The battle of Gaoyang Pavilion is almost over.

Zhou Cang saw that everyone else had stopped, but he hadn't solved the battle yet, and he couldn't help but feel anxious in his heart.

He and Wang Meng's ambitions are different!

Wang Meng has gone through the world, from an ordinary hunter to the commander of the Yellow Turban Army; Then he changed from a qu marshal to an ordinary hunter. To some extent, Wang Meng completed a reincarnation. has been mediocre, has experienced glory, fallen to the bottom, and then returned to mediocrity. He no longer has the idea of fighting fiercely, and only hopes that Wang Mai will not repeat the hardships he has experienced in the future.

Therefore, Wang Meng chose the Tiger Ben Army.

One is that there is a beginning, and the other is that there is a backer on the head.

Six hundred stone is enough for him to support his family. Moreover, in the Tiger Ben Army, Wang Meng does not need to be in battle, and relies on military exploits to win promotions.

Zhou Cang is different, he is still hot-blooded.

Although he also experienced a miserable failure, he even almost lost his surname.

But he still hopes to fight on the battlefield and rely on his martial arts to gain fame. Therefore, he was reluctant to go to the Tiger Army, but chose to stay in the Cao family. Don't look at Zhou Cangmang, but his mind is very thoughtful. Speaking of which, he has put a lot of effort into the Cao family.

Deng Ji killed Cheng Yao in Runan, and then took up the position of joining the army in the Tiger Ben Army, and had close contacts with Guo Jia.

Cao Ji studied his skills intensively, and his knife-making skills were superb, and sooner or later he would have to reuse them. And what made Zhou Cang make up his mind was that Cao Peng was in prison, worshipping Jin Lan with Cao Zhen and others, and achieving the name of Xiaobayi...... The family is not simple, and Cao Peng's future is equally bright. Zhou Cang felt that he might have more opportunities if he stayed in Cao Mansion. Sure enough, Cao Ji was appointed as the supervisor, and Deng Ji was also worshiped as the head of a county. This makes Zhou Cang more confident! He knew that as long as he followed the footsteps of the Cao family, he would definitely be able to soar in the future.

But now, a little horse thief can't even solve it.

And the people around him have already solved the battle, and even Cao Peng has killed two. This makes Zhou Cang, how can he be embarrassed?

"Xiahou, Hugh has to intervene."

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Xia Houlan holding a silver spear and approaching him.

Zhou Cang was suddenly in a hurry, and hurriedly let out a tiger roar to stop Xia Houlan's actions.

In fact, Zhou Cang is also unlucky. There are so many horse thieves, but he chose one of the best. The other party's martial arts are slightly inferior to Zhou Cang, but there is not much difference. And judging from the situation of the battle, this horse thief has experienced a hundred battles and has a lot of experience.

Zhou Cang was furious!

The figure suddenly stepped back, but at the moment of retreat, the other foot took a big step forward.

In an instant, the waist and hips were forced.

After all, he is a master of the level of Yijin, one retreat and one advance, calmly.

A broad-backed machete in his hand, the knife went with him, and it slashed out in an extremely strange way. The opponent was caught off guard and was almost hit by Zhou Cang. In addition, he was the only one left, although his fists and feet were not messy, he was still a little panicked. This panic revealed a flaw.

Zhou Cang waited for this moment, and waited for a long time!

He shook his dantian and suddenly burst out with a loud roar.

The wide-backed machete slashed out with a thunderous force, and the blade completely enveloped the horse thief. The horse thief had the intention to retreat and dodge, but he didn't want Xiahou Lan to stand behind him, and at the moment when Zhou Cang took out the knife, he raised his foot and took a small step. Don't underestimate this small step and make the horse thief distracted.

After half a year of cultivation, Xia Houlan calmed down and made great progress in martial arts.

Especially when watching Cao Peng and others practice martial arts, and later when Cao Peng and Wang Mai and others explained the principles of fists and feet, Xiahoulan also listened on the side. If you talk about martial arts, ten Cao Peng, I'm afraid it can't compare to Tong Yuan's fingers. But if it comes to explaining the truth of fists and feet, Cao Peng is ten times more powerful than Tong Yuan. He often uses an easy-to-understand way to teach Wang Mai Deng Fan. Xia Houlan listened on the side, and she also gained a lot. In half a year, even Xia Houlan himself couldn't imagine that he had unknowingly entered the level of Yijin.

The strength has increased greatly, and the martial arts have skyrocketed.

A silver spear seems to have been in touch with him.

So, one small step from him was enough to make the horse thief's heart tremble.

Facing two easy-to-tense masters at the same time, the horse thief will feel fear, even if he has the courage.

He was in a state of confusion, and he was suddenly full of flaws. Originally, Zhou Cang's knife was not surprising, it was completely based on a strong momentum.

In normal times, horse thieves can easily dodge.

But at this time...... I only heard the sound of the bell, followed by the screams of the horse thief, and was split in half by Zhou Cang's oblique knife.

In an instant, there was silence in the Gaoyang Pavilion. All the horse thieves kept their mouths shut, and even if it hurt, they didn't dare to speak out at this moment.

These guys are obviously not ordinary passers-by.

The white-haired old man walked up to the young horse thief with a bamboo cane.

"You son of a, you usually steal chickens and dogs, but now you dare to steal horses...... I'll kill you, I'll kill you, unfilial son! ”

The bamboo cane slashed his head and covered his face, and struck at the young man.

Cao Peng stood aside and did not come forward to stop him.

At this time, Deng Ji and Pu Yang Min also came out under the protection of Wang Mai Deng Fan.

Seeing this situation, the two immediately shouted regret, and missed a good opportunity to practice their skills.

The old man beat the young man to a blue nose and swollen face, then dropped the bamboo cane, staggered to Deng Ji and the others, and knelt down.

"My lord, please forgive Xiao'er, he is just, he just doesn't know the severity, and he is blinded by the bad guys."

"Old man, please get up quickly."

Deng Ji hurriedly asked Wang to buy it to help the old man.

This old man is the head of Gaoyang Pavilion. Although he is old, he knows it very well in his heart.

Deng Ji and these people are not ordinary businessmen, but court officials. In other words, their horses, that's called official horses. According to the Han law, those who steal officials and horses are disgraced, and then they are defeated as border laborers. The old man could also see that Deng Ji was the leader of these people, so he knelt down and cried bitterly.

"This ......"

Deng Ji hesitated.

He repaired his criminal name, and there was inevitably some old-fashioned surname in his surname.

It's just that this old man has gray hair and is over sixty years old, and he is still staying in this small Gaoyang Pavilion to serve.

It stands to reason that since he is the pavilion chief, he should also have miscellaneous servants under him. can look at Gao Yangting's dilapidated appearance, it is estimated that he did it alone.

"Deng Haixi, wait!"

Cao Peng suddenly stood up and stopped in a deep voice.

The old man's eyes were hazy with tears in his eyes, and he looked at Cao Peng.

He didn't understand a little, why did this youngster-looking young man come out to stop him?

"Ah Fu, what's wrong?"

"Stealing officials and horses is a great crime.

Deng Haixi is about to take office, is it impossible to ignore Han law as a child's play? ”

But you who are going to be rulers, know that this law is strict. If you can't do this yourself, how can you govern the place and convince the people?

"You are in charge of the law, and you must know that the law must be strictly enforced, and those who violate the law must be prosecuted. As the saying goes, the poor must have something to hate, and you say that you are soft-hearted and let this fang go. Do you know how much disaster this fang will cause? If you are soft-hearted for a while, it will inevitably bring endless troubles to the people of Gaoyang Pavilion. ”

Law enforcement must be strict, and violations must be investigated!

Deng Ji's heart moved, and he couldn't help nodding lightly.

A soft smile appeared on Pu Yanghong's face, but he didn't say anything from beginning to end.

"My son has never done anything unreasonable...... Little boy, you have a lot of adults, please raise your noble hand. ”

"Haven't you done anything unreasonable?" Cao Peng suddenly sneered, "A person who can gather more than ten people to steal horses with him, dare to say that he has not done anything that hurts heaven and reason?" Others don't talk about it, I dare to say that the dead ghost has killed many people and committed many things in his life. ”

"Huh?"

The head of the Gao Yang Pavilion couldn't help but be taken aback.

Zhou Cang said to Deng Ji: "Childe, this guy is very skilled, and he can advance and retreat...... The move is ruthless, without the slightest drag. This could never have been the case unless he had killed someone. If we hadn't gained the upper hand today, he might not have lost so quickly. In normal times, if I want to win, I need at least 30 moves. What the little boy said is true, this guy is definitely not an ordinary person. ”

At this time, Deng Ji couldn't help but pay attention to it.

"Old man, you get up first, and I'll ask you about this matter clearly."

Gao Yang Pavilion Chief stood up tremblingly, pointed at the nose of the young horse thief and scolded: "You son of a crime, where did you hook up with such a thief? ”

"Old man, let's see if this person is a local."

As Cao Peng spoke, he glanced at Wang Mai.

Wang Mai nodded, and helped the old man to walk towards the corpse.

Cao Peng looked at the young horse thief, his eyes burning, and he didn't say a word.

The young man was a little weak-hearted, and hurriedly lowered his head...... "Back to the little boy, this person is definitely not a local!" ”

The head of the Gao Yang Pavilion examined the corpse and replied loudly.

When Deng Ji heard this, his brows couldn't help frowning. Accompanied by Deng Fan, he walked over.

And Cao Peng stood in place, his eyes sweeping over the thieves in the courtyard. He noticed that there were several horse thieves with a somewhat panicked expression.

"Old man, can you identify these people, those are locals, and those are fresh faces?"

"Oh!"

At this time, the head of Gaoyang Pavilion was bent on rescuing his son, and he would do whatever Cao Peng said. has been a small official for a lifetime, and ushered in a lifetime, and he still has this bit of eyesight. Don't look at Cao Peng's age, among this group of people, it seems that he has the highest status. The head of Gaoyang Pavilion even had an illusion that Cao Peng was the son of a big family, and the rest were all followers.

He staggered forward, and the horse thieves were visibly nervous.

"This is the little five in the neighboring village...... He is the second dog of the king...... You ......"

Gao Yang Pavilion Pavilion Chief identified one by one, and when he walked to a horse thief, he held a torch, and just wanted to come over to identify it, when suddenly the horse thief rose up and rushed towards Gao Yang Pavilion Chief. The head of the Gao Yang Pavilion was startled and almost fell to the ground.

"Brother Jiu, that's my father!"

The young horse thief exclaimed.

The exclamation, accompanied by this loud shout, echoed over the courtyard.

The horse thief jumped out and wanted to do it. But the figure was still in the air, but his chest suddenly felt cold.

One shot and two silver guns, through the chest.

The horse thief looked in horror at the bloody head of the spear on his chest, his eyes widened.

Xia Houlan said coldly: "If you dare to move again, you will be killed!" ”

Before the words fell, a retinue drew out steel knives, staring at them one by one, and the steel knives rested on the necks of those horse thieves.

Xu Yi stepped forward to clean up the young horse thief, but was stopped by Cao Peng.

"Brother Tiger Head, help the old man to retreat." He shouted, then slowly walked to the side of the young horse thief, and smiled slightly, "Even if you still have a little conscience, otherwise you will definitely fall to the ground now." ”

He was half a head lower than the young man.

But the coldness revealed in his words made the young man shudder.

"Second brother, pull this, this, and a few thieves out on the very edge, and cut it!"

"Huh?"

Xu Yi was stunned and looked at Cao Peng.

Cao Peng smiled and said to the young man: "What, what am I referring to? ”

The instinct of the criminal police made Cao Peng always pay attention to the expression of the horse thief. The appearance of those horse thieves was obviously different from the others.

The young man's face showed a look of horror.

And Deng Ji looked at Cao Peng curiously, looking a little strange.

Xu Yi smiled, waved his hand, and with his own retinue of the Xu family, dragged those horse thieves out.

"How can you kill people?"

"Han criminal law, stealing official horses, black noodles, flow 3,000 miles, lose as a border. If it is serious, it can be killed on the spot and reported to Dali. ”

Deng Ji suddenly spoke.

"As for what is considered serious, Da Du said that it is serious to contact officials and horses without permission; However, with Xiao Dulu, stealing more than three horses is serious. If you steal the official's mount, should you follow the big Dulu or should you use the small Dulu? ”

The head of the Gaoyang Pavilion on the side immediately shouted: "Xiao Du Lu, you should take Xiao Du Lu as the standard." ”

"Then it depends on whether Ling Lang cooperates or not."

"You son of a, whatever the son asks you, you will answer!"

Gao Yang Tingting roared loudly, and at the same time, a series of screams came from outside the courtyard.

The footsteps came, and the Xu family's entourage carried three bloody human heads and walked into the courtyard. The horse thieves turned pale suddenly.

It's okay to steal chickens and touch dogs, but where have you ever seen such a tragic situation?

Cao Peng looked at the young man, "You, name!" ”

"His name is ......"

"Old man, I'm asking him, if you are talkative, don't blame me for being rude."

Cao Peng turned his head suddenly, his eyes widening.

Gao Yang Pavilion Chief immediately closed his mouth.

"The villain, the villain's name is Hu Ban."

Huban?

This name sounds familiar.

Has it ever appeared in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms?

Cao Peng suddenly remembered that the name Hu Ban seemed to have appeared in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. I remember that the second brother Guan rode alone for thousands of miles, and when he passed five levels and cut six generals, there was such a person. However, Hu Ban in Romance seems to be the son of an official eunuch or a general of the Cao Army.

Subconsciously, he turned his head to look at the head of Gao Yang Pavilion.

"Old man, what's your name?"

"Little Lao'er, little Lao'er's name is Hu Hua...... Childe, the little old man has not been a thief, since the age of thirty-seven to serve as the pavilion chief, it has been more than 20 years. Even when the Taiping thieves made trouble, the little old man didn't ...... If you don't believe me, ask the people around you. ”

Deng Ji asked in a low voice, "Ah Fu, is there any problem?" ”

Cao Peng scratched his head and hurriedly comforted: "Old man, don't get me wrong, I'm just asking casually." ”

I cursed secretly in my heart: You are a fool...... A pavilion chief, do you dare to say that it is a councilor?

Hu Hua in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is the speaker of Emperor Huan! However, it is estimated that it is a coincidence, because in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, it seems that it did not happen in Chenliu.

Hu Hua was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat, and he also cursed in his heart.

This little offspring scared the old man to death!

"Age!"

"The villain is twenty-two years old."

"Ancestral home."

"Local...... Oh, it should be counted as Yuxian County. ”

Cao Peng asked, "What is the origin of that dead ghost?" ”

"This ......"

Hu Ban swallowed his saliva, and suddenly knelt on the ground, "Childe, the villain refuses to answer, it's really ...... If I wait for an answer, I'm afraid that my surname will not be able to protect my life. ”

"Huh?"

Cao Peng couldn't help but be stunned, and turned his head to look at Deng Ji.

Deng Ji showed a solemn expression, walked to Puyang Min's side, and the two talked in a low voice.

Cao Peng thought for a while, walked over to Hu Ban's side, and patted him on the shoulder, "There are some things that I have to make clear to you." Actually, I didn't need to ask so much, just for the sake of your white-haired old father, Hu Tingchang's face. You don't have to answer, but I'll send you to the government. I believe that when you get to the yamen, under Miki, you won't be able to last long...... In the end, it will end up bleak.

If it is light, it will be lost as a border and will not be allowed to return to his hometown for three years; The heavier one, the head falls to the ground, your father's white-haired person sends the black-haired person, and there is no one to send him to the end of his life.

You cooperate with me, and I will protect your life.

You see he doesn't ......"

Cao Peng pointed at Xu Yi, "He is my righteous brother, named Xu Yi." Maybe you haven't heard his name, but he's daddy, you probably have heard of it. In the Air Force, Captain Wuwei Xu Chu and Xu Zhongkang; I have three more, and I'm not here at this time...... Speaking of which, you may be more familiar with my third brother. Because he is Chen Liu, his home is in Chen Liu, and it is not too far from here.

His father is the general of the Tiger Benzhong, Dian Wei Dian Junming.

You cooperate honestly, and I guarantee you that everything is worry-free. There is a sentence that you think about carefully: confess leniently, resist strictly! ”

When Hu Ban heard this, he was immediately frightened.

Xu Chu, he had heard of it, but he was not too familiar with it.

But Dian Wei's name is like thunder. Back then, Dian Wei avenged his friends, broke into Xiangyi alone, and killed a river of blood.

Ten years have passed, Dian Wei is now more famous, and almost everyone has heard of Dian Wei's name.

Hearing Cao Peng tell the origin of Xu Yi and others, Hu Ban was so shocked that he was speechless.

Deng Ji turned his head and couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

"This Ah Fu, full of new things."

Puyang Min bowed his head slightly: "What he said is not wrong, confess leniently, and resist strictly...... These eight words seem to fit the essence of Xiao Dulu. ”

He didn't practice criminal names, but he knew a thing or two.

The sentencing of Xiao Du Law pays more attention to the combination of reason and law, rather than blindly seeking strictness like Da Du Law.

If you follow the law of Dadu, you are committing a crime, and there is no human affection to talk about. And Xiao Dulu is relatively soft and more humane.

Cao Peng said this, and then turned his head and left.

He walked up to Xu Yi and said softly, "Second brother, it seems that things are a little complicated. ”

Xu Yi nodded, "What are you going to do?" ”

"Listening to Hu Ban's tone, this matter is estimated to be small. So it's best to get in touch with the government here...... By the way, General Xiahou, it seems that Chen Liu should be stationed. ”

"You mean General Miaocai?" Xu Yi replied: "He is Chen Liu's guard, so he is naturally stationed in Chen Liu."

However, Chen Liu seems to be a little far away from here...... It will take at least a day to come and go, and our trip will be delayed. ”

"It depends."

At this time, Deng Ji walked up to Hu Ban, "Hu Ban, this official will ask you again." You can choose not to answer, and I will send you to the official immediately. If you answer, it's not that I can't open the net, even including you folks, I can dredge it.

To answer or not to answer, the choice is yours! ”

"His name is Lei Cheng!" Hu Ban did not hesitate, and immediately shouted: "His brother's name is Lei Xu, and there are three hundred people under him, so he is hiding in Lutai Gang. ”

———————————————————— Lei Xu had tens of thousands of troops with Chen Lan and others in Huainan. After Liu Bei captured the four counties in the south of the Yangtze River, Lei Xu led more than 50,000 soldiers and their families to defect to Liu Bei. Liu Bei appointed Lei Xu as a partial general. Later, he beheaded Xiahou Yuan.

(To be continued)