A group of business travelers drove slowly on the road from Yangle to the grassland, led by a middle-aged man surnamed Zhang, who walked this road many times a year, and knew that it was there when he closed his eyes.

A young man patted his horse and said, "Steward Zhang, we will be in Kuancheng soon, shall we spend the night there and rest tonight?" ”

Steward Zhang patted the horse, stopped, and said to the young man: "Well, I will spend the night in Kuancheng tonight, I heard that the grassland has not been peaceful recently, and there are always business trips being robbed, so we should also pay attention." ”

The young man patted his ass and laughed: "There is a steward Zhang leading the team, whoever dares to come to rob them, if there are a few people, they will kill a few people, and see how many lives they can keep." ”

Steward Zhang smiled, okay, this kid is clever enough, and he will carry him more in the future. Steward Zhang said distressedly: "Alas! This entered Kuancheng, and I had to accompany the county order to drink flower wine at night, and I drank with people every day, and I had a headache. ”

said that he was distressed, but his expression was proud, and anyone who saw it understood that he was promoting himself.

Young man envy! When will I be able to drink and chat with dignitaries, and said with a smile: "It's not that I have the ability to manage things, if only I had half the ability to manage things." ”

Steward Zhang laughed and comforted the young man: "You are still young, take your time, maybe you will be better than me in the future." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare, you have to rely on the steward to help you in the future!" The young man tried his best to please the steward, and asked, "Steward, I have not heard of how people have robbed this grassland now." ”

Steward Zhang looked around and whispered, "I see that you kid is clever, don't talk nonsense!" I heard that the new Taishou was at odds with our family, and he was looking for someone to pretend to be a robber and cause trouble on the grassland. ”

"Ahh That is too conscientious to be very bad, really not a good person, and later met me to vent his evil anger for the steward. The young man said angrily.

"Hehe, just have a heart, don't do stupid things!" Steward Zhang looks kind to you, don't be impulsive.

Damn, I'm just talking, and when I actually do that, am I that stupid? I went to fight with the official, I was afraid that I would be beaten before I got to my side, and I would be executed later, how wronged I was! Putting down his attitude and humbly asking for advice, the young man said, "Thank you for your guidance!" I like to make mistakes, maybe I really went to cut down the Taishou that day, not the guidance of the steward, maybe my life will be gone. ”

Steward Zhang looked at it as a teachable child, and said with a smile: "So that's it! Young people should listen to their elders more, otherwise it is easy to make mistakes, and you can see my words, and it will save your life. ”

The young man listened to the cold sweat flowing down, when he saved my life, I don't know, I shouted in my heart; Do you still have the cheeks?

Unconsciously arrived at Kuancheng, Steward Zhang saw that the kid was clever, arrived at the inn, and shouted: "Go, today I will take you out to see the world." ”

When several people came to the gate of the county office, Steward Zhang took out the name card, took out some broken silver from his sleeve, handed it to the two guards, and said, "Brother, please help me report it, just say that the steward of the Zhang family in Yangle is coming to visit." ”

The official went in to report for the sake of the silver, and after a while, the county decree came out, shouting, "Rare guest! Steward Zhang is here. ”

Steward Zhang turned his head and raised his head to the young man, meaning to look at my big face! The prefectural magistrates came out to greet me.

Steward Zhang said with a smile: "There, I came to the county magistrate today and asked for something." ”

The county magistrate looked outside, took his hand and said, "Talking in the house, it's inconvenient outside." ”

Entering the house, Steward Zhang didn't understand why the county order was so careful in his own house, and asked puzzledly: "Why is the county order?" Why are you still so careful in your own home? ”

The county commander wiped the sweat on his forehead, and his back was soaked with frightened sweat, and the county commander said in distress: "Alas! It's hard to put into words! Don't you know, that Mrs. Li guarded every county and sent dozens of people to guard the pass, and our life is not easy now, and someone comes to record it every day. ”

Steward Zhang was furious when he heard this: "How can this be true, he really dares to do this, is there still a royal law?" ”

The county commander listened to this royal law, trembled the fat body, and said with a wry smile: "Wang Fa, now he is the king of the law here." ”

Steward Zhang said: "Why don't you go to the court together and let Your Majesty call the shots." ”

"Alas, our counties are light, there is no backstage, I heard that Li Zhen has many dignitaries and nobles in Luoyang to support him, that is, His Majesty now trusts him, and his official position is still sealed by His Majesty, who dares to poke that brow." The prefectural order clarifies the affairs of officialdom as the steward.

"What then? Watching him crisscross Liaoxi. ”

"Alas! Or wait, when it is late autumn, it will be him who ・・・・・・・, hum. The county magistrate said with a sneer.

Although Steward Zhang didn't understand the meaning, he could see the appearance of the county order, and he knew that he was too obedient for a short time, so he shouldn't know and asked less. Steward Zhang said, "Look, my lord, how is my business? ”

The county commander picked up the road guide from the table, put it in front of him and said, "It's been prepared for a long time." ”

Steward Zhang stood up and saluted: "Thank you, sir, there will be heavy thanks in the future." Looking at the county order, he said again: "Do you have time tonight?" Let's go to Piaoxiang House for a get-together. ”

The county magistrate picked up the teacup and said, "How can I have time now, let's do it another day!" ”

Steward Zhang looked at the county order in embarrassment, as if he had something to ask for.

The county magistrate looked at the meaning of why the person hadn't left yet, and said in his heart: This person really doesn't understand the rules, and he doesn't understand the reason for serving tea and giving people away.

"Well, what's the matter, you can tell it straight! For the sake of my friendship with your master, I will help if I can. The prefectural order spoke.

Steward Zhang listened to it and said: "It's not a big deal, I just heard that the grassland has not been peaceful recently, I want to ask the adults to send a few people to escort it, of course, this reward is indispensable." ”

When the county magistrate heard this, he could guess seven or eight points in his heart, and he couldn't manage his own affairs, so he had time to take care of you. The county magistrate shook his head and said: "It's not that I don't want to, it's just that there are not enough people now, and I will find a way to recruit people myself, you can solve it yourself!" ”

"This."

"Someone, send off." The county magistrate didn't listen to his nonsense either, and sent people out of the door directly.

In the autumn grassland, the grass has been drooping yellow, the wind blows, it falls to the ground, countless cattle and sheep are looking for food, the shepherd sings a song, and the loud voice spreads to the grassland. The caravan on the road was on the grass, and the passing left a deep car print, which can be seen how heavy the goods on the car were.

Steward Zhang shouted loudly: "There is Hulu Mountain in front, everyone should cheer up and be careful later." ”

As the name suggests, Hulu Mountain is like a gourd, a "8" shaped mountain, with a narrow road in front and a wide back, and the road shape is difficult.

Entering Hulu Mountain, the guards held their weapons tightly in their hands, and their eyes looked around, watching the movements around them. Less than halfway down the road, horses' hooves and human voices were heard.

"Kill!"

Countless people emerged from the surrounding mountains and forests, armed with bows and arrows, or spears and broadswords, led by armor-clad and mighty men, armed with great axes, and shouted: "Put down the goods in the car, and spare your lives." ”

The guards who transported the goods raised their long swords in their hands, and the hands just kept shaking, their faces turned pale, and cold sweat was pouring down, and none of them wiped them with their hands, when they had seen such a momentum, all with bows and arrows, spears, and broadswords, pointing at themselves, the breath emanating from those people's bodies seemed to crawl out of the pile of corpses, and they didn't believe that the robbers they said killed themselves.

The young man rode forward in a trembling manner and said to Steward Zhang: "Steward, this, what can I do?" ”

Steward Zhang saw that it was that kid, and scolded secretly: I'm really ignorant, when you encounter this kind of thing, ask me what to do? I know there. The steward looked up to speak, and saw the countless arrows pointed at him, as if he dared to say no, and immediately one passed through his throat.

The steward wiped the sweat on his face with his sleeve, calmed down, and said loudly: "Heroes, can you let us go, we are willing to pay the passage money." ”

Before he could finish speaking, the man with the axe raised his hand and prepared to give the order.

"Slow, we're willing to drop off the goods."

The guards breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, wiped the sweat from their faces, and were almost scared to death, for they were afraid that they would be greeted by countless arrows later.

The wagons were hijacked, but their lives were left behind, and the guards, who had just finished breathing a sigh of relief, put their hearts down, but heard the leader speak, "Leave the horses under the seat behind." ”

Steward Zhang and the guards turned green, did they still have the life to go back after leaving the horses and others? In the vast grassland, what year and month do you want to go out?

Steward Zhang begged: "Good man, spare our lives!" Leave the horses and we'll die here. ”

"Hmm."

When the guards saw that the leader raised his hand again, they quickly turned off their horses and stood in a row on foot.

"Haha, brothers pick up the goods, let's go back to drink and celebrate."

"Oh, oh, oh."

A platoon of guards was left behind to watch the robbers finish their looting and walk away.