The palatial Zhao Mansion is located in Zhaojia Village, ten miles east of the county seat, the village is not big, more than 30 households are all surnamed Zhao, although the wealth of the Zhao family is amazing, but no one of the ancestors of the Zhao family is willing to settle their home in the prosperous county, the reason is probably that the Zhao house is a treasure land of feng shui, the reason why the Zhao family has been prosperous for a long time, that is, relying on the feng shui of Zhaojia Village, the city of Yuancheng has the benefits of many opinions, and there is also a fatal disadvantage, unfortunately it is very good, Lu Fei just walked out of the Zhao Mansion not long after catching up. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

As the sun set, Lu Fei's sedan chair on the official road dragged a long oblique shadow up and down, squeezing out a creaking sound, and under the hypnosis of this sound, Lu Fei was dizzy.

With Zhao Junma coming forward, it is expected that the general Zhang will also be restrained, and the rest of the things will all depend on his own ability.

Heizi is not as calm and relaxed as the county master, because he knows, the official road when night falls is not safe, both sides of the road are more than one person high barren grassland, and there are pine forests that are connected to the county, here is still a few miles away from the county seat, if there are suddenly a few deadly villains, it will be a big deal, accompanied by the county master only himself and four palanquin drivers who only know the sedan chair, Kuroko walked all the way and looked around, praying to reach the county seat safely.

Whatever you are afraid of, the sunspot is really like a god, only to see a few figures in the grass in front of him undulating, and then disappear in an instant, all around is the rustle of the breeze blowing the weeds.

Kuroko secretly screamed badly, and then pulled out the waist knife, pressed his hand, and said in a deep voice, "Stop"

The four sedan chair drivers hurriedly stopped together, looking around in horror, and the unsuspecting Lu Fei leaned forward and grabbed the edge of the sedan chair in a daze, "Ouch, hey, did you fall into the ditch?" ”

Lu Fei, who woke up, saw that the sedan chair was sitting in the middle of the road, he was very angry, and stretched out his feet from the side of the sedan chair and kicked Kuroko's buttocks, "What are you kid talking about, get up the sedan chair, I'm busy, master."

Kuroko didn't move, he kept staring at the grass in front of him, his expression was extremely nervous, and the gangsters who dared to rob the road on the official road were all outlaws who killed people without blinking, and these people never left a living mouth.

"Master, there's someone ahead," Kuroko pointed ahead with the tip of his knife.

Lu Fei had just woken up from his sleep, his eyelids drooped and he glanced at it randomly, and kicked Kuroko's ass again, "How fresh, no one on the road is still the road, let's go, don't rub it"

Kuroko just accidentally caught a glimpse of a figure shaking in the grass, and he was not sure, he would take a closer look again, and there was nothing unusual in the grass, Kuroko silently recited: God bless a false alarm.

Lu Fei stretched, yawned, and kicked Kuroko's ass again, "Muttering something, let's go, wait for the New Year"

The sedan chair moved forward again, but Kuroko was still not at ease, his eyes were rolling around, his palms were full of sweat, and he was clutching the handle of the knife tightly.

Lu Fei didn't feel sleepy, he couldn't help but laugh when he looked at Kuroko's appearance as if he was facing a great enemy, leaned over the edge of the sedan chair, and patted Kuroko's shoulder, "Heizi, don't be so nervous, don't worry, no one dares to make up your mind in the county master's sedan chair."

Heizi didn't answer, staying away from the city is equivalent to staying away from Wang Fa, not to mention the county master, even if the emperor wanders alone in the wild, people will be targeted.

Kuroko pressed the handle of the knife tightly and didn't look back, "Master, it's better to be careful, it's not okay to be careless in this way."

Lu Fei smiled, "You kid has the guts, listen, hey, friends who robbed earlier, do you have time to come out and chat" He really pulled his neck and shouted forward.

Kuroko was startled, and several sedan chair drivers were also frightened to the point that their feet were unstable, and the sedan chair shook for a while.

"Master, stop shouting" Kuroko almost didn't call Dad.

Lu Fei held the sedan chair and smacked his lips, looking at these few people who were frightened by the grass with disdain, "Talent, the courage is not double, and the farts in front are not ......."

Lu Fei pointed to the grass in front of him and said, but the grinning look on his face just now instantly turned black, and his words froze.

He saw six tall men, shirtless, holding murder weapons such as knives and sticks coming out of the grass, lining up on the road, blocking the way of the sedan chair.

One of the big men put the stick on his shoulder, pointed at Lu Fei's side, and shouted, "Are you calling us?" ”

When the knife in Kuroko's hand fell to the ground, he hurriedly bent down and shivered to pick it up, and his feet involuntarily and slowly moved back.

Lu Fei's body also sank suddenly, and several sedan chair drivers seemed to be well-trained, all of them were lying on the ground with their heads in their hands, trembling all over.

"I'm sorry, I made a mistake, I made a mistake, you guys are busy" Lu Fei hurriedly waved his hand again and again, forcibly suppressing the tension in his heart, at this time he couldn't count on others.

Not only did several big men not leave, but they slowly walked towards Lu Fei and the others, all with evil smiles on their faces, as if they thought they would be able to make a fortune soon.

Several palanquin drivers couldn't hold on any longer, and one by one they got up from the ground and ran backwards, dusty all the way, and in the blink of an eye they got into the grass and never came out again.

Lu Fei saw that these people were not good, and secretly complained, how could there really be anyone who dared to rob the road in broad daylight, the sedan chair man ran out, he glanced at the sunspot on the side, and secretly rejoiced, it seemed that the sunspot was still loyal, and he hurriedly pushed the shoulder of the sunspot, and said in a low voice, "Kuroko, good job, up, beat them"

'Goodong' Kuroko was pushed by him like this, and he fell down directly, looking frightened.

Lu Fei frowned, what kind of subordinates are these.

"Lord Lu, it seems that you are very calm" Several big men circled around Lu Fei, and one of them put the woodcutter in his hand on his shoulder.

"You know me? It's okay, several, isn't it wise to rob the county master in broad daylight? Lu Fei said this, but his heart trembled, and the knife was on his neck, saying that he was not afraid that it was fake, and there was no other hope at the moment, he could only hope that these people just wanted to make a small fortune.

"Lord Lu's name is well known in Susong County, although we people are doing a living of killing and burying, but we also admire what Lord Lu has done, I heard that Lord Lu has been recruiting troops recently, claiming to exterminate the bandits in the mountains, right?" A bald man is yin and yang.

Lu Fei was shocked again, could it be that these people came down from a mountain? That's bad, the road is narrow, this fate is here.

Lu Fei didn't need to defend anymore, looking at this frame, it was already ambushed here, it was not an ordinary bandit who robbed the road at all, that is, he came at himself, thinking of this, he was not humble or arrogant, he smiled, and said, "A few, if you want to make a fortune, I still have a little loose silver on me, enough for a few people to eat and drink, everyone is considered to make friends, I will not pursue this matter, everyone is safe."

As he spoke, Lu Fei took out a silver ticket of one hundred taels from his arms.

Several big men didn't answer, and then they laughed together, and the bald man said, "Lord Lu, you want to buy a life for a hundred taels of silver, you also underestimate our brothers, but we didn't come for the silver today, let's make it clear, we came down from a mountain, I want to ask the county master when he plans to attack the mountain, let's prepare in advance."

Lu Fei secretly complained, it was really from a mountain, and he was afraid that money would not solve this matter, so he put away the silver ticket, sat in the sedan chair solidly, and crossed his legs, "What, are you trying to take me as a hostage?" ”

The bald man touched his head and smiled, "Yo, scholars are smart, we want to invite the county master to the mountain to talk, and the mountain has prepared good food for the county master."

Lu Fei definitely didn't want to go, go to the bandits' den for a banquet, isn't that to deliver meat to the door, but he has seen the big boss in the green shirt, although this woman is cruel, but she is also a vicious and hateful character, if you want to kill the Jiang family's hut, you will do it as early as the Jiang family's hut.

What's more important is that he still has a lot to do at the moment, General Zhang's army will arrive, and as soon as the county master leaves, the county will really be in chaos.

But the matter was no longer up to Lu Fei, and several bandits did not allow him to say anything, so they rushed up and directly pulled him up from the sedan chair, one of them raised one arm, and disappeared into the reckless grass in a blink of an eye.

It was getting dark, and the last rays of sunlight were disappearing from the horizon.

Susong City, outside the south gate, a burst of dust in the distance, the sound of horses' hooves rumbled, a group of military horses was coming quickly, and it was the vanguard of 500 cavalry led by General Zhang Shen himself.

Since the Ming and Yuan Wars, Susong City has not experienced war for hundreds of years, and even the moat by the city wall has disappeared.

Suddenly, this street became a hell on earth, people shouted horses, cried fathers and mothers, and the people on the street were knocked to the ground by the galloping cavalry before they could react to how they came back, and the stalls on both sides of the street were crooked, and all kinds of goods were scattered on the ground, and in a blink of an eye, the horse team behind them trampled into a pile of scrap.

General Zhang pulled the reins, raised the horse's hooves, waved the horsewhip in the air, and shouted to the frightened passers-by on the street, "The people of Susong City have listened, this general is the general of the Anqing Prefecture battalion army, and he came to Susong to suppress the bandits by the order of the Ministry of War, and the military order to suppress the bandits is hereby promulgated as follows: 1. Those who have family members involved in the banditry must be persuaded to return, if they do not listen to the advice, the whole family will be killed; Second, anyone who reports that there are bandits and accomplices in the city will be rewarded with ten taels of silver, and those who do not report it will be killed all over the house; Third, in order to prevent bandits from infiltrating into the county, from today on, the defense of Susong City will be taken over by the government army, and all the people in the past will be strictly investigated, have you heard clearly? ”

The people on the street were all frightened and did not dare to make a sound.

General Zhang Shen smiled and said, "Where is the county office?" ”

Everyone saw the direction of the county government together.

"Driving" General Zhang raised his horse whip and rushed towards the county government with 500 wolf-like sergeants.

Holding the calf ridge

The mountains shrouded in the night were sunk, and the black mountains in the distance whimpered in the night wind, like thousands of ghosts whispering.

There are several stone caves on the shady side of the back of the platform on the ridge, according to the natural formation of the cracks in the mountain, the depth and size are different, the entrance of the cave is blocked by the pine wood of the thickness of the bowl stone, the hole is dark and damp, and the sound of the slight sucking and instigating rats in the stone crevices can be heard by listening carefully, this is an excellent natural prison.

The bandits on the mountain have always used this place as a place to hold meat tickets, most for three or five days, as long as ten days and a half months, there will be several surrounding rich families will be thrown in, until the family sends the ransom money before the meat tickets are released, however, since the green shirt man Ling Dan became the leader of the mountain, this place has been deserted.

Ling Dan was born at the bottom of the common people, and what he hated most in his life was the robbers and wicked people who robbed their homes and houses, but these people did all the evil things that harmed the country and the people under the banner of robbing the rich and helping the poor.

Today, the cave that had been idle for a long time finally welcomed his guests, two bandits with torches in their hands, and a man between their arms.

Lu Fei was tightly tied with his hands tied and his head covered with a black hood, and he was being pushed by bandits into the wooden door at the entrance of the cave, and the height of the cave did not allow Lu Fei to stand, so he could only touch the wooden door and bow inside.

"County master, I've wronged you, let's live here in peace for a few days" The bald bandit said as he closed the wooden door, added an iron chain lock to the door, stretched out his hand and tugged, and after making sure that the door was still solid, he pulled his accomplices and planned to leave.

Lu Fei couldn't speak, he could only let out a muffled snort from his nose, the fear had already left him, followed by the anxiety of being able to hit the wall with his head, he couldn't be here, he had to go back to the county office, he couldn't let Zhang Shen make the people miserable in the county town he had just started to govern in the future, Susongcheng was the starting point of his new career, and in the future, he would have to start from here, and whoever broke it would lose.

"Hmm...... Well.....! Lu Fei snorted, his shoulders hit the pine wood again and again, the pine wood was not used for a long time, it was already a little loose, and a few stone chips fell.

One of the bandits stretched out his hand and slapped on the wooden door, "Huh, stay here and stay here, don't try to slip away, there are wolves on the mountain at night"

Lu Fei is still bumping, not to mention that there are wolves, but there is a tiger right to be a big cat, boom! Boom! He was still bumping, not only bumping, but his feet were still stomping on the ground.

The two bandits looked at each other with torches, and the bald head ripped off the hood on Lu Fei's head, "County master, this is not your county office, we don't have the silver to repair it if it is damaged, I am bald and yellow for the sake of you to cure Wang Zhongren, so you are so polite, don't force me to do it, be quiet"

Lu Fei frowned at the torch in front of him, and he snorted and raised his mouth that was gagged with strips of cloth.

Bald Huang reluctantly reached out and ripped off the strip of cloth, "What do you want to say?" ”

Lu Feilai didn't pant in a hurry, and yelled, "The wooden door caught my finger, ouch"

The bald head forced the torch down, really, he didn't pay attention when he closed the door just now, and the county lord's four fingers were sandwiched between two pieces of wood, and only four red fingers were exposed.

The bald head touched the bald head, laughed, and pushed the door inside.

Lu Fei hurriedly withdrew his hand, put it to his mouth and sighed repeatedly, as if this would reduce the pain, and said, "Don't you plan to let me stay here at night?" ”

Bald Huang nodded and said, "Of course, where do you still want to go, I really thought I would invite you to the banquet."

Lu Fei rubbed his fingers, "You guys are in charge, I want to see her, hurry, it's too late."

Bald Huang glanced at the other bandit, and smiled, "Lock you up here, that's the order of the master, you, just live here with peace of mind, eat and drink a lot of yours, and when the enemy retreats, let you go back to the ya, by the way, the big boss will let you write a letter back tomorrow, let your people not act rashly, and it's best not to fight this idea of holding calves in the future."

Lu Fei smiled bitterly and shook his head, "You guys are thinking too simply, I can't decide this matter now, hurry, let that bandit come to see me, if it's too late, you will die."

took the county master as a hostage, and it was thanks to the female bandit leader who could figure it out, where is this to eliminate disasters, it is obviously a death, hijacking the court officials, and the bitter lord will become the emperor, can the emperor negotiate conditions with the bandits.

The bald Huang didn't like to use his brain, touching the bald head, seeing that Lu Fei was so sure, he seemed to believe his words a little, so he discussed with his accomplices on the side, "Why don't you let the big boss come and take a look and listen to what he has to say?" ”

The accomplice tilted his head and said affirmatively, "Don't, the big boss doesn't let everyone know about the county master's going up the mountain, and let's hide it from Ning Yatou, forget it, he's talking nonsense to save his life, we can't die if he's here, I don't believe that the officers and soldiers don't care about the county master's life."

Bald Huang nodded, "Also, alas, it, let's go, drink"

As soon as Lu Fei saw that they were about to leave again, he hurriedly pulled the bald yellow clothes tightly from the cracks in the wooden fence, "This bald brother, I still have more than three hundred taels of silver on me, in this way, you go and help me call the big boss, and the silver will belong to you."

After Lu Fei said this, he immediately regretted it when he saw the bald head Huang's smiling face.

The two bandits laughed, quickly opened the wooden door, and bowed down towards Lu Fei.

"Stop" Just as the bald head Huang was rummaging through the silver ticket on Lu Fei's body, a woman's voice sounded in the night sky, and the bald head and Huang were taken aback, and they all collided with the stone above their heads, and hurriedly exited the stone cave before they had time to rub it.

The bald head Huang shook the torch twice in front of the visitor, and his nervous heart immediately put down, rubbed the back of his head, and smiled, "It turned out to be Ning girl, what are you doing here, it's a big night, be careful of wolves"

Ling Ning was dressed in a plain light white bedclothes, the red and bright belly pocket inside could be faintly seen under the reflection of the torches, his long hair was wet on his shoulders, his eyes were full of anxiety, and he said angrily, "Go, go, you are not allowed to touch him"

The bald Huang blinked embarrassedly, pulled his accomplices, and reluctantly walked away thinking that he could almost get the three hundred taels of silver, and inserted the torch in the door of the stone prison as he left.

……

Ling Ning was carrying a wide pajamas, and he didn't care about the summer silk and cool pajamas he was wearing, squatted in front of the wooden door, and shouted in pain, "Lord Lu, are you okay?" ”

The cave was dim, Lu Fei's hands were still tied, and he heard a woman calling him, and his voice was still a little familiar, needless to say, this was the female bandit, he struggled to get up from the ground, "Okay, what a fart, cat crying mouse, get me here, you are embarrassed to ask me if it's okay, you come in and try"

When he stood up and saw the woman squatting at the door, he immediately forgot about his fingers and the pain in his heart, the wooden door was ajar, he couldn't take his eyes off Ling Ning, slowly walked to the wooden door, pushed the door and walked out, quietly looking at this girl like a hibiscus out of the water, he couldn't imagine that the green shirt man at the top of the name looked so beautiful, so gentle like water, and quickly appeared in his mind to walk on the beach under the sunset with her, stepping on the soft sand, listening to the murmuring of the waves, listening to the seagulls singing in the evening, and running hand in hand to the other side of happiness......

Ling Ning squatted at the door and struggled to untie the rope on Lu Fei's hand, and when she looked up again, she saw a pair of fiery eyes staring at her tightly, she hurriedly looked down at what she was wearing, her face was red, and her head was so low that Lu Fei in front of her could see the back of her white and fragrant neck.

"Little sister, look what you look like, you ran out after you were dressed like this halfway through the shower, and you are not afraid of people's jokes" Another woman's voice came from the darkness.

Lu Fei, who was interrupted from his thoughts, turned his head to look, only to see that in the black haze, a woman was walking over step by step with a few clothes in her hand, and she couldn't see the face of the person who came, but he was also familiar with this voice, yes, yes, this voice was the man in the green shirt.

Ling Dan walked over slowly, there was no need for her to cover her face on this mountain.

The more Lu Fei looked at it, the more he felt that he had seen this face somewhere, and suddenly he looked sideways at the girl in pajamas on the side, and then at the green-shirted man who was walking this way, his face twitched for a while, and finally he didn't hold on, and shouted, "Ghost" turned around and ran into the stone cave in a panic.

In the flickering blackness of the firelight, two women with almost identical faces appeared one after the other, and no one could resist the fright.

Ling Dan walked over and draped the clothes in his hand over Ling Ning, raising the corners of his mouth, "Lord Lu, am I so terrible?" ”

Ling Ning pushed off his clothes and puffed out his mouth, "Sister, why did you lock up Lord Lu without me, didn't you say that you would wait for ten days?" If you want to lock him up, lock me up too."

With that, he went into the stone cave and squatted with Lu Fei.

Only now did Lu Fei come to his senses, feeling that this is a pair of sibling sisters, this mother is too capable, and she actually gave birth to such a pair of sister flowers that look like they were carved out of a mold, and they all say that nature has created heaven and earth, and it seems that the great mother is really a miracle.

Lu Fei smelled the fragrance of gardenias slowly dissipating the damp smell of the stone cave, he took a deep breath, put his arm around Ling Ning's shoulders and squeezed out of the stone cave, no matter how strong the green shirt man is, he can't let this girl who is so weak and weak with the fragrance of gardenias protect him.

"Yes, the ten-day period hasn't come yet, how can you go back on your word" Lu Fei straightened his waist and said to Ling Dan with his arms around Ling Ning Zhengse.

Ling Dan opened his mouth wide, raised his hand in a panic, pointed and pointed, and stammered, "Ning, little sister, you guys, Lu Fei, you are a frivolous ghost, dare to touch my sister"

Ling Ning turned his head to look at Lu Fei, who was hugging him, Lu Fei also looked at her sideways, hehe smiled, and hugged him tighter, "Don't be afraid, Lord Lu protects you"

Ling Ning screamed, her face brushed as if she had been burned by the bottom of a red-hot pot, and she went from her forehead to the bottom of her neck, and hurriedly ran behind her sister to pick up the clothes on the ground and put them on.