Under the mild sunlight, a cottage stands quietly on a small hill, as if silently announcing its existence to the world. The light snow that had fallen a few days ago had almost subsided, but there was still a little snow hanging on the branches, and from time to time a cool breeze blew through the branches, shaking off the snow and revealing the green shoots that had just grown below. There is not much snow, so it can't stop the arrival of warm currents, and naturally it can't stop the birds from feeling the call of spring. It's not ...... Fragile life can be seen in almost every tree - everything is so quiet and serene.

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"Stone, I'm a little late to come back today, it's almost noon." The gatekeeper bandits said hello to Wang Shi, who led the team, while Cao Heng was escorted by several bandits, struggling a few times from time to time, acting as if it were real.

"Oh, you don't know...... Wang Shi also greeted the gatekeeper bandit, "Originally, I didn't hope that I would gain anything today, but I was just going to do a routine thing...... After all, you also know that today is the sixth day of the first lunar month, and there are still caravans on the official road! ”

The gatekeeper nodded.

"But who would have wanted to run into this big man!" As he spoke, he slapped Cao Heng fiercely, and Cao Heng also glared at him very cooperatively, "Seeing that his face was pale, he thought that he hadn't eaten for a few days, his strength was insufficient, and his equipment looked valuable, so he made up his mind to rob him." But I don't want this guy to be brave and brave, even if he lacks strength, he still desperately killed a brother before he was captured by me, alas, ......"

"What?!" The gatekeeper was taken aback, and looked at Cao Heng a little more unkindly, "A brother died?" Who? ”

"Lao Luo ......"

"Lao Luo? Which Lao Luo? The gatekeeper seemed to suddenly realize something, and his face became exciting, "Could it be Luo Quan?" ”

"Is there anyone else in my team whose surname is Luo Bucheng?" Wang Shi asked rhetorically, and his face looked a little helpless.

"Then you're miserable...... the gatekeeper didn't seem to have much feeling about Luo Quan's death, "I'm afraid the owner of the village will be angry with you." ”

"Alas......" Wang Shi sighed and shook his head slightly, "I'm also worried about this, I hope this kid has more good things, so that I can be punished less." ”

"Then you go in first, the owner of the village will hold a banquet in the main hall to reward all the brothers, but if you bring this bad news over, I'm afraid the owner of the village will be furious......" The gatekeeper gently patted Wang Shi's shoulder and whispered: "Good luck." ”

"......" Wang Shi smiled bitterly, hugged his fists and saluted, and said, "I accept your good words." ”

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"Report !!" The bandit in charge of the order shouted while running, and when he arrived in front of the owner of the village, he knelt down on one knee directly, hugged his fists and bowed his head, and then said loudly: "Report the leader!" Wang Shi led a group of brothers to escort the general of the defeated army back to the village, according to Wang Shi said that the defeated general had treasures hidden on his body, and he did not dare to swallow them privately, so he dedicated them to the leader! Let the leader fall! The herald bandit's voice was very loud, even in the noisy hall, his voice was very loud, and when he heard the voice of the herald bandits, he knew that it was about to be the time for the village lord to speak, and the bandits who knew that it was about to be the time for the village lord to speak were also quiet, and the originally noisy main hall suddenly became audible.

"Good! All right! The owner of the village is also happy, "How can you not reward such a merit?" Hurry up and invite Wang Shi and the others to the banquet! ”

The "......" herald bandit did not move, but looked embarrassed, knelt on the spot and hesitated.

"Why don't you go soon?" The owner of the village pretended to be unhappy and pulled down his face, but the joy between his eyebrows couldn't be hidden, "Didn't you hear me?" ”

"Turn around and lead the ......" The herald robber hesitated again and again, but still said: "Although Wang Shi captured a defeated general, the defeated general also killed a brother......

"Oh?" The lord took a sip of wine, then handed the glass to the maidservant standing behind him, who was the only woman in the hall, "Who is it?" ”

“…… Luo Quan. ”

"What?!" The owner of the village slammed the table, stood up suddenly, and almost knocked down the maidservant behind him, "Bring it in!" I want to see which eyeless bastard dares to kill so-and-so's nephew! Now he really pulled down his face, and from time to time anger spurted out of his eyes.

"Yes." The herald robbers did not dare to look at the current owner of the village, and immediately bowed down and retreated. Not long after, Wang Shi led a group of bandits to escort Cao Heng in.

"Meet the Chief!" Wang Shi's team immediately knelt down on one knee. At the same time, two bandits also knocked on Cao Heng's leg...... Of course, just a little bit of strength will not have any effect, and with the strength of the two of them, even if they use up their strength to eat, they don't want to shake Cao Heng in the slightest. But since he was acting now, Cao Heng naturally shook a few times very cooperatively...... Of course, he didn't really kneel.

The eyes of the village owner swept over Wang Shi and the others, and stopped for a moment on the four halberds held by the three of them before looking at Cao Heng, "This is the blind guy who dares to kill my nephew?" ”

"Turn around," Wang Shi didn't dare to really follow the words of the village owner - Cao Heng was next to him! He didn't want to be killed by Cao Heng for a while...... Although he is not afraid of death, he also doesn't want to die so suffocating, "He is the general of the defeated army I said!" ”

"Good...... Good! What a guts! The owner of the village slowly walked up to Cao Heng and tugged at Cao Heng's long and messy hair—in fact, it wasn't that long, it was just over the shoulders—and gritted his teeth and said, "You say...... How should I torture you to death? ”

"You're the leader here?" Cao Heng didn't answer, just looked at him condescendingly—the owner of the village was a head lower than him.

"How are you doing?" The owner of the village looked at Cao Heng with interest, but there was anger in his eyes as if he was going to burn Cao Heng to death.

"That's right." Cao Heng looked at the bandit leader with a strange look, and he couldn't understand why the owner of the village just tugged at his hair - he originally thought he would be slapped or something, "I advise you to let me go early, so that you rabble still have a way to live." Otherwise, if tomorrow my general finds out that I have not returned to the camp, he will surround this place, and then he will ...... Hum! ”

"Bold!"

"Presumptuous!"

"The general of the defeated army dares to do this!"

As soon as Cao Heng's voice fell, the bandits next to him immediately scolded Cao Heng one by one.

As soon as the owner of the village raised his hand, the bandits quieted down.

"It's ridiculous!" The owner of the village looked at Cao Heng with a dead man's eyes, "And no matter whether your general can find out that you have lost a trace, even if you find that you are gone, it will be regarded as if you have died in battle, right?" Again...... Can he still find this place?! What an alarmist! ”

Hearing this, Cao Heng suddenly "had no blood" and lowered his head weakly.

"Humph!" The lord of the village turned around and walked slowly to his seat, "Take him to the cell, and I will torture him myself in a moment!" ”

"Yes!" Wang Shi called out very appropriately.

Looking at the bandit leader who was four or five steps away from him, Cao Heng knew that now was the best opportunity, so he no longer hesitated, and immediately broke away from the rope, and took the unparalleled halberd on the side is an arrow step, waved the halberd, and directly took the head of the owner of the village!

Although he didn't know what was going on, a chill from behind him made him react instinctively - reflexively draw his knife!

But so what?

Cao Heng's speed was already fast, and he took the lead, and he was unexpected, although he couldn't be directly beheaded because of the instinctive reaction of the village master, but ......

As if it had not been subjected to the slightest resistance, the crescent blade of the Peerless Euphorbia slashed straight from the right shoulder of the village master to his left chest! The speed was so fast that it wasn't even until Cao Heng gathered his halberd and stood up that blood gushed out!

"Ah!!h

The servant girl who was splashed with blood suddenly screamed miserably, and then bent over and vomited with the thick bloody gas.

"Ahh!!hh Several of the bandits, awakened by the maid's scream, immediately shouted: "Avenge the chief!" As he spoke, he raised his knife and rushed towards Cao Heng.

"Avenge the Chief!" There was an immediate response.

These people who can hold knives at the banquet are the cronies of the recently deceased owner of the village. For these people...... Hey...... Cao Hengke has never been a soft-hearted person!

In less than two minutes, there were more than a dozen round heads at Cao Heng's feet, and the black armor was also bright red.

"Who else?!" Cao Hengda roared.

Who else dares to speak out at this time? They all kept silent, for fear that making a voice would make Cao Heng notice him, and then he would be in a different place.

"Why did you fall into the grass?!" Seeing that no one answered, Cao Heng turned on the ideological education mode again, "Isn't it because the eunuchs are in charge and blinded the saints, causing the people to be miserable and unable to survive that they are forced to go up the mountain to do such things?" Next to so many pairs of ears, Cao Heng didn't dare to say anything like "Emperor Ling's mediocrity, I should replace him", in case he leaked out, he wouldn't want to recruit those celebrities to work for him - he couldn't kill so many people, right? Even if Cao Heng is ruthless, there is still a promise there!

"But does it work?" Cao Heng asked himself, "It doesn't work at all!" What kind of ability is it to bully people like yourself, and not dare to stand up and resist, and eliminate the ministers around the saint? What kind of men are you?! Do you still have a conscience?! ”

"......" Many people looked stunned, but they didn't dare to speak. But many more bowed their heads.

"Now I'll give you a chance!" Cao Heng paid attention to the person who showed annoyance just now, "I want to follow me to return to the Han Dynasty a peaceful person, stand up!" ”

"Just you?" A daring bandit questioned loudly. And the people next to him all looked at him with the eyes of a dead man.

"That's right! It's up to me! Cao Heng was not annoyed, on the contrary, he felt that this person was quite backbone and a material that could be made, "Just rely on my ability!" I'm not an official yet, but it won't be long...... I'm going to wipe out all the ministers around the Holy One! Believe me, stand up! If you don't believe me, I'll give you some money and go home and farm." ”

Hearing Cao Heng's words, many people immediately stood up. When I looked closely, it happened to be the people with gloomy faces that Cao Heng had just noticed!

"Wang Shi!"

"The subordinates are here!"

This made the bandits present all look surprised, and the smarter ones also understood something.

"These people are on your team, do you have the confidence to lead them well?"

"Yes!"

"Good!" Cao Heng patted him on the shoulder, "Take the rest of the people down, each of them will give some money, you can do it yourself as much as you want, and then bring the rest of the money to me." Rest here for one night today, and lead the team to Zhaojiazhuang with me tomorrow. "Where's the money? Of course, it's in the cottage!

"Yes!" As he spoke, he got up and did what Cao Heng commanded.

After waiting for everyone to leave, Cao Heng glanced at the food on the table...... The jar was empty, and the food was barely touched! Cao Heng, who had eaten raw rice soaked in well water for a year, suddenly felt that his spring was coming......

"Thank you for the rescue."

Cao Heng, who was gobbling up, suddenly felt that someone was calling him, and he couldn't help but raise his head in confusion...... It's that maidservant, Cao Heng almost forgot about her!

"What do you call me? I didn't save you......" Cao Heng looked at her with some puzzlement...... The girl's face was a little pale, presumably because she had just vomited.

"Nope." The servant girl shook her head, "The slave family was originally the daughter of the Zhen family, a giant in Jizhou, her name is Zhen Ling, and she escaped from a caravan of her family because of greed for fun, but she didn't want to be robbed by the bandits here, and even her body was defiled by the leader of the bandits......" Speaking of this, Zhen Ling's eyes were a little red, "The slave family tried to die several times, but was stopped by the leader of the bandits, and then he even intensified his bullying of the slave family, and was accepted by him as a personal maid, not free, life is better than death." Today, I am fortunate to have this thief in my hand, such a great favor, and the slave family has no way to repay it! ”

"Then you ...... just now" Hearing this maid claiming to be the Zhen family, Cao Heng's first feeling was that there was a place to sell the mobile phone, but when he heard her tragic experience, Cao Heng was a little unbearable - this girl named Zhen Ling had a similar experience to his sister. I didn't want to see this girl's sad appearance immediately, so I deliberately teased her and adjusted the somewhat sad atmosphere.

"Let Eun Gong see it." Zhen Ling's pretty face immediately became as red as his eyes, "It's only because the slave family has never seen such a scene that they ......"

"Hmm......" Cao Heng nodded and said, "I know...... Now that you've escaped, why don't I send you back to the Zhen family tomorrow......"

"Don't!" Zhen Ling suddenly became excited, "Engong don't want it!" The slave family sneaked out and lost their innocence, they will never want me again! They ......"

"What about your parents?" Cao Heng interrupted her, "Don't your parents want you too?" ”

"......" Zhen Ling suddenly had nothing to say.

"No matter what, I will go to Zhen's house, even if I don't meet you." Cao Heng waved his hand to stop Zhen Ling from speaking, "If you are willing to follow me, be a servant girl by my side...... Of course, I won't do anything dirty, and if you don't, I'll make a proper arrangement for you. ”

"The slave is willing!" Zhen Ling looked happy.

'Is my charm so great?' Cao Heng hooked his nose, "Then you go down now and prepare some bath water for me...... I'll wash it myself! Also, get me a bun, black one. Okay, you go down first. ”

"Well, the slave family has retired."

After seeing Zhen Ling walk out of the main hall, Cao Heng's eyes fell on the sumptuous meal and the wine that still had more than a dozen jars left......

"Lord!"

Cao Heng had just started eating for a while, and Wang Shi ran over again. However, hearing him call himself the lord, Cao Heng's heart, which was a little irritable because he was interrupted one after another, also calmed down a lot.

Lord...... Such a title is enough to represent that this Wang Shi has been completely loyal to himself, and with Wang Shi's heart...... As long as he hadn't done something angry, he might not have rebelled. Although this Wang Shi is not a famous general, he is also the first subordinate he has subdued in the true sense, so naturally he can't treat him coldly.

"What's the matter?"

"My lord, all the money in the village has been distributed, and the brothers in the team have also been distributed. There were twelve gold and twenty-nine silver left. ”

"Why are there so many?" Cao Heng was also a little surprised by this number, if he remembered correctly, according to the current official exchange ratio of the Han Dynasty, one gold is converted into one thousand yuan, and one silver can also be converted into two thousand five hundred yuan, which means that after distributing some money to everyone in the village, there are still 192,500 yuan left! gave it to an ordinary family, enough for him to be extravagant for several lifetimes!

"Lord Lord, these are all from Luo Fang's bastard's room!" He was also a little angry when he said it, "This bastard doesn't know how much money he bought for his brother's desperate efforts!" ”

'Luo Fang, it should be the name of the owner of the village. ’

"Okay, keep the scattered money and give the rest to the brothers in the team."

"Lord......" Wang Shi looked a little surprised, "There are only fifty people in the team, but this ......"

"Listen to me!" Cao Heng had a straight face, "It's divided!" ”

"Yes!" Wang Shi saluted, and Cao Heng's appearance of treating money like dung made Wang Shi awe-inspired.

"Alright, you go down first." Cao Heng waved his hand, "By the way, do you want to eat some together?" ”

"The subordinates don't dare." Wang Shi bowed and said, "My subordinates retire." ”

Seeing Wang Shi bow down and leave the main hall, Cao Heng continued to gobble up......

Oh, luckily, no one bothered him this time, and he was finally able to treat his stomach.