Although Ding Laoshi had the heart to refuse, when he saw the wolf-like sergeants beside Lai Xing'er, he was so frightened that he swallowed his words back again, and nodded again and again: "Okay, okay, don't hide it from the soldiers, although the old man has no food at home, there is a well in the small courtyard, and the well water is sweet." ”

Lai Xing'er was very happy to see that Ding Laoshi agreed, turned around and ordered his subordinates to guard the exits at both ends of the village, then turned over and dismounted, and led the rest of the dozen sergeants to follow Ding Laoshi's house at the other end of the village.

Ding Laoshi has lived in a small mountain village at the foot of Wangwu Mountain for most of his life, although he is not young, he has never seen much of the world, and he has always been honest and duty-bound, and he can't hide anything in his heart. He was walking in front of Lai Xing'er and the others, and suddenly remembered that there was a sick and down-and-out scholar lying on the bed at home, was he the "outsider" that Lai Xing'er wanted to ask? Then he turned back to Lai Xing'er and said to Lai Xing'er as he walked: "General, don't blame the old man, I have a bad memory. A few days ago, I rescued a scholar on the mountain, and now he is still sick and lying in my home, I wonder if it is some 'outsider' you are looking for? ”

When Lai Xing'er heard this, his spirit was lifted, and he stared at him and asked, "Scholar?" Is the old man really a scholar who was saved? ”

Ding Laoshi heard Xing'er's strange question, smiled honestly, and replied: "In our ravine, although military masters are not common, there are still a few scholars. The man who was born white and pure, wearing a blue robe that was hung by the branches on the mountain, was not a scholar, what else could he be? ”

Lai Xing'er glanced at the sergeant beside him, quickened his pace, and ran towards Ding Laoshi's home.

Ding Laoshi's home, like most of the families in this village, said to have a small courtyard, but in fact it was just a small piece of land around the three thatched huts with a fence, which was usually used by the family to rest and enjoy the shade.

As soon as they approached Ding Laoshi's house, seven or eight sergeants did not wait for Lai Xing'er's orders, and immediately worked in groups of two, arranged in the four directions of the small courtyard, southeast, northwest, and surrounded the small courtyard to death. The remaining four sergeants drew their long swords with a "brush", protected them in front of Lai Xing'er, and forced them towards the three huts like a great enemy.

Seeing this, Ding honestly feared that they would scare his wife and children, so he hurriedly pointed to a thatched hut on the right and said to Lai Xing'er: "General, that person is in this room."

Lai Xing'er comforted Ding Laoshi and asked him not to be afraid, and made a forward gesture to the sergeant beside him. One of the sergeants was so eager to make a meritorious contribution that he couldn't help but say something, and he took a few steps to the door of the hut on the right, raised his legs, kicked the door open, and then rushed into the house.

Lai Xing'er and the others followed closely and entered the small thatched hut. However, when everyone entered the house, they only saw a pile of quilts on a broken bed in front of them, but they didn't see the scholar Ding Laoshi said.

This time, Ding honestly, who entered the house at the end, was frightened, he was afraid that the scholar was a villain of unknown origin, if he couldn't find him, Lai Xing'er and others would blame him, so he hurriedly pulled out of the house, and kept shouting: "I went out early in the morning and came to this house to take a look, he slept well, could it be that he was hungry, so he went around looking for food, and asked me to take a look at other houses." ”

When the sergeants heard him say this, they all wanted to go out of the house and go with him to the other two huts to look for him.

Only Lai Xing'er stood motionless, he coldly scanned everything in the hut with his eyes, and finally landed his gaze on a large vat placed in the corner of the house. He gently drew his saber, walked to the jar with his hands and feet, and as soon as he lifted the wooden lid that was on the rim of the jar, he was about to stab his sword into the jar.

"Wait." Sure enough, as Xing'er expected, there was someone in the tank!

Looking at his appearance, he does look like a down-and-out scholar who has tried for a long time, but although the eyes of people at this time can't help but reveal some panicked looks, it is still difficult to hide his innate conceit.

"Who are you? Why did you hide in the tank when you saw me and others? ”

Hearing a sound from Lai Xing'er's side, the few sergeants who had just left the house also turned around and turned back, gathered around Lai Xing'er, raised their swords in their hands, and glared angrily at the scholar.

"Alas, the heavens want to destroy the lonely, what can I do about it?" The scholar let out a long sigh on his back, and only looked at Lai Xing'er and a few others from the corner of his eye, and replied proudly, "Take this king to meet your commander." ”

He turned out to be the famous Ying Wang Li Shu!

I heard that the scholar in front of him was lonely, and everyone in the small hut, including Lai Xing'er, was a little stunned. They couldn't believe that the rebel chieftain King, who had been searching for days and days, could have become their captive so easily.

"Since you claim to be His Royal Highness King Ying, can you have a certificate on you?" Lai Xing'er was afraid that this scholar would deceive, so he asked in a deep voice.

"Hahaha You sent Gu to the Daming Palace in Chang'an, and met the current emperor, my good brother, see if he still recognizes my brother? ”

Several sergeants were frightened by his great tone, and most of them had already decided that he was going to arrest King Ying himself. Only Lai Xing'er has been on an errand in the palace for a long time, and he knows that he can't take his words very seriously in any case, so he started to ask him about the authenticity of his identity, and he shook his fists at the scholar and said: "In the future, Xing'er has seen His Royal Highness King Ying." Please tell Your Highness, do you want us to send His Highness back to the camp to see the commander, or go straight to Chang'an to meet the emperor? If there is no explicit indication from His Royal Highness, the status of the last general is low, and he really doesn't know how to do it. ”

Lai Xing'er's question seems ordinary, and even a little redundant, but in the scholar's ears, it has the meaning of questioning his identity: no matter which way the commander of the official army is, he should recognize King Ying himself, so why do you need to enter Chang'an to see the emperor to distinguish the true from the fake?

The scholar was already sick, and when the army was defeated and the city was broken, and when he was desperate, he wanted to hide in the homes of ordinary people in this remote ravine for the time being, avoiding the pursuit of the officials and soldiers, but he thought that only three days later, he was caught and became a turtle in the urn. He has always boasted of his unborn genius, how can he endure the unwarranted humiliation of this little lieutenant today, it is better to die.

He was furious, but he had nowhere to vent, and he was forced to attack his heart, and he spurted a mouthful of blood at Lai Xing'er with a "wow", and his body fell to the ground softly.

Lai Xing'er turned sideways to avoid the blood sprayed at him by the scholar, and took two steps forward to help the scholar up, only to see that his face was pale, his anger was like a gossamer, and he saw that his life was in danger. (To be continued.) )