As mentioned last time, Wang Xuance's letter was stolen, although it was very depressing, but after a long night of thinking, he gradually calmed down and figured out everything. The sun rose calmly on the second day. Life is like the rising sun, with ups and downs; As long as the heart is towards the sun, there will always be light in the heart.

The afterglow of the morning sun is sprinkled on the bank of the Yellow River, and the slender men on both sides of the bank have already worked with the golden warm sun, and the dark backs are sprinkled with a little warm sun, and they feel more and more that this backbone is full of tenacity and perseverance. The sound of whistles one after another, accompanied by this backbone and the coming and going merchant ships, shows the prosperity and solidity on both sides of the Yellow River. People who get up early are sometimes busy, sometimes leisurely, doing their own things step by step, so a quiet picture of the city's river scenery.

Wang Xuance sorted out his mood, had breakfast, and decided to continue to Chang'an. The old shopkeeper is also a real person, because of last night's accident, so the guest officer who lost his property will be free of food and lodging, which can be regarded as a real compensation. Li Xiaosan also took leave with the old shopkeeper, went to the yamen early, and informed the head catcher of last night's speculation. In addition, the first few days have been notified by the county, so the sea fishing document that caught the first harrier of the bandit was put down, and it didn't take long for it to be plastered all over the town.

Li Xiaosan, who hurried back to inform him of all this, was bumping into Wang Xuance, who was about to leave, at the door. Seeing that he was about to leave, Li Xiaosan hurriedly stayed: "Take this opportunity to enjoy the eight views of Mengjindu, and it's not too late to leave when the government solves the case."

And Wang Xuance didn't want to delay these days any longer, so he politely declined. Looking at Wang Xuance, who had made up his mind, Li Xiaosan could only feel guilty, handed over the burden that had been knocked off the ground, and watched him leave.

Wang Xuance rode a yellow horse, galloping all the way, and before he knew it, it was noon. The horse was also out of breath, and he was also quite tired, so he came down and led the horse to walk slowly, enjoying the scenery on both sides of the official road comfortably. As everyone knows, in the narrow place ahead, there is an undercurrent surging, and dangers are lurking.

I saw a mountain ridge that was not too high standing abruptly on the way forward, and the official road passed directly through the canyon area in the mountain, and a small boundary stone suggested that this was Bailongling. In the depths of the dense forest, there is such a cottage, the owner of the village is surnamed Zhou and a single name is a Zeng character, this person is burly, more than eight feet of cultivation, and is good at making a big knife. Zhou Zeng has always been arrogant, scheming, and quite righteous; Therefore, these two masters have already peeped into the position of the owner of the village for a long time, and they have never noticed it in the slightest! It wasn't until last night that an incident happened that made him see him clearly and let him meet him!

It was because he was talking to Li Xiaosan about the Bailongling bandits, Wang Xuance looked like he had already arrived here, so he also had an extra heart. Prepare to sit on the stone next to you and rest for a while, just wait for the spirit to be refreshed and the horse crosses quickly. But as soon as he took out the sesame baked cake and nibbled on such a few bites, he heard a slight movement behind him, which caused the horse to roar. Turning his head, he saw a group of men armed with knives, guns, clubs, and various costumes, and in an instant they rode up to him. He asked sharply, "Hey, have you seen a single injured person"!

"Ladies and gentlemen, as soon as I pass by, how can I meet someone who is injured!" Wang Xuance returned sincerely.

But when he saw a leader, he looked at him, and he didn't see anything unusual, so he led everyone to continue to look for him. Wang Xuance took another bite of the sesame baked cake, and suddenly looked at the thick grass not far away, and there seemed to be a trace of abnormality; When I looked at it again, a big man covered in blood filled my eyes. I didn't have much room to think about it, so I put down the baked cake and rushed over.

Seeing that this big man was injured in the shoulder and blood kept pouring out, Wang Xuance hurriedly cleaned up the wound for him, carefully applied hemostatic medicine, and bandaged it by the way. After a short rest, Dahan's spirit seemed to have eased, opened his black lips, and staggered and said, "Thank you...... Heroes...... Rescue...... Grace! ”

Although this big man has lost too much blood, his face is pale, and his lips are black, his consciousness is still quite clear, and he has been looking at this Wang Xuance: white clothes and white robes, with a narrow heart; There is a hint of delicacy in An'an, so he has a good impression of him! After bandaging the wound, Wang Xuance also took this big man with him: he was domineering with a bad image, and at first glance he was a bad person; But after such careful consideration, it seems that there is more kindness in the bad spirit!

But seeing this big man, he said again: "I guess...... They'll be ...... I can't drag you down, I have to ...... Get out of here and find a place to ...... A safe place to stay".

Listening to what the big man said, and thinking about what the master once told him, after going down the mountain, he should make friends, not to mention that it is fate to meet. In addition, with injuries, it is not possible to arrive safely; Rather than leaving it alone, it is better for good people to do it to the end. Then he said to him: "Brother, you have lost too much blood, you still have me to escort you for a ride, I don't know where to go?" ”

After his repeated insistence, Dahan also thanked him again and again with gratitude! It turned out that this big man still had a house in the countryside, because of the high mountains and dense forests, it was quite hidden, and no one knew about this place, and at this moment he thought about it and could only return here to rest temporarily. It was only half an hour's work, and the two of them had already arrived here, but they saw that they were surrounded by bamboo forests, spring water, and three thatched huts, which were quite clean, and all the utensils for eating and drinking. After settling everything, Wang Xuance couldn't help but ask with curiosity: "Brother, I don't know who is chasing and killing you?" What bonds did you form with them? ”

I only heard this big man slowly explain: "The strong man doesn't know anything, his surname is Zhou Mingzeng, and the word Yanwu; My father was originally from Mengzhou, Luoyang, but because of the chaos in the world at the end of the Sui Dynasty, he was attached to Wang Shichong. But he was a snobbish and had no sympathy for his ministers, and because of the heavy rain, he delayed the delivery of grain for half a day, and wanted to behead his father; Thanks to his father's friendly words and persuasion, he was able to save his life, and in a fit of anger, his father took his wife and children to abandon him, and fell into the grass in this Bailongling, which has been fifteen or sixteen years now. Because they have never oppressed the people, let alone killed and robbed, the government has never encircled and suppressed. With the death of this father a few years ago, I can only inherit my father's business and inherit the master of this cottage! ”

Wang Xuance sat sideways at the table, one leg hung on the bench, his hands on his knees, and listened attentively to Zhou Zeng's heartfelt speech. I saw Zhou Zeng pick up the black glaze wine bowl and dry it with Wang Xuance, and then said: "But three years ago, I met a scholar who looked like a talent at the foot of the mountain. I still remember that at that time, he said that he was chased and killed by the government and was seriously injured, so I rescued him to the cottage. This person is also surnamed Zhou, a single name is a brocade character, a person from Kaifeng, I heard him say that because of the darkness of being an official, he embezzled his family property, and originally wanted to sue the emperor, but he never wanted to be chased and killed by the assassin history, and fled all the way here. Now that his family is also dead, fleeing and injured, watching him read for a few days, he also has some schemes, so I worship him as a military advisor and give advice to the cottage. In order to gather wealth for the cottage, he raised the banner of robbing the rich and helping the poor; In addition, this Bailongling, located in the north and south, is also a good choice to rob merchants from the south to the north. But I know very well that this peaceful and prosperous world, Lang Lang and Qiankun, and it is not easy for merchants, who knows that he is bent on going his own way, and I have scolded him many times for this matter, so I left a mustard. I never thought that a few days ago, a friend of his came to the cottage, named Zhang Harrier, more than seven feet long, and he didn't seem to be a good person. ”

When he heard the name Zhang Harrier, Wang Xuance was stunned, but he didn't expect this wicked man to be here, so he immediately interrupted his words, and hurriedly asked: Zhang Harizi, is the Jiangyang thief who was hunted down and killed by the government?

After Wang Xuance asked such a question, Zhou Zeng's face changed greatly, and he asked in surprise: "The strong man knows this person?" ”

Wang Xuance looked at Zhou Zeng, who was puzzled, and hurriedly explained: "No, no, I don't know, let alone meet" So, he told Zhou Zeng in detail what happened in Liansheng Inn last night.

Having said this, Zhou Zeng also understood the cause and effect of the matter, so he said to Wang Xuance: "This Zhou Jin and Zhang Harrier have known each other for many years, and they have come to the cottage a few days ago. But when I saw this harrier last night, I brought back a lot of belongings, and when I asked, I knew that they were all stolen. I reprimanded the two of them sharply, because Bailongzhai has always been innocent, and he despises this kind of chicken and dog thief, so he issued an expulsion order for this harrier. I never thought that in the second half of the night, I was resting in the back hall, and I was awakened by the shouting of killing, it turned out that this harrier and Zhou Jin were going to kill me. Fortunately, some of my brothers swore to protect me to the death, so I was able to escape from the cottage. ”

After listening to Zhou Zeng's story, Wang Xuance finally understood what was going on, and asked urgently: "Have you ever heard them talk about whether they brought back a bag with two letters in it."

"Yes, that Zhou Jin villain, I also read it on the spot, one seems to be a letter of recommendation to Wei Zheng, the signature of the two letters is the old man Dongye, at that time, the harrier thought there was money in it, so he got it back, and heard Zhou Jinyi say that this is a letter of recommendation, and he put away these two letters again!"

Speaking of this, Wang Xuance was overjoyed and said: "These two letters are under it, my surname is Wang, and my name is Xuance." Old man Higashino is my mentor." Immediately afterwards, he told Zhou Zeng about his life experience, the origin of the two letters, and the purpose of this trip!

After the two introduced each other like this, there was a feeling of sympathy and sympathy for each other in an instant. In fact, Zhou Zeng has been tired over the years, and he has long wanted to accept Zhao'an and live a stable life; looked at Wang Xuance, who was of a similar age, but he was a person in a narrow sense, and with what he said, he instantly had the idea of breaking into the world together.

Hearing that Wang Xuance wanted to help him recapture the cottage and repay the ruthlessness of this knife, Zhou Zeng "poofed", knelt in front of Wang Xuance and thanked: "Thank you for the great benevolence and righteousness of Engong, if you can recapture the cottage, out of this evil breath, brother, I will swear to follow Engong to the death, and I will not hesitate to do anything."

Wang Xuance hurriedly helped Zhou Zeng to return: "Brother is serious, it is also my blessing to be able to meet my brother here, besides, this matter is also involved with me, how dare you not do your best" Saying, the two laughed at each other!

So, the two of them planned how to recapture the cottage and recapture the letters! I saw this Wang Xuance and immediately asked: "I don't know how many brothers in the village can be of the same mind as us?" ”

"Originally, there were more than 200 brothers in the village who were my brothers in life and death, but because my father and I were diligent and diligent in keeping our duties over the years, it has never expanded. Since Zhou Jin came, it has expanded to more than 600 people, and the extra 400 or so numbers were all recruited by him, but they are not as strong as the previous brothers; Because the incident happened suddenly, I didn't call the brothers, so I suffered a big loss and was defeated in the cottage."

"Since there are still many brothers in the village who are united with us, I think this matter can only be outwitted and not attacked. The problem now is to find a way to get us to get into the cottage, or to contact these brothers; If you can capture the thief and capture the king and take down Zhou Jin in one fell swoop, the people's hearts will naturally go to the side of the virtuous brother, and the big thing can be done! ”

After Wang Xuance reminded him like this, Zhou Zeng suddenly had an idea. It turned out that there was a tavern in Lijiazhuang, not far from the cottage, and the shopkeeper of the tavern Li had known him for many years. In these two days, they will definitely hold a celebration banquet, and we will find the shopkeeper Li in advance, disguise himself as two bartenders and go to the cottage, and capture him in one fell swoop while he is unprepared, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds. Hearing this, the two of them scrutinized the details like this, and felt that this was indeed a good idea, so they reached an agreement! After some recuperation, this week I saw that my body was fine, and the two set off in the second half of the night and sneaked into this Lijiazhuang at dawn.

The shopkeeper Li and his wife are also a pair of diligent people, and they will open for business at dawn every day; As soon as he saw Zhou Zeng coming with an injury, he hurriedly welcomed him to the back room. After Zhou Zeng's story, the couple understood the general situation of the matter, and they were also angry and indignant. Zhou Zeng then told the two of them the plan discussed yesterday, and after hearing this, the shopkeeper Li replied on the spot: "If it weren't for the old village owner and the virtuous brother who have taken care of our business all these years, how could we come to the life of our husband and wife today, then do it according to the will of the virtuous brother!" ”

At this time, Wang Xuance took a look at the tavern shopkeeper, who was in his thirties, with a sheep's horn beard, looking honest and responsible, holding steadily, and having the charm of a Confucian businessman. And this proprietress is about the same age as her, her head is wrapped in a scarf, and her gray cloth clothes are wrapped around a coarse cloth belt, she looks clean and neat, and she is very capable!

Just do it, after the skillful carving of the proprietress with her hands, after a while, Wang Xuance was dressed up as a bartender-looking guy! Because of his appearance, Zhou Zeng was dressed up as a butcher with a pockmarked face after such a toss by the proprietress of the proprietress. If you don't look closely, you really can't recognize the two of them as they are. It is said that a woman's hand is the most skillful hand in the world, and it is true; Looking at their new outfits, the four of them smiled!

As they began to prepare, they saw a group of cottage minions, led by a small leader, and hurried to the tavern. Shopkeeper Li hurriedly motioned to the lady to lead the two into the back kitchen.

With a shout: "Anyone" The team of minions has stepped into the tavern.

Shopkeeper Li hurriedly came out of it and politely returned: "It turned out to be the brother of Bailongzhai, sit down, sit down, see what you want to eat"

I saw the leader of the little boss looking around, and said unhurriedly: "Something has happened to the cottage recently, don't hide it privately!" ”

"How can this be, the small shop and the cottage are in the same breath, as soon as there is a wind and grass, it will be reported to the cottage, a few days ago, your second leader was still here to invite a friend to dinner!"

Because there were no diners in the restaurant in the first half of the day, the group walked to the store while talking; These little minions are also like clever ghosts, looking east and west. Seeing that there was nothing unusual in the empty shop, he was about to open the curtain and enter the back kitchen, at this time, Wang Xuance was clever and happened to come out with tea from inside, and shouted by the way: "Everyone, please use tea!" ”

The little leader watched this scene, looked Wang Xuance up and down, turned to shopkeeper Li and asked, "This guy is a bit faceless!" ”

"He's a guy I just recruited from the countryside two days ago to help take care of the business in the store"! Because the person they were looking for was not Wang Xuance, these people didn't have any suspicions.

I saw that a little minion opened the curtain in the back kitchen and saw the proprietress reprimanding this week: "You kill a thousand knives, look at how this sheep is slaughtered by the old lady, and it is ruined by the net things." As he spoke, he twisted Zhou Zeng's ears, and instructed him how to get them!

As soon as the proprietress heard the laughter behind her, she immediately turned around and greeted her: "It turned out to be the brother of the cottage, you tell me, since the king butcher died a few days ago, he refused to use the knife for a few months!" I can only find a new one, and it turns out that I can do this job, which is really infuriating."

"Hurry up and give the old lady a good job, why are you still stunned" The proprietress accused Zhou Zeng again. With a kind and gentle face, he let the minions back into the house. It turned out that the proprietress was afraid of revealing the stuffing, so she made a temporary plan, so that Zhou Zeng directly came to a sheep slaughtering action, because of the hand, the proprietress scolded it with a big grin, and wittily completely covered up this scene!

The minions didn't look unusual, so they gave the little boss a look, and then the little leader said with a look of spirit: "Tomorrow there is a happy event in the cottage, you need to put on a feast, you have prepared all the ingredients to stop, let them all go to the cottage to help the lining." As he spoke, he dropped some money and the ingredients he needed, and turned away. Shopkeeper Li hurriedly sent them out of the store with a pleasant face!

Looking at the minions who were about to leave, Zhou Zeng, who was anxious, gritted his teeth angrily, operated the butcher knife, opened the door curtain, and wanted to come out and cut them under the horse; was hurriedly grabbed by Wang Xuance and looked at him fiercely; Zhou Zeng, who calmed down, understood what was the most important!

Looking at the minions in the distance, several people also breathed a deep sigh of relief! Although the hanging heart finally fell, the other hanging heart rose again......