The two martial artists followed Mao Renju away, everyone was silent for a while, Wu Shizhao sighed, ordered everyone to clean up, motioned Chu Huan to sit down at the edge of the forest, and then said: "Bamboo hero, thank you for tonight." ”

"Mr. Wu is polite." Chu Huan smiled: "I didn't help much. ”

"Bamboo hero, you are humble." Wu Shizhao smiled bitterly: "If it weren't for the bamboo hero, I'm afraid tonight's incident would be extraordinary, and Peacock Terrace would even be wiped out." ”

Chu Huan shook his head and said, "Actually, this qiē was discovered by Deputy Team Leader Zhou. ”

"Zhou Xiong also reminded me many times, but I didn't take it to heart." Wu Shizhao frowned and said: "After all, the hairy foal was brought by the girl from the capital, to put it bluntly, his relationship with the girl is even closer than that of Lao Yu, Lao Yu never thought that this person would be ungrateful and collude with bandits to betray the girl." ”

Chu Huan also sighed lightly: "People's hearts are separated from their stomachs, and we can't see many things clearly. ”

Wu Shizhao said: "Maybe Zhou Xiong discovered Mao Renju's scheme, but if it weren't for the bamboo hero here tonight, Mao Renju might not be willing to give up, and he would never leave so lightly." ”

"What does Mr. Wu mean?"

"Zhu Daxia, you are strong in martial arts, and Mao Renju is also very jealous of you, and he doesn't dare to act rashly. Expose his conspiracy tonight, if it weren't for the presence of Bamboo Daxia, there is a chance that the hairy foal would tear his face and give it a go. Wu Shizhao was a little scared and said: "There are many martial artists who have a close relationship with him, and if they don't get it right, they will have infighting. ”

"Mr. Wu has won the award." Chu Huan touched his chin and said: "But since Mao Renju was poisoned tonight, the purpose is naturally to weaken the combat effectiveness of the warriors, he is acting at this time, if he really colludes with the bandits, then are the bandits already preparing to attack the Peacock Terrace?" ”

Wu Shizhao changed color slightly and said, "This ...... If this is attacked by bandits, our men ......! ”

"How many more?"

"Even Zhou Xiong, there are still fourteen martial artists left." Wu Shizhao frowned and said, "But because of alcohol poisoning, six have fallen, and there are still eight people left...... Speaking from the heart, Mao Renju's martial arts are the strongest in Peacock Terrace, one person can be worth four or five, and now that he is gone, he has also taken away two who can fight, and our combat effectiveness is already very weak......! He looked at Chu Huan with a wry smile, and his tone was not without pleading: "Bamboo hero, the bandits are coming, and I have to rely on you for a while......!" Without waiting for Chu Huan to speak, he had already stood up and shouted, "Zhou Xiong! ”

Zhou Xiong was leading people not far away to place several poisoned martial artists, when he heard Wu Shizhao shouting, he responded loudly: "Chief, I'm ...... here!" ”

"You bring all the martial artists who can fight." Wu Shizhao said loudly.

Zhou Xiong hurried over with the remaining seven who could still fight, and Wu Shizhao said in a deep voice: "Listen, Mao Renju is gone, but the bandits are not sure when they will be killed, we still have two days to go out of Yunshan Mansion, and we must be cautious before entering Hexi." Raising his hand and pointing at Chu Huan, "From now on, you all have to obey the command of the bamboo hero, and if anyone disobeys, they will be expelled immediately." ”

Chu Huan frowned, but Zhou Xiong had already stepped forward and said with a smile: "Bamboo Hero, everyone convinces you in my heart, these are all your own brothers, if you have any orders, just show us, we are willing to follow you." ”

Without waiting for Chu Huan to speak, Wu Shizhao had already said in a pleading tone: "Bamboo Hero, there are still two or three days to get to Hexi, it's not a secret, let's go to Hexi from Peacock Terrace, but we have big things to do." ”

"Big things to do?" Chu Huan actually knew that Peacock Terrace was going to Hexi to give the emperor's birthday gift when he was already at the gate of Yunshan Mansion, but at this time he pretended not to know, "What's the big deal?" ”

Wu Shizhao said solemnly: "Bamboo hero, I won't hide it from you, the saint is going to hold a birthday ceremony in Hexi, and we have been called to go to Hexi to perform to the saint." ”

Chu Huan pretended to be surprised: "I see, you are in accordance with the order?" ”

"Exactly." Wu Shizhao nodded and said, "So after we arrive in Hexi, there will be an official reception, and they will also send us to Wuping Mansion...... As long as we enter Hexi, we will be safe, but the journey of these two or three days is the most important, if the bandits follow this way, they have followed such a long way, they will not be willing to return in vain, to launch an attack, it will be within these two or three days, and it is even possible to launch an attack tonight, so the safety of Peacock Terrace is all related to the body of Bamboo Hero, if Bamboo Hero can ensure that we enter Hexi safely, I Peacock Terrace will be grateful, and the girl will definitely have a good reward. ”

Chu Huan sighed: "It doesn't matter what kind of reward you have. After a little hesitation, he said: "Since I have arrived here, and I have received a lot of care from you along the way, I will do my best to go to Hexi together." ”

Wu Shizhao said gratefully: "Thank you Bamboo Hero." ”

That night, the peacock platform did not dare to take it lightly, Zhou Xiong led people to patrol the camp, did not sleep all night, only afraid of the bandits sneak attack, fortunately there was nothing to do overnight, and the next morning, the team set off.

Because of the fear of the bandits' attack, so the speed of the next day was accelerated, although those poisonous warriors also recovered, there was no danger to their lives, but the effect of the poison was obviously not trivial, the poisoned warriors were all pale, weak, riding on horses, all lying on horseback, almost without any combat effectiveness.

One day to hurry up, to the middle of the afternoon, but through a county seat, Zhou Xiong proposed to enter the city to rest, Wu Shizhao thought about it, this is at least two hours before dark, said to everyone that the sooner to leave the West Mountain Road, the better, did not enter the city, stepped up and rushed to the road for two hours, to the dark, there was a drizzle in the sky, the team finally rushed to the edge of a lake, and then camped by the lake.

On this day, we will be in a hurry, and at this speed, one day later, we will be able to get out of Xishan Road and enter Hexi Road.

Zhou Xiong and others were even more vigilant.

Chu Huan seemed as usual, but he felt more and more that the shelf of Jinling Bird was really big, and he had walked for six or seven days, Jinling Bird was in the car during the day and in the tent at night, although she was the master of the Peacock Terrace, but she seemed to be an invisible person, even if it was such a big thing as a hairy horse, the first dancer of Jinling had not shown her head, nor did she say a word to everyone about this matter.

Although the rain did not become heavier, it did not stop, the drizzle kept falling, fortunately it was summer, the weather was already quite hot, this rain made the air fresher, and the temperature was also very comfortable.

At dinner, Wu Shizhao personally came over with wine and food, set it up in Chu Huan's tent, and said with a smile: "Bamboo hero, one day we will be able to turn the crisis into safety, thanks to you along the way, it is the luck of Lao Yu and Peacock Terrace to be able to meet you, prepare a little thin wine, and drink a few glasses." "Set the glasses and pour the wine.

Chu Huan was also not polite, Wu Shizhao was obviously very grateful to Chu Huan, and while accompanying the wine, he said: "Bamboo hero, you walk the rivers and lakes, act chivalrous and righteous, which is admirable, but I don't know if Zhu Daxia wants to be like this all the time, haven't you thought about finding a place to stay?" ”

"What does Mr. Wu mean?"

Wu Shizhao hesitated for a moment before he said, "Bamboo Hero, what do you think of Peacock Terrace?" ”

"Everyone is very kind and kind." Chu Huan said with a smile: "Manager Wu, listen to what you mean, don't you let me stay in your Peacock Terrace, right?" ”

"That's exactly what it means." Wu Shizhao clapped his hands and smiled: "Bamboo Hero, now is the troubled times, it is not easy for Peacock Terrace to survive, and Bamboo Hero is alone in the rivers and lakes, but I am afraid that it is even more difficult, so if the old man wants to invite Bamboo Hero to stay in Peacock Terrace, he will serve as the leader of Peacock Terrace. ”

Chu Huan smiled: "I really haven't thought about this. ”

"Then the bamboo hero can think about it." Wu Shizhao smiled and raised his glass, "If the hero can stay, that is the real luck of Peacock Terrace." ”

After dinner, Chu Huan was still practicing the "Dragon Elephant Sutra" in the tent, not long after he finished his work, faintly, he suddenly heard a faint thunder in the sky, Chu Huan opened the tent, and it was still a light rain outside, but he saw a figure rushing over, and the person saw Chu Huan standing in front of the tent, and had already shouted: "Bamboo hero, listen!" ”

In fact, he didn't have to say it, Chu Huan could also hear it, the sound came from the south, and the sound was quite faint at first, like thunder on the edge of the sky, but the sound became louder, Chu Huan already knew that it was not thunder, and he had already judged that it was the sound of horses' hooves.

The sound of horses' hooves was already very clear, and there was even the sound of horses neighing, Chu Huan picked up the package wrapped in the knife, rushed out of the tent, and ran towards the south.

The person who came over was Ding Miao, following behind Chu Huan, Chu Huan arrived at the south of the camp, only to see that Zhou Xiong had already arrived in the south with a few of his subordinates, all holding knives in their hands, seeing Chu Huan coming, Zhou Xiong's face was solemn, and he said: "Bamboo Hero, it seems that the bandits are about to make a move, they have followed here, and they are finally going to make a move." ”

Chu Huan stood in front of everyone, frowned, and clenched the package, Zhou Xiong followed behind Chu Huan, holding a big knife in his hand, and asked, "Bamboo Hero, what should we do?" ”

"Don't act rashly, just see." Chu Huan said: "It's too late for us to leave now, don't panic, let's see what they want to do." ”

In the drizzle, there were more than a dozen horses galloping in front of them, all of them in black clothes and black trousers, wearing big hats and hats, like ghosts in the dark, and in their hands were shiny and shiny long sabers out of the sheath.

"There are more than a dozen of them, and there are nine of us." Zhou Xiong sneered: "No wonder they haven't done it for a long time, it turns out that there are not many people, and they have scruples about us, Bamboo Hero, we can fight with them!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly saw Chu Huan's body shake, and saw that Chu Huan's body was weak, one knee had already weakened, and he fell to the ground on one knee, Zhou Xiong immediately exclaimed: "Bamboo Hero, you ...... What happened to you? ”

Chu Huan turned around, Zhou Xiong saw that Chu Huan's face was very ugly, even the other martial artists were also taken aback when they saw Chu Huan like this, Chu Huan held the package, but one hand was covered on his chest, and his breath seemed to be heavy: "I...... I can't get through...... I...... I seem to have been poisoned ......! ”