"What do you all eat?"

"Smack!"

Xue Hu sat in the main hall, looking at the submissive swordsman in front of him, he was angry, and raised his hand to smash the porcelain on the table. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"Didn't you all claim to be heroes in the green forest and superior in force? What now? Let you pick up the second young master, everyone can mess with me, what else do I want you to do? ”

Speaking of the angry place, Xue Hu slapped the sandalwood table with a "snap", and the swordsmen below also looked embarrassed. This time, the people who went to pick up the second young master Xue Yi were the "gibbon" Zhao Ge and the "fast knife" Li Si, they used to be well-known figures in the green forest, plus the family soldiers in the house, it should have been foolproof.

But the people who should have arrived yesterday have still not heard from them. The government sent people out to look for it, but they couldn't find any clues, as if the world had evaporated. Many people in the mansion were discussing in private, not Zhao Ge and Li Si saw the money and colluded with outsiders to kidnap the second young master.

Maybe there are still their accomplices in the mansion, everyone is so suspicious, and in the face of Xue Hu's anger, no one is silent. But with this posture of theirs, the anger in Xue Hu's chest grew deeper and deeper, and his eyes gradually became cold.

At this moment, the housekeeper of the Xue Mansion pushed the door and walked in, with a smile on his face: "Master, Miss Li of the Li family, who caught rabbits for the eldest lady, is here, and she said that there is news of the second son." ”

"What eldest lady, Miss Li's?" Xue Hu was angry, and patted the table to startle the housekeeper, "Straighten your tongue again and again!" ”

"Yes, yes, yes." The housekeeper looked at the porcelain scum all over the floor, and immediately realized that the atmosphere in the room was not quite right, quietly swallowed his saliva, raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his sideburns, and said, "Master, do you remember Li Tiezhu, who came to the house every day to listen to classes?" His sister, Miss Li, brought someone to the house just now, saying that the second young master was kidnapped by someone from Pengjiazhai. ”

"Pengjiazhai?" Xue Hu, who calmed down, was taken aback, and frowned, "We don't have a holiday with Pengjiazhai on weekdays, why do they want to tie up Yi'er?" ”

Suddenly, Xue Hu's eyes were like lightning, and he glanced at everyone in the hall: "Also, why do the people in Pengjiazhai know that Yi'er will go home these days?" Who revealed the news?! ”

In the face of his cold and piercing eyes, the swordsmen did not dare to answer, and stood there like wooden people.

Realizing that he couldn't get an answer from them, Xue Hu took a deep breath, tried to calm the anger in his heart, and roared angrily at the butler who was standing at the door at a loss: "What are you doing standing here? Don't hurry up and invite people in! ”

"Yes, yes, yes." The butler who came to his senses nodded busily and ran out.

After a while, Li Manying and Yan Ping walked in with the housekeeper.

Facing the swordsmen around her, Li Manying was not afraid, and bowed to Xue Hu generously: "Master Xue." ”

Yan An looked depressed because of the defeat to Yang Yun, and he couldn't lift his spirits so far, and he just seemed to arch his hand at the moment.

"Miss Li, I heard that you have news of my family's righteous son?"

At this time, Xue Hu calmed down and sat on the upper seat, his face solemn, which brought an invisible pressure to Li Manying.

She calmed down and tried her best to keep her tone calm: "In the morning, when I was about to catch rabbits for Miss Xue in Quqiu Mountain, I met Yan Ping, Brother Yan. It was he who told me that the owner of Pengjiazhai had arrested the son of your mansion. ”

There was no abnormality on Li Manying's face, Xue Hu turned to Yan Ping: "Brother Yan, is there such a thing?" ”

Raising his head, Yan Ping's eyes were a little hollow, and he said according to Yang Yun's meaning: "In Xia Yanping, my brother Yan An and I were originally good citizens, and we had to commit ourselves to Pengjiazhai as a last resort, and we were often uneasy. Yesterday, after arresting the son of your mansion with the owner of the village, seeing that the prince was young and couldn't bear to harm him, my brother covered me and escaped, and asked me to bring the news to your mansion as soon as possible. ”

After speaking, Yan Ping retreated, and his mind continued to wander.

And Xue Hu looked at him hunched over his back and looked lazy, and muttered in his heart, he really couldn't connect him with the bandits in Pengjiazhai, but like a frustrated fool who couldn't extricate himself. However, when Xue Hu patiently verified the appearance of Xue Yi, Li Si and the others, as well as the clothes on their bodies, he temporarily let go of the doubts in his heart.

After confirming that Zhao Ge and Li Si were killed and Xue Yi was safe and sound, Xue Hu summoned the housekeeper and said, "Miss Li, Mr. Zhongde's class is just over, you can take your younger brother back first." As for Brother Yan, please take a break in the side room, and you may have to bother to guide the way later. ”

Under the leadership of the housekeeper, the two gradually disappeared from Xue Hu's sight, and Xue Hu's face instantly became gloomy, and his knuckles tapped on the table melody, suddenly, suddenly: "Let's talk about it, what should I do about this matter?" ”

"This ......" Listening to Xue Hu's meaning, it seemed that he wanted to save Xue Yi, the faces of the swordsmen suddenly became ugly, and it took a long time before someone stood up, "Master Xue, Pengjiazhai is not simple, there are thousands of people under his command alone, and even the government does not dare to provoke easily, just whether we have some ...... Why don't you send a few people to the village to contact you first and see if there is any misunderstanding? ”

"Misunderstanding? That's what you all think? ”

Xue Hu was unexpectedly not angry, but his eyes were staring directly at that person, and only when he felt uncomfortable and looked away, Xue Hu moved his gaze to another person.

Soon, until everyone didn't dare to look him in the eyes, Xue Hu roared and stood up: "Okay, it turns out that my Xue family has a group of white-eyed wolves, who usually eat and drink well, but now I want you to work hard for the Xue family, so you are afraid of being like this?" ”

"Indeed, it is natural for us to work for the Xue family, but you can't let us go to death, master." Xue Hu's words made the person who spoke before a little ashamed, but as soon as he lowered his head, he immediately raised it and kept explaining, "A few of us plus the family soldiers in the mansion have a total of more than 100 people, not to mention that the cottage is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the horses can't go up the mountain, if it stimulates them and hurts Second Young Master Xue, wouldn't it be worth the loss?" It's better to negotiate with Peng Jiazhai and give money to ransom people. ”

Hearing the meaning of his words, he was still thinking about himself, Xue Hu smiled angrily, and asked suspiciously, "What if I insist on saving it?" ”

"That can only forgive Zhu for not being able to do anything, please ask the Xue family to ask Gao Ming." After saying that, the man clasped his fists and saluted, raised his feet and walked out.

"Forgive Qin for ......"

"Wang......"

The rest of the swordsmen glanced at each other, and two more followed Zhu out, and the rest looked embarrassed, as if they wanted to leave, but they couldn't wipe their faces.

"Humph! I'll see who dares to go! ”

At this moment, a wicked man with a tiger's back suddenly walked in, grabbed Zhu's neck with one hand in front of everyone, and lifted him up.

Seeing this, Qin and Wang immediately stopped, their faces panicked, and they didn't dare to come forward to rescue them for a while.

And Zhu didn't react until his feet were off the ground, and desperately tried to break the wicked man's fingers, but found that it didn't help at all.

Gradually, due to the lack of oxygen, his face turned the color of pig liver.

"Dian Wei, let him go."

Just when everyone thought that Zhu was about to die, Xue Hu's voice came, and although Dian Wei was unwilling, he had no choice but to throw Zhu out like garbage.

Without looking at Zhu who was struggling on the ground, Xue Hu looked around and said coldly: "Who else is leaving, get out of here for me now." ”

Qin and Wang saw Dian Wei's big eyes, and they were full of excitement, but after hesitating for a moment, they still gritted their teeth, arched their hands to Xue Hu, bypassed Dian Wei, and helped Zhu on the ground to escape.

"Humph, coward!" Dian Wei also let them go, only pursed his lips disdainfully and spat on their backs.

"You ......," Xue Hu continued, pointing to the remaining swordsmen, "I don't care if you really want to stay or don't dare to leave. However, since I am still standing here, if I dare to be half-hearted to our Xue family in the future, don't blame me for being ruthless! ”

"Dian Wei, order all the soldiers, follow me to Pengjiazhai to rescue the second son!"

"Yes!"

At the same time, after Yang Yun said goodbye to Li Manying, he walked on the barren mountain path with Yan An, chatting with each other.

"Do you know who gave you the news to the owner?"

"I don't know, the owner of Peng Zhai is very tight about making money, but he drank too much yesterday, but he talked about yellow scarves or something."

"Yellow Turban?" Yang Yun's heart tightened, and he frowned, "Do you collude with the Yellow Turban Thief?" ”

"No, no." Realizing that he had misunderstood, Yan An hurriedly explained, "At the beginning, when General Lu Zhi led his troops north, he cleared out the Yellow Turban Army entrenched in Yanzhou. Therefore, we don't understand what the yellow scarf said by the master of Peng Zhai, maybe it's just a drunken remark from him. ”

But Yang Yun felt that this matter was not so simple, and the person who provided the information must have other plans. But after thinking about it, Yang Yun laughed self-deprecatingly, what does this have to do with him?

"Young Master Xue is all right in your hands, right?"

Hearing him mention Xue Yi, Yan An's expression suddenly became very strange: "Speaking of that young master, it seems to be called Xue Yi, right?" It is really worthy of Yingchuan returning from studying. He looks like he is only sixteen or seventeen years old, but he can watch the guards around him die tragically, his face does not change, and he does not look like an ordinary scholar. ”

"Even, in the face of the bloody threat of the owner of the village, he was able to say something indifferent, and let the owner of the village change his temper and serve with good food and drink, it is really evil!"

"Yingchuan?" Yang Yun was familiar with this place name, and Xun Yu and Xun Yu seemed to be the people there. As for Xue Yi, he has never heard of it in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, so he should be one of the ones buried in history.

At this moment, the sky had darkened, and a crescent moon hung in the air.

By the moonlight, Yang Yun followed Yan An over another mountain, and the faint sound of the lake hitting the riverbank came, and as far as the eye could see, there was a hill in the distance, and there was a faint fire swaying on the hill.

"Further on, we will go to Pengjiazhai." Yan An stood at the top of the mountain, pointed to the darkness in front of him and said, "The village is built on the hill in front, and the back of the mountain is Dongping Lake, so there is only one mountain road to enter. The owner of the village will arrange three groups of secret whistles on the mountain road every day, with two people in each group, and they will blow trumpets to warn if they are attacked. ”

"How many people are in the stockade?"

"Although it is called thousands of people to the outside world, in fact, there are less than 300 households, and there are about 200 people who can fight, and the rest are old and weak women and children."

Yang Yun nodded secretly, this person from the Peng family who dared to tie up the Xue family really had some strength.

You must know that there are only 1,000 households in Dong'e County, and most of them are also old and weak women and children and powerless scholars, and there are definitely no more than 500 people who can carry swords and dance swords. Moreover, although the people of the prefecture have the advantage in numbers, compared with the outlaws who lick the blood on the knife, the combat effectiveness can be imagined.

"But Yang Gongzi, don't worry, there are only more than ten of his cronies who really support the master of Peng Zhai, and the others are just forced by their obscenity."

"How do you compare to the rest of the stockade?"

"Hey, it's unique."

Seeing Yan An's rare disdainful smile, Yang Yun patted him on the shoulder, knowing that he was suffocated in the stockade.

Whispering, the two quickly touched the foot of the mountain, and Yan An's face gradually became solemn: "Young Master Yang, the location of the secret post on the mountain is not fixed, you follow me to see if you can fool the past." ”

"No, you stay here, I'll take care of the outposts."

Seeing Yan An looking at him in astonishment, Yang Yun didn't bother to explain to him, and took the bow and arrows from him, and there were still twenty arrows in the quiver, all of which were recovered by Yan An afterwards.

Then, he held the handle of the bow in his left hand, drew an arrow with his right hand, and placed it on the bowstring, and gently pulled it until it was full. It wasn't until there was a sudden "rattling" sound on the bow handle that Yang Yun let go of the bowstring, and the wooden arrow shot out like thunder, nailing it to a poplar tree more than ten meters away.

Yan An walked over under Yang Yun's signal, only to see the arrow feathers on the poplar tree swaying by themselves, the arrow was gone, and most of the arrow shafts were buried deep in the trunk, and there seemed to be a black mass between the arrow shafts and the trunks.

He took a closer look, only to find that it was a flying insect the size of a mung bean, nailed to the poplar tree by a wooden arrow that had been fired.

In an instant, the cold sweat on Yan An's forehead was "brushed" down, and when he looked back at Yang Yun again, he suddenly had a sense of frustration that the class had an axe.

Yang Yun saw him standing there stupidly, his face was gloomy, he walked over and stretched out his hand to hook his shoulder, and said with a smile: "Archery is such a thing, practice makes perfect, just practice more in the future." By the way, your bow was so light that I almost broke it before I could use all my strength. ”

Hearing this, Yan An couldn't cry or laugh, where are these comforting words, it is clear that he wants to hit his self-confidence to the bottom.

"Okay, don't be depressed, don't treat me as an ordinary person, I will feel better." Before going up the mountain, Yang Yun suddenly remembered something, tilted his head and asked, "By the way, there are no people in the dark whistle that you said, right?" ”

"No, the dark whistles are all the henchmen of the master of Peng Zhai."

"Oh...... Then I'm relieved. ”

Yang Yun's emotionless answer made Yan An suddenly feel the urge to sympathize with them.