The entire Honghua Hall of the Heaven and Earth Society mobilized, almost turning the area around the north gate of Yangzhou upside down, and finally heard the exact news from the mouth of an old servant. After hearing the news, Liu Meng and the three of them immediately went to find the big pit where the corpses were hastily buried in a barren forest.

Because of the age, the Qing soldiers threw all the corpses killed in battle into the pit, and now more than 20 years have passed, they have all rotted into white bones, and it is difficult to distinguish who is who.

Why not be afraid of desperation, only to ask the Heaven and Earth Association to come forward to help find some funeral workers in the temple, count all the bones, and invite monks to do a ritual, incinerate all the bones into ashes, fill the three jars, hire a carriage to load, and prepare to transport them back to Hengshan for burial.

It took a month before and after in Yangzhou to complete this important thing that the master explained, why not be afraid of Liu Meng's three people after being tired, the mood was very relaxed, and specially set up a banquet in Mingyufang to invite the Honghuatang and others of the Heaven and Earth Society. Then said goodbye to everyone, three people and four horses, escorted the carriage carrying the ashes of the predecessors back to Hengshan.

Stop-and-go, the road is not very peaceful at this time, especially when entering the Anhui area, there has been a drought for many years, and the government has never taken the Han people seriously, the taxes are extremely heavy, and many people who can't survive have become bandits. In addition, the Qing soldiers were corrupted in military discipline, and they were bandits during the day and at night, and their momentum suddenly became tense.

Many of the eyeliners who spied on the road saw three knights in brocade clothes escorting a carriage with low curtains, and there were always people who did not leave an inch when eating, and thought that some kind of official eunuch was carrying treasures to the house, so they couldn't help but have an idea at the moment.

Located at the junction of Anhui and Zhejiang, the Ma'anshan area is deserted and uninhabited, and it is the most rampant place for bandits. There is an official road at the foot of the mountain, and most of the traders usually walk in groups to avoid being robbed alone.

At the foot of the mountain, there is a relatively flat open space, on which a tea shop has been built with wood and stone, which has been in business for more than ten years, and most of the merchants who often walk this road choose to stop here to rest and eat.

This day, the sky is clear, the weather is just right, and the early summer sunshine makes people particularly lucky.

Liu Meng was wearing a blue cloth robe, with a long sword tucked in the side of the saddle, a hat to shield him from the sun, and his body swayed gently with the ups and downs of the horse's back, and he was already drowsy.

Escorting the ashes of the seniors back to the mountain, on the way, naturally you can't indulge in laughter, you can't run wildly, and you can't drink wine and meat. In addition, the speed of the carriage was not fast, and it was uncomfortable for nearly half a month. Especially Liu Meng, he is very fascinated by this pristine landscape, and has wanted to see those famous scenery many times, but he has been rejected by the senior brother He Buwei with the escort as the priority.

After entering the border area of Anhui and Zhejiang, he encountered many people on the road who stepped on the plate, and the last two were even more presumptuous to the point of approaching the carriage to peep, Liu Meng wanted to kill a few Liwei several times to let the other party know that it was powerful, but he was not afraid to stop him, and said, "Don't make more trouble, if you don't know what to do, you will kill it together." ”

So Liu Meng was full of hope that the other party would suddenly appear somewhere, and shouted, 'I opened this mountain, I planted this tree, if you want to live from now on, leave the money to buy the road.' Then there was an excuse to go up and move around, and relieve the depression of the past half month.

Who would have thought that since this morning, the spies who had been following behind had disappeared, and nothing happened until noon, which made Liu Meng, who was about to open the killing ring, even bored, and simply sat on the horse and made an appointment with Zhou Gong.

He didn't know that this gang of bandits was the most well-informed, and after noticing that there was something bad to provoke behind, he had already hid back in his nest.

Fortunately, at this time, He Buxing, who was driving the horse in front, saw the tea shop, turned around and shouted happily: "There is a tea shop in front, let's go and rest first." ”

The three of them did not have much energy in this lazy sun, and when they saw that there was a tea shop resting, they immediately became energetic, and immediately led the carriage to the open space in front of the tea shop, let the gang collect water and drink the horses, and walked into the simple grass hut by themselves, and took the cool tea and poured it well.

After Liu Meng asked, he asked the guy to cut a pound of boiled mutton, half a pound of brine lamb tripe, a stack of corn flour cakes, and a few pickled salted duck eggs.

was eating happily, when the smoke and dust suddenly rolled up in the distance, and a group of six horsemen galloped from the official road.

In the first place, a young knight with a blue brocade cloak, a yellow horse under his crotch was extremely majestic, and he slammed his horse in front of the open space of the tea shop, and his two hooves slid into the air with a long neigh, full of majesty.

Knowing that this was not a master to be messed with, the man hurried to meet him. Seeing that this young knight had a rectangular face, a white face, and a handsome appearance, he took a sip of Yunnan-flavored official dialect, and said to the guy: "Shopkeeper, hurry up and pick a few clean tables, brew your best tea, and then carefully reorganize some wine and meat to eat, we still have nobles behind us, we have to be careful to serve." ”

So saying, the young man staggered into the wooden shed, looked around, and pointed out a few neat and clean tables and chairs with his fingers, and asked the man to wipe them down again. Then he walked to the table where Liu Meng and the others were sitting, stared at the long sword leaning on the table, and then hugged his fists and said with a big grin: "Look at a few people who are also walking the rivers and lakes, please report the number, everyone is so close." ”

Although the young man's words were sincere, he had a domineering appearance, which was disgusting to see. Why don't you be afraid to tell him the truth, you don't even bother to arch your hands, and reply impatiently: "We are serious and good people, the family of Yangzhou Zhangfu, but we are not good men who walk the rivers and lakes, so we can avoid being close!" ”

was rejected by the other party coldly, the young man looked at the other party again, and saw that he obviously had martial arts, but he only cared about sitting around eating and drinking with the famous coachman, and he didn't want to pay attention to himself at all, so he had to say: "That's clumsy, and I thought a few people were good men in the rivers and lakes." After saying that, he turned around and left, calling out to the man to hurry up and make tea.

Liu Meng and the others all understood that escorting the ashes of the seniors of the division was very important, and they were unwilling to conflict with others. Therefore, although he was disgusted with this domineering and unpleasant young knight, he patiently endured it, and completely treated him as if he did not exist.

After a while, the horses arrived one after another, and four men and one woman came down, all of them heroic. The five men went into the hut and sat down, complaining about the difficulty of the road while drinking tea to quench their thirst. A bearded man noticed that Liu Meng was not afraid of a few people, and asked the young man who came first suspiciously, but after getting no answer, he frowned and thought about it, and simply stood up and walked forward.

These people are athletic, and they obviously belong to a certain Jianghu force. Although Liu Meng and the others didn't want to do much, they also paid attention to themselves. Why don't you be afraid to see the bearded man who takes the lead coming, it's not good to be indifferent, and look up at the other party at the moment, making a puzzled look.

The bearded man hugged his fists and said loudly: "Under the surname Wu, the name is established, and it is said that it is fate to meet a few little brothers in this tea shed today." Looking at a few of them are heroes among people, and they have the heart to accept it, I wonder if my brothers are blessed to listen to the name? ”