Liu Xu rolled down the mountain, although he fell and had scratches all over his body, fortunately his head was not injured. Liu Xu didn't have time to wrap up his injuries, got up, sobered down slightly, saw the surrounding situation clearly, and saw that the trees on the other side of the hillside were overgrown, so he ran there. The Three Tigers of Qingfeng Mountain and Gu Laosi chased after this wooded uphill place, and the direction of the chase was indeed right.

Liu Xu didn't sleep all night last night, he was already weak, and he rolled down the hillside, hurting a lot of places, and his body was even weaker. Fortunately, Liu Xu has insisted on running and exercising recently, and his physical fitness has improved, and he knows that he will die if he is caught, so he gritted his teeth and ran hard. There were a lot of low shrubs in the forest, and the messy branches kept hitting Liu Xu's face, Liu Xu's face was marked with blood, and his clothes were also scratched, but Liu Xu couldn't care so much, he only ran forward with all his might, because he vaguely seemed to hear the sound of the three tigers and Gu Laosi talking.

Supposedly, the trees were dense enough to catch up so quickly, but in autumn many trees had begun to lose their leaves, and visibility in the forest was much better. In addition, Liu Xu rolled down from the slope behind Qingfeng Mountain, and was injured in many places on his body, dripping blood constantly, the three tigers were bandits who occupied the mountain as kings, and Gu Laosi was also a lone thief before, and he had some experience in tracking mountains and forests, so he could chase after him closely.

Liu Xu ran desperately for a while, and saw that there was a trail in the forest leading to the bottom of the mountain, like a path for nearby villagers to go into the mountain to collect firewood. Liu Xu immediately followed the trail and rushed down the mountain. While running, I thought that if I encountered a place with a lot of people, even if they were strongmen and bandits, they would inevitably have some scruples.

Liu Xu followed the trail to the bottom of the mountain, and there was a north-south road under the mountain, and there were several houses not far from Liu Xu's descent from the mountain. Liu Xu originally wanted to ask for help, but after thinking about it, the people who lived so close to Qingfeng Mountain, even if they had nothing to do with Qingfeng Mountain, would not dare to hide themselves. If you annoy the people of Qingfeng Mountain, I'm afraid they may not be able to survive.

At this time, as soon as Liu Xu turned around, he saw that the three tigers and Gu Laosi also ran out of the woods and rushed towards him along the path. As for where this road leads, Liu Xu can't care about it.

The three tigers and Gu Laosi also caught up with the road soon. On the road, the advantages of the three tigers and Gu Laosi's perennial martial arts practice were brought into play, and they saw that they were getting closer and closer to Liu Xu.

Liu Xu saw that the road was getting higher and higher, and there seemed to be a village gate not far in front of him, and in front of this road was a dead road, and this road seemed to be built for that village. Liu Xu couldn't help but secretly complain, don't go to other bandit cottages, in that case, he just came out of the wolf's den and was like a tiger's den.

Liu Xu looked at both sides of the road while running, on both sides of the road, one side is a ravine, which is steep and difficult to walk, and on the other side is a steep hillside, which is also difficult to climb, Liu Xu can't help but regret it, his head was kicked by a donkey, why do you want to find a big road to run, this time it is dead.

Although Liu Xu knew that even if he ran to that cottage, it was estimated that he would be tied up by the strongmen in the cottage and given to the three tigers of Qingfeng Mountain, after all, their mountain was not far away, and it was estimated that he would not offend them for himself, but people's survival ** is powerful, even if they live for a moment longer, or have a hope of survival, they are not willing to give up. Liu Xu fought with all his strength and ran towards the walled gate, it is always good to live a little longer.

Liu Xu was getting closer and closer to the walled gate, he saw that there seemed to be a lot of buildings behind the walled gate, and the hill seemed to be full of people, not like a bandit cottage, Liu Xu couldn't help but be secretly happy, and ran forward even more desperately.

Seeing that Liu Xu was still fifty or sixty steps away from the cottage, and the three tigers and Gu Laosi were only a few dozen steps away from Liu Xu.

Suddenly, two terrible whistling sounds came to mind, and with a "du" sound, an arrow was inserted a few steps in front of Liu Xu. Liu Xu was startled, and hurriedly braked to stop his rapidly running body. A rough voice sounded: "Before the stone shed, people come by name, don't come forward again, otherwise you won't be killed." ”

Liu Xu hurriedly glanced back at Sanhu and Gu Laosi first, and saw that not far in front of them, there were also sharp arrows, and they also stopped there, not daring to run any further, Liu Xu's heart was a little calm.

Liu Xu saw a few people standing on the wall of the village, and hurriedly shouted: "I am an itchy student from Yidu County, and I met bandits on the road, and I went to rescue the strong men." When Liu Xu saw the man on the wall, he shot an arrow, he must not be a strong man, but he said out loud his identity as a county student. After all, the literati at this time were still very respected, and if you are a scholar, the people in the cottage are all strong men, so you don't have to be too guarded. Liu Xu has been in the Great Song Dynasty for so long, and he knows some basic knowledge now. The bows and arrows, armor and long weapons of the Great Song Dynasty are not allowed to be privately hidden, even the hunting bows used by the hunters must be registered with the government. And the man on the cottage shoots the arrows that the people don't have, only the official army can have the arrows, and Liu Xu judged that this cottage must not be a strongman bandit's cottage.

Before the people on the wall of the wall could answer, the eyebrow man Jin Maohu among the three tigers said loudly: "The brothers of the stone shed, the three tigers of Qingfeng Mountain are polite." This kid in front killed the fourth child of our cottage, we want to kill him, pay tribute to our brothers, and make it convenient for all the brothers. ”

Jin Maohu just said so casually, and pushed the death of the black bull on Liu Xu's head. Liu Xu couldn't help but be furious in his heart: No matter how Hei Niu is still your brother in the cottage, he was killed by that dry and thin man, if you don't kill him to avenge him, why do you have to kill me.

A short man on the walled wall poked his head out from behind the wall, and laughed loudly: "Yo, it turned out to be the three tigers of Qingfeng Mountain, why haven't I heard of it, when did you have one more tiger in Qingfeng Mountain?" If you want to take revenge, don't see red in front of the door of our stone shed, quickly capture him, don't dirty the road of our stone shed. Obviously, this man knows the strongman of Qingfeng Mountain, but there is nothing polite in his words, and it is estimated that although he knows, he has no friendship.

However, although the man was not very polite to the Three Tigers of Qingfeng Mountain, he was obviously unwilling to shield Liu Xu and offend the Three Tigers of Qingfeng Mountain. Seeing the three tigers and Gu Laosi rushing towards him, he couldn't help but curse the people in the cottage in his heart, Nima, you are not a strongman, you are an official army, how can you see a strongman bandit committing murder and ignore it! Suddenly, Liu Xu remembered that he had heard that person's surname Cui just now, and he couldn't care much about it, so he immediately shouted loudly: "Qingzhou Cui Ye is my brother, Mrs. Cui is my chess friend, and I have Mrs. Cui's jade pendant token on me." ”

The poignant arrow sounded again, and with a "tuk" sound, it was nailed less than twenty steps behind Liu Xu, and the man roared: "Stop, don't blame me for being polite." The three tigers and Gu Laosi did not prohibit walking, and stood behind the arrows.

The man said loudly: "Boy, you come to the Zhaimen." ”

Liu Xu hurriedly ran towards the gate of the village, and at this time, Gu Laosi saw that Liu Xu was about to run, and he couldn't hold back and wanted to come forward to arrest him. There was another terrible sound, a "tuk", and the sharp arrow was stuck in front of his feet, but fortunately, Gu Laosi reacted in time and braked suddenly, otherwise the arrow would have been nailed to him. The man said loudly: "Before the stone shed, who dares to be wild? ”

The Three Tigers and Gu Laosi couldn't help but look at each other, not knowing what to do for a while.

The man came down from the wall and opened the gate. Liu Xu came to the gate of the village and hurriedly took out the jade pendant given by Cui Lao and presented it. The man only glanced at it, and then returned it to Liu Xu, obviously he knew this jade pendant. Liu Xu went to Cui's Mansion that time, took this jade pendant, and handed it to the porter, who only glanced at it, and handed it back to Liu Xu in fear. Obviously, the status of this jade pendant in the Cui Mansion is very high, which also shows the high status of Cui Lao. Of course, Liu Xu still doesn't know that this Cui Lao is the patriarch of Cui Qingzhoufang in Qinghe today, if he knew, he wouldn't be surprised by the Cui family's sincere and frightened expression when they saw this piece of jade pendant.

The man turned to the three tigers and said, "Three tiger brothers, I'm sorry today, this brother, we have saved the stone shed, please go back." ”

Sanhu and Gu Laosi were silent for a moment, and the eldest Jinmaohu stepped forward and said with a gloomy face: "Brother Cui is a kid who doesn't know where to come from, and he has a bad relationship with our Qingfeng Mountain, can you think about the consequences?" ”

The man surnamed Cui laughed and said, "A few people, please go back, we won't leave you in the village today, if there are any consequences, we will take the stone shed." After speaking, he turned around proudly and returned to the village.

Liu Xu was also busy following the man into the village.

Gu Laosi was still unwilling, and Jinmaohu said: "They have entered the village, we have nothing to do today, and we will think about it in the cottage in the long run." ”

The four of them had to turn and leave.

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