arrows before he could think about it, and he was very frightened, for him, this kind of scene was indeed the first time he had seen it, and it was even more shocking than the bloodstains left by the official soldiers and the thief during the battle just now.

After a while, a soldier came to the front and saluted: "Yang Jun has nothing to do?" ”

Yang Hong shook his head and said, "It's nothing." Then he asked, "What happened to Shicai?" At this time, his eyes were still staring at the black-clothed thief in a daze, and his head was still replaying the scene of the black-clothed thief's arrow piercing his heart just now.

The soldier hurriedly said: "The soldiers outside the courtyard came with bows and crossbows, and the person who shouted at the right time was the county magistrate. ”

"I see." Yang Hong's head was bowed, it seemed that these servants heard their superiors shouting, and formed an instinctive reaction under the usual "words and deeds", and after the elder of Natun shouted to retreat and flee, he quickly left, and then he saw the scene of bows and crossbows firing together.

It didn't take long for the entire official residence to be brightly lit and full of people, and many people in the official residence who were awakened by the fierce battle on the snowy night ran to the backyard to find out what was going on. Their faces were full of curiosity and joy, and most of them were lively, but there was not a trace of surprise, and they had long forgotten the sound of their exclamations after hearing the sound of the fierce battle just now.

A group of men and horses came in a hurry, all of them carrying torches, and although they were all wearing armor and carrying soldiers, their clothes were obviously crooked, and they were presumably awakened from a dream.

One of the leading people in tunchang clothes hurriedly came to Yang Hong's side and saluted, "Yang Jun has nothing to do?" ”

"Nothing." Yang Hong still shook his head, although this was the first time he didn't know how many times he had been asked this question, he still had to answer, after all, he was a person from the county office, and he was sure that it was not only him, but also the county order and the county official of the county office, and he must have been asked many times. After all, now in the official building of the county office, there are only three of them, and if something happens to them, there must be a large number of people in the county office who are unlucky, and other people who have no power, what if they are dead or injured, they can't be shocked by the slightest wave.

After thinking about it, Yang Hong asked, "Why did the thieves come?" How can an ordinary thief have such force? ”

"I don't know." Tun Chang shook his head and said, he has just arrived, and he may know there.

At this time, the crowd dispersed, and saw that the county commander and the county official were also wearing thick clothes, and asked Yang Hong's body with concern, and Yang Hong also asked them back, and the three of them chatted for a while, and then they got to the point.

"Does Yang Duyou know why this person came?" The county magistrate saluted and asked, looking at his appearance, he must not be able to figure out why this thief with extraordinary skills came to break into the official residence, did he want to kidnap the official in public?

Yang Hong on the other side shook his head and said, "I don't know, this person is extraordinary in bravery, and has the courage of ten thousand enemies, and he is definitely not a gentleman on the beam, a vulgar thief." Sneaked into the official house in the middle of the night today, but I don't know what's going on? ”

The county commander nodded, obviously agreeing with what Yang Hong said, and then ordered someone to go to investigate the body of the black-clothed thief, at this moment, he only hoped that the black-clothed man could provide them with something useful to confirm their identity or know the purpose of his trip.

Not far away, the dead body of the man in black stood on the ground at this moment, and the night snow fell on his black clothes, dyeing his black clothes white. The two servants came forward and groped back and forth, and soon took out two pieces of white silk cloth from their arms, the cloth was black, as if there was handwriting, and after unfolding it, they were immediately shocked, the two looked at each other, and hurriedly handed the two pieces of white cloth to the county commander.

Seeing that the face of the soldier who sent the white cloth was different, the county order was also curious, unfolded the two pieces of white cloth, glanced at them hurriedly, and immediately exclaimed: "The thief is actually here to supervise the mail!" After speaking, he took the two pieces of silk cloth to Yang Hong and asked him to read them.

As soon as the words came out, everyone in the courtyard was shocked and turned their heads to look at Yang Hong. Yang Hong was also curious, and took the silk cloth for inspection, and his face suddenly became embarrassed, because there was no handwriting on these two silk cloths, but they were two paintings.

One of the paintings is a simple structure of the official residence of the county office, and the other painting is a portrait of Yang Hong himself.

And this black-clothed thief came with a sharp sword, and when he saw that the conscripts resisted arrest and resisted, his purpose was definitely not to simply talk to Yang Hong, his purpose was to assassinate Yang Hong with a sharp sword, could it be anything else? Otherwise, can't he come to visit in a dignified manner? Unfortunately, he was discovered by the soldiers in the official residence, and directly gave up resistance, handed over the sword, and it was not too late to meet Yang Hong again, why did he need to escape from the pursuit so desperately?

The snow was still falling, it was so cold that it seemed that the breath exhaled by people was about to freeze, and many torches in the yard were silently extinguished.