After dealing with Lu Bao's gang of bandits, Cao Xiong escorted the remaining captives all the way back to Tiemen Pass, and Zhao Zheng naturally accompanied him.

Previously, Cao Xiong had promised to send 800 soldiers to Jiyuan County to garrison the city, but now only 300 people have been dispatched, and 500 people have not been sent. Zhao Zheng planned to return to Tiemen Pass and return to Jiyuan County with these five hundred people.

Because of the escort of the captives, the pace of the march was much slower than before, and it was not until dark that they slowly returned to the Iron Gate.

This time the troops were a complete victory, and Cao Xiong commended the soldiers who participated in the attack, and he seemed very happy.

According to Cao Xiong's intentions, he wanted to leave Zhao Zheng at the iron gate and lock it up overnight, and wait until Ming Yu to send 500 soldiers to Jiyuan County. However, Zhao Zheng was concerned about the safety of Jiyuan County, thinking that there could be no delay, and strongly asked Cao Xiong to send troops as soon as possible. Cao Xiong remembered that Zhao Zheng had made great contributions before and agreed to this request.

Before leaving, Cao Xiong ordered someone to bring over a jar of spirits, poured a bowl of wine for himself and Zhao Zheng, and toasted each other.

Zhao Zheng drank the whole bowl of wine, drank it happily, and let the ** feeling brought by the spirits burn in his stomach.

"Zhao Shaoxia, if it weren't for your help today, we wouldn't have been able to learn the news that Lu Bao was lurking near the Iron Gate Pass with a bandit, and it would be impossible to kill Lu Bao, the thief head, this love book was led by the general army." Cao Xiong also drank it all, and then said gratefully.

"It's just a trivial matter, so why worry about it." Zhao Zheng said disapprerovingly.

"In the past, the bandits of Yuezhao Mountain have always been very honest, and they have not committed any crimes with the surrounding people, and their country has been busy fighting with their neighbors, so the local government has turned a blind eye to them and ignored them. I didn't expect this gang of bandits to act so rampantly after becoming a climate, and they dared to take a heavy attack on the border, which is really infuriating. ”

"Letting such a group of bandits grow up is really a bit of a tiger problem."

"Well, I will take this matter to the court in the future, and I hope that the Holy Lord can pay attention to this matter and uproot several cottages in the country to avoid future troubles." Cao Xiong nodded and said in a deep voice.

"This will be a good thing for the people of the Great Yan Country, and there will be General Lao Cao."

"Hehe, what is within the division, what is not worked." Cao Xiong paused as he spoke, looked at Zhao Zheng again with another pair of eyes, and nodded in praise, "Although I have seen you perform light skills before, and I know that you have some ability, I still underestimate you." I really didn't expect your martial arts to be so strong, even stronger than me, the general soldier. Presumably, you must have been instructed by celebrities, taught by masters, and are apprentices of martial arts masters. ”

The Eightfold Heavenly Warriors, used to garrison the border passes, are indeed infallible, far inferior to the Ninefold Heavenly Warriors and the Tenfold Heavenly Warriors. However, there are not so many Ninefold Heavenly Martial Artists and Tenfold Heavenly Martial Artists, and there are only a few hundred people who have traveled through the rivers and lakes, and most of them are idle clouds and wild cranes, and they are not willing to work for the imperial court. In addition, the territory of the Great Yan Country is vast and there are many border passes, so it is impossible to arrange martial artists above the Nine Heavens at each pass, and it is already quite good to be able to arrange the Eight Heavenly Martial Artists.

Regarding Cao Xiong's praise, Zhao Zheng just laughed it off, didn't pay much attention to it, and just told the origin of his teacher.

As soon as Cao Xiong heard that Zhao Zhengshi was out of the Taishan faction, he was immediately relieved, if Zhao Zhengruo was from the Taishan faction, a first-class sect in Southern Province, it was normal for his martial arts to be very high.

After drinking the practice wine, Cao Xiong personally ordered five hundred soldiers, and arranged the general to lead the troops, so that the general and Zhao Zheng led the troops to Jiyuan County at the same time. The soldiers were well-trained, and although they complained about the night rush, no one dared to open their mouths.

Under the leadership of Zhao Zheng and the general, the army drove all night, and finally arrived in Jiyuan County after dawn the next day.

Seeing with his own eyes that Jiyuan County was safe and sound, and was not attacked by bandits, Zhao Zheng's heart that had been hanging along the way finally relaxed. It seems that Zou Tianjin still cared about the safety of the lady in the end, and did not risk the woman's surname.

The three hundred soldiers sent out earlier had already arrived here, and together with the five hundred soldiers who came this time, there were as many as eight hundred. With so many soldiers, it is a force that should not be underestimated, and there are some strong men in the county to help defend the city, which has greatly improved the security of this county, but the consumption of rations has become more severe.

Zhao Zheng did not mix with the arrangement and scheduling of the soldiers, and after returning to the county, he went directly to the Yamen, first met with the local county commander, and then went to meet Ah Bao. I haven't seen each other for so long, Ah Bao is very enthusiastic about Zhao Zheng, hugging and licking, not like a Pixiu, but like a big dog.

……

Time flies, and another day has passed in the blink of an eye, so that the seven-day period has completely passed, and it is time to let Lu Xingyue go.

Regarding the release of Lu Xingyue, the county magistrate was very worried, and informed Zhao Zheng of this concern. He was very afraid that after letting Lu Xingyue go, Yuezhao Mountain would lose his scruples and send bandits to attack here again.

"My lord, please rest assured, Lu Bao, the second master of Yuezhao Mountain, has been ambushed, after his death, there will be no powerful people in Yuezhao Mountain, even if he comes to attack, it will not pose much of a threat. There were 800 soldiers and a few officers guarding the place, which was enough to keep the place safe. Zhao Zheng smiled and said soothingly.

"I'm not afraid that they will attack openly, but I'm afraid that it will be easy to dodge and difficult to defend against hidden arrows, if they send people to sneak attack this place at night, or send people to infiltrate the county, it will be troublesome." The look of worry on the county commander's face did not diminish because of Zhao Zheng's words.

"Hehe, it should be Yuezhao Mountain that should be protected against dark arrows, not us. To tell you the truth, after letting Lu Xingyue go, I want to sneak into Yuezhao Mountain at night to see if I can find some bad luck for Yuezhao Mountain. If it goes well, I plan to kill one or two of the owners of Yuezhao Mountain, and if it doesn't go well, I have to set them on fire. Zhao Zhengyun smiled lightly, as if this was a trivial matter.

"You want to explore the Moon Mountain at night?" The county magistrate's eyes immediately widened when he heard this.

"Exactly." Zhao Zheng's smile gradually stopped, and his chin was raised slightly, "That Yuezhaoshan always makes trouble for the local people, and this time it's time for me to make some trouble for them." ”

"It's admirable that you have such a brave idea, but the moon is not so easy to break through. Although Lu Bao, the master of Erzhai, was killed by you, there are still many masters on that mountain. I heard that the four village masters there are more powerful than Lu Bao, and they are a bit chattering, and their spirits are not very good. If you meet that Sizhai master, it will be dangerous. Also, there are a lot of ambushes built on that mountain, and if you break in, you are likely to be ambushed. In my opinion, it is better not to act rashly. The county order reminded him.

"Don't worry, my lord, I have my own sense of proportion, and I won't do things that I am not sure of. That Yuezhao Mountain is indeed a Longtan Tiger's Den, and ordinary people must have no return to the end of going there, but it can't help me. I know that the Lord of the Four Villages is not easy to provoke, but as long as I don't touch him, I will not be in danger. As for the mechanism ambush there, I also know the way to crack it, those mechanism ambushes are all controlled by one center, as long as the center is destroyed, the entire set of mechanism ambushes will be paralyzed. Destroying the mechanism on the mountain can not only greatly damage the morale of Mt. Tsukizhao, but also save a lot of trouble for the army to attack Mt. Tsukiru in the future, and it will be much easier to attack Mt. Tsukiru at that time. Zhao Zheng said confidently.

Although Zhao Zheng said so, the county order was still a little uneasy, and tried to stop it several times, but he still couldn't change the former's mind.

……

Zhao Zheng came to the prison, stepped through the wet and dirty land of the prison, and walked all the way to the deepest part. At this time, as usual, there were still as many as four jailers guarding it, and they did not dare to be careless. He asked one of the jailers for the key, turned to face the door, and opened it.

"What, you're coming over to get some of my acupoints again?" Lu Xingyue chuckled lightly and asked coldly.

"You guessed wrong this time, I didn't come here to order your acupuncture, but to let you go." Zhao Zheng said lightly.

"Let me go? The old lady's ears heard correctly, right? Lu Xingyue asked suspiciously. Obviously, there was no need for her to know about the seven-day covenant, so the people in the yamen kept it a secret from her and didn't say anything to her, and she still didn't know about it.

"That's right, I'm really here to let you go, I'll untie your acupoints, untie your handcuffs, and let you swagger back to Yuezhao Mountain." Zhao Zheng walked all the way to Lu Xingyue, raised his finger and tapped it, and sure enough, as he said, he unlocked all the acupoints on the latter's body.

Losing the suppression of the acupoint, Lu Xingyue's internal strength immediately recovered a lot, and she had the strength to struggle.

"Do you want me to untie the handcuffs and shackles for you, or do you want to break free yourself?" Zhao Zheng shook the key in his hand and asked.

"Are you really willing to let me go?" Lu Xingyue didn't answer the rhetorical question, obviously more concerned about this issue.

"How can such a thing be fake? As for the reason, when you return to Yuezhao Mountain, you will naturally know that I don't want to talk to you too much. Zhao Zheng waved his hand.

"If you're willing to let me go, I'll break the pieces." Lu Xingyue shook her wrists and feet violently, and used a ruthless force to break all the torture instruments on her body, and these iron guys fell to the ground with a clang.

Zhao Zheng's strength was far above Lu Xingyue, and he was not afraid of the other party's tricks, so he let go of his body at will and let the latter walk over.

Although Lu Xingyue was a little confused about the situation, she didn't have stage fright, looked at Zhao Zheng coldly, and then strode out of the cell.

"Don't go in such a hurry, take a few of your minions from Yuezhao Mountain with you." Zhao Zheng called out to Lu Xingyue, and then threw the key to a jailer at random, signaling the other party to release the rest of the bandits as well.

The jailer immediately complied, opened several other cells, and released the thieves who were imprisoned inside.

These bandits thought they were dead, but they didn't expect to be able to get the opportunity to leave this place, and they all gathered together happily with a sense of immortality.

Seeing that Zhao Zheng was making a series of abnormal moves, Lu Xingyue faintly guessed, her beautiful eyes turned twice, and she chuckled: "I understand, it must be my thief who exerted pressure to force you to let us go, yes or no?" ”

"Sort of." Zhao Zheng said casually.

"Haha, if my thief has the ability, I know that he won't let me go, and he will definitely save me. He is really good, and it is not in vain that the old lady follows him so desperately. Lu Xingyue laughed proudly.

Zhao Zheng didn't like Lu Xingyue's unscrupulous attitude, frowned, and reminded: "I advise you to leave here quickly with these cats and dogs, if you leave late, be careful that I change my mind." ”

"Hehe, this place, I don't want to stay here longer." Lu Xingyue chuckled stiffly, and beckoned at a few minions, "Little ones, come with me, let's go back to Yuezhao Mountain to drink wine and eat meat." ”

The rest of the bandits were stunned, and they followed closely behind Lu Xingyue one by one, eager to leave quickly.

For the sake of caution, Zhao Zheng followed behind Lu Xingyue and the others, escorting these people away.

Lu Xingyue led the group of thieves out of the prison with their heads held high, and then walked to the exit of the county seat. When passers-by saw them, they cast all kinds of glances and whispered in groups. Lu Xingyue didn't take this group of ordinary people seriously, but she didn't like the taste of being watched, so she couldn't help but speed up.

When he arrived at the exit of the county seat, Zhao Zheng stopped Lu Xingyue again and ordered: "Bring me a word for your man." ”

"What?" Lu Xingyue stopped and asked with a slender willow eyebrow.

"It's too late to turn back now, don't be obsessed, otherwise, he will definitely regret it in the future." Zhao Zhengdao.

Hearing this kind of persuasive words, Lu Xingyue chuckled disapprovingly: "If I can still remember this sentence after I go back, I will convey it to my father-in-law, but even if I tell him, it's useless, he won't listen to your." ”

Zhao Zheng was noncommittal, shook his head slightly, and didn't bother to pay attention to Lu Xingyue anymore. It seems that in the end, this matter can only end in the complete destruction of one party, and there is no second result.

Lu Xingyue waved her hand and led a group of thieves away proudly, gradually moving away until they disappeared.

……

The moonlight was hazy, enveloping the entire moonlit mountain.

Zou Tianjin had just had a conversation with the lady who had survived the disaster, and he was a little tired at this time, standing in front of the window wearing a single coat, looking at the various scenery under the mountain.

Lu Xingyue, who was also thinly dressed, walked over and stuck it on Zou Tianjin's back, and after some dressing up, she was no longer embarrassed when she was in prison, and she regained her former look. She stretched out her jade hand to stop Zou Tianjin's waist, and asked delicately, "What's beautiful outside?" ”

"Nothing to look at." Zou Tianjin said lightly.

"Since there's nothing to look at, why are you still standing here, if you have this time, you might as well stay with me for a while." Lu Xingyue said, her hands were already moving dishonestly, and she seemed extremely active, which was very different from ordinary women.

"It's the seventh day, today is the day when you come back, and it is also the day when Lu Bao led people to attack Tiemen Pass, and I don't know if he succeeded." Zou Tianjin looked into the distance, and in his calm tone, there was a hint of worry.

"The person guarding the iron gate is Cao Xiong, and the troops there are not weak, Lu Bao brought five hundred people over, but I am afraid that I will not be able to bargain too much." Lu Xingyue said.

"I don't need him to bargain, as long as I can make some trouble for the Iron Gate Pass and anger the officers and soldiers there. As long as the iron gate is closed, I will complete the task assigned by the Tianluo Kingdom and make a great contribution to it. As long as this goes well, the next thing is easy. ”

"If it's just to make some trouble for the Iron Gate, Lu Bao will definitely be able to handle this matter, don't worry. What he cultivates is evil skills, he has a body of demon yuan internal strength, and his strength should be above Cao Xiong, take a step back, even if something happens, he also has the ability to retreat with his whole body. ”

"Well, that's true." When Zou Tianjin heard this, he was a lot more relaxed.

"Hehe, I suddenly remembered one thing, today when Zhao Zheng escorted me to the intersection of Jiyuan County, he once asked me to bring you a sentence, what he said, 'Turn back is the shore, everything is still in time' and so on, I can't remember the specifics, probably this is what it means." Lu Xingyue said with a smile, as if she was telling a joke.

Zou Tianjin didn't smile, his expression was still serious, and he said in a deep voice: "This matter is indeed quite risky, and the scale is extremely difficult to grasp. If I were a cowardly person, I should have stopped in time, and his advice was not unreasonable. But I'm not going to listen to his advice, and since I've done it, I'm going to get it done. No matter what the price is, I have to be the prince of the previous party this time. ”

"Okay, you have ambition, you have the guts, the slave family supports you. If you want me to do something, just tell me and I'll help you. Lu Xingyue swore an oath.

The conversation between the two ended here, and Zou Tianjin seemed to have regained his interest, turned around, and hugged Lu Xingyue. It didn't take long for the room to once again come from the wheezing sound of male and female love.

……

Zou Tianjin didn't know that when he was talking to Lu Xingyue, an uninvited guest had already come to this Yuezhao Mountain.

Zhao Zheng was wearing a night suit, bending his waist, sneaking towards the mountain like a ghost. The route he chose was a mountain road, which was the safest way to go up the mountain in any other direction, and if he chose to go up the mountain in any other direction, he would probably hit an ambush.

There were many patrols on this road, and there were sentry posts at regular intervals, so Zhao Zheng walked very carefully, trying to avoid the bandits he encountered.

He has several goals tonight, the first target is the mountainside, because the center of the whole mountain is there, as long as the center is destroyed, most of the mechanism ambush on the mountain will fail; His second target was Zou Tianjin's treasure house, which contained the Water Yuan Treasure Dragon Ball that he wanted, which was of great benefit to his cultivation and was one of his main goals here.

As for more targets, it is necessary to improvise, and if conditions allow, Zhao Zheng does not mind assassinating one or two of the village owners on the mountain.