When Xu Shiji heard that Xiao Buyi asked him to escort the Wagang group of thieves, the moment on his face was quite strange.

Xiao Buyi paid attention to Xu Shiji's expression, smiled and asked, "Brother Xu refuses?" ”

Xu Shiji slowly put down the military book, and asked after a while, "Are you relieved to let me escort you?" ”

Xiao Buyi asked strangely, "Brother Xu's martial arts are strong enough to take on this role, I don't know what I'm worried about?" ”

Xu Shiji looked at Xiao Buyi for a long time before saying, "Okay, there is no problem." ”

Xiao Buyi stood up and said with a sigh of relief: "In this case, Brother Xu will prepare a little and set off at noon." I've already prepared the soldiers, just waiting for Brother Xu to come out. ”

Xu Shiji waited until Xiao Buyi left, he was speechless for a long time, flipped through the military book, and was upset, he really didn't expect that Xiao Buyi would let him escort everyone in Wagang, what was Xiao Buyi's intention?

Xu Shiji can't help but admit that Xiao Buyi's plan may not be the best, but he always does things beyond his expectations.

Zhai Hong went undercover to get Wagang, just like he should go to take Qingjiang Racecourse, but the result was very different, he was defeated and returned, but Xiao Buyi became famous in a fight, so that the Central Plains thieves no longer dared to peep.

It is difficult to divide the strategy into the upper middle and lower third, because even if it is a clever strategy, it is useless if you don't know how to improvise, but the person who is right in the strategy is divided into three, six, nine and so on, he Xu Shiji lost because he met Xiao Buyi, but whether Xiao Buyi won because there was no Xu Shiji in Wagang is difficult to say.

The moment he promised Xiao Buyi, Xu Shiji was a little impulsive, he felt that he understood what Xiao Buyi meant, Xiao Buyi just wanted to see if he could break off with Wagang, he impulsively agreed to this task, but he calmed down, but he didn't know what face to see the owner of the village and others?

**Xiao Buyi came out of the tent, with an inscrutable smile on the corner of his mouth, but Sun Shaofang rushed over and said in a low voice: "Boss Xiao, come to the holy decree." ”

Xiao Buyi frowned secretly, "I don't know what the Holy Lord has in mind?" ”

Sun Shaofang shook his head, "I don't know, but the people who announced the decree are a group of people, and it is not a difficult thing to forgive." ”

Xiao Buyi nodded, followed Sun Shaofang to receive the holy decree, and when he saw the general secretary, he was a little familiar, he remembered the surname Zhang, as for what the chapter was, he didn't know.

There are not many people in the Inner Book Province, there are only a few faces who come and go, Xiao Buyi is also an important member of Kyoto, when these people do not preach the holy decree, they only stutter to characters like Xiao Buyi, and dare not offend. Seeing Xiao Buyi coming, Zhang Sheren said with a smile: "Xiao Buyi, the general of the right Xiaowei, took the order. ”

Xiao Buyi saluted and said, "The minister is here." ”

Zhang Sheren said: "I heard that General Xiao pacified Wagang, made great contributions, and specially sealed the four counties of Liang, Qiao, Xiapi, and Pengcheng to arrest the ambassadors, and led the generals of his subordinates to be promoted to the first level. Immediately said that he took office, and immediately led his troops to Liangjun to escort him, and admired this. ”

After receiving the holy decree, the person handed over the holy decree to Xiao Buyi, and said happily: "Congratulations to General Xiao on being promoted again." ”

Xiao Buyi casually stuffed him with silver ingots, and said with a smile: "A little heart, not respect." ”

After hearing the holy decree, Xiao Buyi did not have much surprise, Liang, Qiao, Xiapi, Pengcheng four counties are around the Tongji Canal, it is the place to go down to the south of the Yangtze River, now the Central Plains bandits are rampant, since Yang Guang wants to go down to the south of the Yangtze River, he naturally hopes that his wife will be peaceful, and it is normal for him to accompany him to escort and drive away the bandits along the way. It's just that now he is not only responsible for the recruitment of bandits in the four counties, but also in charge of the promotion, appointment and dismissal of officials in the four counties, which is unexpected.

When the people of Zhangshe saw Xiao Buyi's reward, they didn't push it, took the silver and put it in their arms, and smiled even more. The weight of silver is not light, but it also means that the relationship between the two is closer, Zhang Sheren has been doing things for many years, of course he knows what Xiao Buyi means, and took the initiative to say: "Lord Xiao has made great contributions recently, and he has been promoted frequently, and the villain is also happy for the adult." Adults can work hard, but hard work is inevitable, and I ask Lord Xiao to lead the army to set off, so that I can have an explanation. ”

Xiao Buyi immediately ordered Sun Shaofang to ask everyone to pull out the village and prepare to go to Liang County.

Sun Shaofang announced the reward, the whole army was excited, the generals worked hard to kill the enemy but for promotion, I heard that they were all promoted, and they were inevitably overjoyed, but all the soldiers were rewarded, and they also felt content, and they all thought that they all said that this Xiao Daren was all successful, and the lucky stars were shining, and he was also happy to follow him.

Sun Shaofang ordered the generals to prepare to leave, and for a while, they were not busy, but Xiao Buyi accompanied the people of Zhangshe to the camp to rest for a while, and asked casually: "Zhangshe people, where is the saint now?" How did I put down the bandits, and he already knew? ”

"After the adults put down the bandits, someone quickly went to report to Xingyang, at that time the saint had already arrived in Bishui from the eastern capital, and he also knew the credit of Lord Xiao, and the saint was now taking a dragon boat down the canal to the south, and it was not fast, but let the fast horse immediately notify Lord Xiao to reward him, which is obviously extremely important to the adult."

Xiao Buyi smiled and said: "The saint is wise, and he should do his best for the ministers." ”

Zhang Sheren's face showed a little weirdness, looked around, and lowered his voice and said: "General Xiao's escort is an escort, but the saint has been in a bad mood recently, and he asked to be cautious in his words and deeds after arriving in Liang County." ”

Xiao Buyi knew that the silver had a role, so he stuffed the silver ingot into his hand and said with a smile: "I don't know what advice the Zhangshe people have?" ”

"I don't dare to give advice, and I can only say what I know." Zhang Sheren accepted the silver and sighed lightly, "Actually, the Holy Lord went down to Jiangnan this time, and many ministers were strongly persuaded to think that it was ...... at this time."

Coughing, Zhang Sheren accepted some silver, and he always had to say something inside that was worthy of this reward, but he didn't want to wrap himself in, after all, commenting on governance was not something he should do.

"General Zhao Cai, the right guard, doesn't know that General Xiao is familiar with him?" Zhang Sheren asked.

Xiao Buyi shook his head, knowing that this person was also a member of the Twelve Wei Mansions, the general in the Wei Mansion was the largest, and the general was second, this Zhao Cai was the same general as him, and his position was the same, but he was famous, but he had never had the opportunity to see it.

"General Zhao Cai said that now the people are tired and toiling, the treasury is empty, thieves are swarming, and the ban will not work, and I hope that the saint will not go down to the south of the Yangtze River, and return to Xijing to appease the people of the world."

Xiao Buyi nodded, "General Zhao is loyal, and what he said is for the sake of the Great Sui. ”

Zhang Sheren sighed, "But Lord Xiao should also know that few people can change the things that the Holy Lord decides. When the saint heard General Zhao's admonition, he handed General Zhao over to the officials for punishment, and he was imprisoned for more than ten days before he was released. Not only that, Jianjie Wei Ren Zongshang wrote a letter to the saint, not wanting the saint to travel, and was beaten to death by the saint with a rod in the court, which was miserable. Fengxin Lang Cui Minxiang knelt at the Jianguo Gate to beg the saint, prevented the saint from leaving Beijing, and was ordered by the saint to take off his chin, and then put him to death, which is also tragic! ”

Perhaps feeling a little excited, Zhang Sheren fell silent, Xiao Buyi frowned, and said in his heart, Yang Guangzhong is evil, it is really unreasonable, "Thank you for telling me these ......"

Zhang Sheren coughed, "I know that Lord Xiao is loyal and patriotic, but sometimes you have to do things according to your discretion." ”

**When Xu Shiji came out of the tent again, Xiao Buyi almost didn't recognize him.

In order to avoid being recognized by the officers and soldiers, Xu Shiji made changes when he was in Mayi, all the way to the Eastern Capital, and went to Wagang, he never shaved his beard, and Xu Shiji, who grew a beard, was much more mature and stable, but Xiao Buyi didn't expect that Xu Shiji's beard would also chase after the bearded guest one day.

"I've only heard that people have gray hair when they're in a hurry, but I've never heard of growing beards." Xiao Buyi sighed.

Although Xu Shiji has a beard under his jaw and cheeks, he can't hide his reddened face. At the end of the tent, he really had a lot of beard on his face, and when he looked in the mirror, he felt that he couldn't recognize himself before he left the tent.

Seeing everyone pulling out the village, Xu Shiji diverted the topic and asked, "Brother Xiao, where are you going this time?" ”

"Go to Liang County to suppress bandits." Xiao Buyi replied: "Your plan to let Zhai and others go to the Eastern Capital remains unchanged, and when you turn around, if you are interested, you can go to the four counties of Liang, Qian, Xiapi, and Pengcheng to find me, because I am now the deposed ambassador of these four counties, and I think it will take some time." ”

Xu Shiji was stunned for a while, "Congratulations to Brother Xiao." ”

"Rejoice and rejoice." Xiao Buyi summoned Sun Shaofang and asked him to take Xu Shiji to the place where Zhai Rang and the others were imprisoned. Yang Guang didn't say how to deal with Zhai Rang, of course he could do it in his own way.

Xu Shiji counted the number of people and found that Zhai Rang, Shan Xiongxin, Wang Dangren, Wang Ruxin, and Zhai Mosheng were all there, these old acquaintances gathered in the corner of the camp, all of them were tied with their hands behind their backs, and their feet were also bound with iron chains, and it was inconvenient to escape. Xu Shiji was secretly sad, but asked in a dumb voice, "Shaofang, it seems that there is one less Chen Zhiluo." ”

"General Li is also familiar with Wagang." Sun Shaofang said loudly.

Xu Shiji's face was slightly red, he covered his mouth with his hand, and coughed dryly: "Which one here is not familiar with Wagang?" ”

Sun Shaofang nodded, "General Li, Chen Zhi's injury is too serious, and it is difficult to get up, General Xiao is afraid that he will die on the road, so he will not trouble General Li." ”

Xu Shiji still called himself Li Ji in the military camp, so Sun Shaofang also called him General Li, of course, this general has always been in name only.

Zhai Rang raised his head and wanted to say something, but he hung his head down, but his eyes were full of tears like an old cow waiting to be slaughtered.

Xu Shiji stopped talking nonsense, and said in a dumb voice: "Since this is the case, I will set off immediately." ”

Sun Shaofang didn't say more, and allocated Xu Shiji twenty soldiers to help, escorting them all the way, except for Xu Shiji riding a horse, the rest needed to walk. Xu Shiji had a stubble on his beard, divided the soldiers into two teams, escorted Zhai Rang five people in front and back, and went straight to the west with documents.

When they reached the corner of the mountain, there were two forks, and Xu Shiji and others took the road to Yuanwu County, near the canal. This trip all the way to the west, you can cross the canal, go to Xingze, cross the tiger prison, turn back to the eastern capital, and return from the original way of sending troops. The forward road is not too far, only to hear the dust in the distance behind him, all the way to the yellow dust, bending to the southwest, a long time before the end. Knowing that the army of Xiao Buyi and others had gone to Liangjun and parted ways with himself, Xu Shiji was confused for a while, and he didn't know what the future was.

After losing his mind for a moment, seeing that all the sergeants were looking at him, waiting for orders, Xu Shiji waved his hand helplessly and said, "Let's go, let's rest after going to Yuanwu County." ”

Suddenly found that someone was looking at him, Xu Shiji's heart sank, and when he saw Zhai Rang's surprised eyes, he couldn't help but be wary. It turned out that he was in the loss and forgot to lower his voice, Zhai Rang had been with him for a long time, and most of them had already heard it.

Looking at Zhai Rang's somewhat puzzled gaze, Xu Shiji hoarsely raised his voice and said sharply: "What do you see, believe it or not, I slashed you with a knife?" ”

Zhai Rang slowly turned his head, no more words, all the soldiers pushed and pushed, and also followed the scolding, Shan Xiongxin was shot in the chest by Xiao Buyi's arrow, although it was not fatal, the injury was not light, he staggered, staggered to the ground, Xu Shiji thought about the deep brotherhood in the past, took a few steps forward, and finally held back.

Zhai Rang glanced at Xu Shiji quickly, his eyes were complicated.

Xu Shijiren was on the horse, and he didn't urge, and he ordered the soldiers not to do much, and the soldiers saw his beard and stubble, which was quite powerful, although it was rare, but it was somewhat awe-inspiring.

After a while, they arrived at Yuanwu, stayed in an inn, and the soldiers asked for a shop, locked Zhai Rang and others in the inner room, and guarded them outside. In the middle of the night, Shan Xiongxin had a high fever and coughed, and the guards were a little impatient, so they raised their knives and shouted: "Don't cough, disturb Lao Tzu's rest, otherwise I will cut you with a knife." ”

Wang Dangren and the others were silent and didn't dare to say much, but Zhai Rang begged: "Master Jun, please find some water to drink, my brother is very sick." ”

The soldier sneered: "Zhai Dang's family has killed countless people, when will he ask for someone?" Your brother is thirsty and wants water to drink, who will give me water when my brother dies? You don't have to be bothered, or I will send you to the king of Hades before I wait to send you to the eastern capital. ”

"Give them water to drink." Xu Shiji didn't know when he appeared, and shouted in a low voice.

"Count your fortune and meet General Li." The soldier muttered as he went out to bring water.

Xu Shiji stood in place, his expression was blank, but Zhai Rang coughed a few times, and suddenly beat his chest and cried bitterly: "Xiongxin, I am doing it myself, I drove away Brother Xu at the beginning, I wanted to find it but couldn't find it, so I ended up where I am today." If he is here, even if he doesn't save me, I am destined to be retributed. ”

Wang Ruxin said on the side: "The owner of the village, what is the use of you saying that the world performance, but he doesn't know where it is at this time." If he had been in Wagang, why would we have been defeated so far? ”

Shan Xiongxin coughed sharply, interrupting the two of them.

The soldier quickly brought a bowl of water, and Xu Shiji reached out to take it and handed it to Zhai Rang. Zhai Rang Lao Niu's eyes were staring at Xu Shiji again, full of expectation. It's just that after drinking a bowl of water, Xu Shiji took the porcelain bowl and turned to leave, Zhai Rang couldn't help but be disappointed, sighed, looked at the brothers around him, and was as depressed as a defeated rooster, Shan Xiongxin was groggy and muttered in his dream: "I knew it now, why bother in the first place?" ”

"Owner of the village, let's rest first." Wang Dangren snorted.

Zhai Rang had no other way, lying down on the couch, tossing and turning, just thinking, it must be Brother Xu, his voice and eyes are similar, but what did he do to the general of the Great Sui, will he think of a bow to save me? Or do you want to exchange our heads for his fame and wealth?

**When dawn broke, Xu Shiji had already beckoned everyone to get up and hurry, Shan Xiongxin was drowsy, staggering, but his spirit was better. After all, he walked through the sword, worked hard, and was injured, and he was most tired, but he could get through it. Zhai Rang rarely rushed like this, and there were big blisters on his feet, and he snorted from time to time. In fact, he can survive this suffering, but he is just making an example for Xu Shiji.

Xu Shiji was unmoved, after crossing the canal, everyone hurried to Xingze, but they missed the stay, the night was getting late, and they couldn't find a place to stay. The soldiers all complained, and privately said that this General Li would not lead the way and lead the troops, and it was unlucky to follow him, how could he follow the scenery of General Xiao. Xu Shiji was silent, and after half an hour, he finally found a broken temple, half of the door panels collapsed, and he didn't know which monster was offered on the Buddhist shrine, but he didn't have a head.

Xu Shiji ordered to rest here, and took Zhai Rang and the others to the inner hall, and all the soldiers gathered in the main hall and raised a fire.

Seeing that all the soldiers were complaining, Xu Shiji made a group and said apologetically: "It's the first time I've done this kind of thing, and if there is something inconsiderate, please don't be surprised, brothers." ”

took out a skin bag from his side and handed it to everyone casually, "The mountain wind is cold, let's drink wine to warm up." ”

Everyone was originally dissatisfied, but when they saw Xu Shiji inviting him to drink, they all became enthusiastic again, and said: "This is actually no wonder the general, if it weren't for these thieves who hate it, we wouldn't have to work so hard." ”

"Does the general want to take out a few thieves and beat them up, and also vent their grievances?"

"This Zhai Rang is a moment of glory, General Zhang can't catch it, it actually fell into our hands, or torture a few times, it seems a little unreasonable."

Xu Shiji saw everyone passing the wine bags around, and everyone drank two sips, and exclaimed happily, but said, "After we have eaten and drunk enough, we will take them out of anger." ”

Everyone was drinking well, and they were about to take dry food and dried meat to eat, and suddenly they were all a little shaky, and they all shouted: "It's not good, why are you dizzy." ”

Xu Shiji just looked at these people, his expression was quite cold under the firelight, everyone shouted and screamed, but his feet were even more staggering, and after a while, he lay down crookedly, Xu Shiji sighed lightly, and was about to get up, when he suddenly heard a sneer from outside the temple gate.

Xu Shiji was shocked, his hand pressed the hilt of the knife and went out, looked around, saw a shadow flashing in the dark, and immediately chased after it. He knew that Xiao Buyi sent him to escort Zhai Rang, just to see if he really followed, although he didn't want to stay in Wagang anymore, how could he bear to let Zhai Rang die. After thinking about it for a few days, he made up his mind, no matter what, Zhai Rang still wants to save him, and he can't help but repay this kindness. He bought wine in Yuanwu, drugged it, and the soldiers drank it, how not to pour it. But when he rescued Zhai Rang, of course, he considered that Xiao Buyi might send someone to follow and monitor, otherwise why was it so coincidental?

He chased out it was a subconscious move, he just wanted to kill people in the future, but after chasing the tea, he saw that the figure was just running for his life, and it was difficult to catch up, so he suddenly stomped his feet, stopped chasing, turned over and turned back to the broken temple.

Only after entering the broken temple, he smelled a very strong smell of blood in the night wind, Xu Shiji drew a knife in his hand, although he was used to seeing slaughter, he was stunned when he saw the tragic scene in front of him.

The twenty soldiers were originally unconscious, but at this moment, they were all in different places, blood gushing out, and the hall was miserably red.

Xu Shiji's heart was shocked, knowing that he had fallen for the other party's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, he hurriedly walked towards the inner hall, Xu Shiji's palms were sweating, and the ominous meaning in his heart surged. He didn't worry about Zhai Rang and the others at that moment, but felt like he had fallen into a trap.

The person who came with a sharp knife technique, although he cut off the heads of twenty unconscious soldiers, but it was only a moment of kung fu, this person's kung fu should not be bad, and there are helpers, when he can fight with himself, why not shoot openly.

When he came to the inner hall, Xu Shiji only felt that a basin of cold water was poured on his head, and in the inner hall, except for the shackles and handcuffs, Zhai Rang and others were nowhere to be seen.

Xu Shiji came back to his senses, came to check the shackles and handcuffs, and found that they were cut by an extremely sharp weapon, and a chill welled up in his heart, secretly thinking that Xiao Buyi was out in person? He knew that he had a treasure knife, and it was not a problem to cut these shackles, but why did Xiao Buyi behead these soldiers?

cut off the handcuffs and shackles, then it is not to kill Zhai Rang, but to save him, since it is to save, why is it so sneaky, Xu Shiji thought about it and couldn't figure it out.

A big hole was exposed in the wall of the broken temple, and the people who came obviously took Zhai Rang and the others away from there, Xu Shiji got out of the hole, lit the torch, and chased out half a mile along the weeds that he had stepped on.

Suddenly, it darkened, and Xu Shiji found that the torch was extinguished, but he saw a flash of fire in the distance, as if someone was there. With a grit of his teeth, he rushed over with a knife, no matter what, he always had to find out.

**The fire was burning, and when Xu Shiji arrived, he only saw a few people sitting behind the fire, and he couldn't see their faces clearly. One of them smiled and said, "Xu Shiji, have you finally arrived?" ”

Xu Shiji was stunned and shouted in a deep voice: "Zhai Hong, is it you?" ”

"Yes, it's me," Zhai Hong turned out from behind the fire and said coldly: "Xu Shiji, what are you doing here, but you don't think it's enough to harm Wagang, so you rushed here to kill all the people in Wagang?" ”

Xu Shiji stared at Zhai Hong, and said with some disbelief: "You rescued the owner of the village?" ”

Zhai Hong sneered: "If it weren't for me, could you still be counted on as a traitor?" ”

A few people behind the fire stood up, Zhai Rang staggered out, and said with tears in his eyes: "Shiji, it turns out that it is really you?" ”

Xu Shiji saw that Zhai Rang was still alive, and said with a sigh of relief: "Village master, it's good that you are alive." ”

Behind the fire, in addition to Zhai Rang, Shan Xiongxin and others, there are three more people, one is Fang Xuanzao, of course Xu Shiji knows. There are also two people who are eye-catching, one has a sharp forehead, and his expression is always with a faint sneer, and the other is standing behind the man with a knife, and the muscles on his body are intertwined, as if he has inexhaustible strength.

Seeing the single knife in the strong man's hand, the thick back and thin blade, the light blue shining in the darkness, thinking of the dead soldiers in the hall, Xu Shiji was stunned and said: "Those soldiers were killed by this strong man?" ”

Zhai let his lips squirm twice, and said sadly: "Shiji, I ask myself if I treat you well, do you still want to take my surname for those soldiers now?" Zhai Hong said that you had different intentions, and I didn't believe it, but this time you knew that we were captured, but you were indifferent, and you still wanted to disguise and escort us to the Eastern Capital in exchange for wealth, which really shouldn't be. If it weren't for the Pushan Gong to ask the strong man Cai Jiande to come to the rescue, I'm afraid that we would really die in your hands! ”

Xu Shiji was stunned, his heart sank, he turned his head to look at the person with a sharp angle, and said with a long sigh of relief: "You are Li Mi, the Duke of Pushan?" ”

Li Mi sighed and said: "World achievements, fortunately, although the big mistake is cast, it is not too late to turn back." Zhai Dangjia is a broad-minded person, even if I know that Wagang was broken and the owner of the village was sent to the Eastern Capital, I couldn't help but ask the righteous to save people. Fortunately, I waited in time, the righteous soldier killed the soldier in blood, but let you go alone, I really can't bear to let you sink into the mud, put down the butcher's knife, and then go back to Wagang, presumably Zhai Dangjia will not be guilty of the past. ”

Xu Shiji clenched the long knife, the green tendons in his hands burst out, and suddenly looked up to the sky and said with a long smile: "Pushan Gong, you are really a genius, you can think of such a scheme, you are trapped in injustice, and you have gained the trust of the owner of the village, this Wagang Village falls into your hands, it must be easy." ”

Li Mi shook his head and said: "Shiji, what are you talking about, I admire the name of the owner of the village, I have traveled thousands of miles to invite people to rescue, and I will retire when I succeed, why do I want to trap you in unrighteousness?" With your ability, how can those twenty soldiers be your opponents, and you are reluctant to do it, I think, alas! ”

He didn't say any more, the meaning of the words was self-evident, Shan Xiongxin and the others were silent, but Zhai Hong jumped out, and scolded with a halberd: "Xu Shiji, you killed my surname at the beginning, and now you are harming Wagang, you said, if you hadn't been Xiao Buyi's undercover agent and told him the terrain of Wagang in detail, how could Xiao Buyi break through Wagang so quickly?" You broke Wagang, and now you want to bet on the owner of the village in exchange for glory and wealth, after the defeat, rush to chase and kill, people like you, unkind and unjust, how can Wagang tolerate you? ”

Xu Shiji was like a basin of ice water poured from head to toe, his hands and feet were cold, he found that everyone's eyes were showing pity, he was sharp and sharp, and he was speechless at this moment!.

(To be continued)