Chapter 4 The Cao Brothers

Holding a knife to his throat, the man was shocked. However, the two of them attacked separately, but neither of them was a joint commander under the young man in front of them. Now that he thinks about it, he feels that the two of them are not wronged.

At this time, the pain in his elbow was still there, and the sweat on his face was dripping down. His face was gray, and he clutched his elbows, endured the pain, and took a few deep breaths. Then he looked at Li Yanzhao and said slowly: "Are you a Hu spy?" We are the key criminals that the Hu people want to arrest, so you can take the two of us and ask for a reward. After finishing speaking, he closed his eyes, turned his head from the side, and didn't even look at Li Yanzhao anymore.

Li Yanzhao suddenly realized in his heart that these two people actually regarded him as a dog leg of the Hu people, so they attacked each other. After figuring out this verse, I couldn't help asking, "What did the two of you commit that made the Hu people use such a big battle to take you two?" ”

"We waited for the Hu Ren dog official who forced taxes, so we were hunted down and arrested." The man said that he had lost his physiology, and he did not hide it.

After Li Yanzhao heard this, combined with the situation before and after, he felt that this was not a lie. The heart said that these two were unwilling to be oppressed and enslaved, but rose up to resist and killed officials to rebel. He is a good man.

He helped the man to sit up, and said to him, "You will heal your arm, and please be patient." Yubi raised his left hand and grabbed the man's right wrist, and with his right hand saw the crook of his elbow that had been bent slightly inward. Suddenly, he pushed it outward. This push also affected the wound where he was beaten with the stick before, and he couldn't help but gasp with a hiss.

The man's injured elbow was pushed so hard that he screamed in pain several times. After a while, I felt that the pain had subsided a little, and after a little movement, the flexibility of my elbow had regained as before. It's just that the pain is still unbearable.

Liu Jiwu and the young man who had explored the path before witnessed all this from the sidelines, confirming that these two were not bandits who were hostile to them, but they were also a little calm. It's just that they all admire Li Yanzhao's skills.

Li Yanzhao walked up to the man who was still retching on his stomach, turned him over, and said to him: "Although the pain is unbearable, it is not fatal. Just rest for a while. After that, he turned his head to the man holding the knife and bowed his hand, and asked, "You haven't asked for your two names yet?" ”

The man replied with a slightly pale face: "We are two brothers." I am the eldest brother, surnamed Cao, with a single name. That is my brother, the famous ginseng. After a pause, he looked at Li Yanzhao hesitantly for a moment, and he finally made up his mind and said to Li Yanzhao: "I and my brothers escaped with their family and relatives to escape from the pursuit of officers and soldiers, they are still hiding behind the mountain at the moment, can Your Excellency allow my brothers and sisters to return and take their families to escape." If he encounters him in the future, he will thank Your Excellency for raising your noble hand at this time. ”

Li Yanzhao knew that when this person said this at this time, he had already put the lives of his family in his hands, and their origins and the like would not be faked. So he arched his hand: "We are also fleeing, if Brother Tai does not give up, why not go all the way?" ”

When Cao Jian heard this, he was overjoyed: "There is nothing to do." ”

"It is precisely because there are officers and soldiers searching the mountains in front of us that it is difficult to pass, so we went here to observe the actions of the officers and soldiers, and thought of passing through this place." Li Yanzhao said.

When Cao Jian heard this, he couldn't help but look slightly embarrassed. It was the pursuit of the government and the search of the mountains by the officers and soldiers that he attracted that made these people trapped here. I can't help but feel a little sorry. After being silent for a long time, he looked at Li Yanzhao: "How many people are in the family of Brother Tai?" If there are not too many people, a certain person knows that there is a mountain road, which can bypass the line of sight of the officers and soldiers on the opposite mountain. He saw that Li Yanzhao was kind in speech and demeanor, and his title changed from Your Excellency to Brother Tai.

When Li Yanzhao heard this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, and said to Cao Jian: "There may be more than 200 people who will flee together." ”

Cao Jian was startled, and then fell silent. When Li Yanzhao saw that he no longer spoke, he already said in his heart that he must have felt embarrassed. Then he said lightly: "If Brother Tai feels inconvenient, go and lead his family to flee." It's just that the officers and men have failed to search the mountains at the moment, and there will definitely be more checkpoints on the road ahead, and the brothers themselves will be more careful. ”

Cao Jian smiled bitterly: "It's not what Brother Tai thinks. I just feel that if there are so many people, I am afraid that today's events will inevitably have to wait until nightfall, and the officers and soldiers who search the mountains have dispersed, and we can continue to hurry. ”

Li Yanzhao bowed slightly, this Cao Jian is not a reckless man, and what he thinks coincides with himself.

"If that's not the case, Brother Li might as well take me to the place where the team rests first, and then make a plan. What does Brother Li think? ”

Li Yanzhao nodded when he heard this: "That's very good." He ordered Tanlu Qingzhuang to stay here and continue to monitor the officers and soldiers on the opposite side, and he and Liu Jiwu supported the Cao brothers and the two slowly descending the mountain. Cao Jianzi pointed the way, and the four of them rushed down, at the foot of the mountain, Cao Shen was not able to catch it, so he rested for a while. After walking about a mile and a half along the road pointed out by Cao Jian, there were seven or eight old people, women and children resting on the edge of the forest. But they are the parents of the Cao brothers, Cao Jian's mother, children, and several younger siblings. Cao Jian has introduced them one by one since the previous one, and talked about the encounter of Fang Cai, but he skipped the section on fighting.

That Cao Shen's punch to Li Yanzhao was not light, and it hit a sensitive part like the plexus, and Li Yanzhao felt that it must be unbearable. However, at this moment, Cao Shen was acting as usual, and he couldn't see that Fang had suffered such a heavy blow at all.

The Cao brothers are also filial. Li Yanzhao thought to himself. In his mouth, he was extremely respectful to the old man of the Cao family, and said that Liu Zhongkang was also fleeing with a mile of neighbors, and had to stop because of the search and arrest of the Cao brothers by the officers and soldiers. The old man couldn't help but apologize when he heard this, but Li Yanzhao said that it was okay, and by the way, he proposed to let the Cao family go over and go together. When the old man heard this, he was overjoyed and agreed.

Li Yanzhao led the group back along the road they had come. Although the distance between the people on both sides is only three miles in a straight line, the neighbors led by Liu Zhongkang are on the other side of the mountain. Li Yanzhao saw that the Cao family was dragging their families with them, and most of them were old and weak women and children, so he gave up the idea of going over the mountain and walked back honestly along the road at the foot of the mountain.

By the time everyone made a big detour and returned to the place where they started, it was nearly evening. Li Yanzhao explained the origin of the Cao family to Liu Zhongkang, and said that the Cao brothers knew the road and could take everyone out of this place. Liu Zhongkang couldn't help but be overjoyed. Since talking to the elders of the Cao family. After about half an hour, the young man who had stayed on the mountain to monitor the movements of the officers and troops had already returned. Inform everyone that the humanitarian officers and soldiers have been evacuated. Li Yanzhao couldn't help but feel refreshed, and immediately went to find Liu Zhongkang. It is advisable to travel quickly.

Everyone had already eaten some dry food when they were resting before, and Liu Zhongkang gathered everyone again, and everyone continued to move forward in an orderly manner.