Entering the Taishou Mansion, Zhang Xiu said to the middle-aged scribe wearing civil official clothes: "Lord Taishou, the official Zhang Xiu is late, please forgive me." ”

The middle-aged scribe was Jincheng Taishou Chen Yi, and I saw Chen Yi waving his hand again and again: "What kind of crime do you forgive, the Qiang people have attacked the Taishou Mansion, and I am afraid that the Taishou Mansion will also fall." ”

When Zhang Xiu heard this, he hurriedly said: "Please ask Lord Taishou to bring the seal letter, open the way from the lower officials, kill out of Jincheng, and go to the imperial court to ask for reinforcements." ”

Chen Yi sighed and said, "My family is all in Jincheng, how can you tell me to leave them alone." Zhang Xiu, come with me. After speaking, he led Zhang Xiu into the Taishou Mansion. In the middle of the house, Chen Yi took a piece of silk cloth, and then used a carving knife to scratch the tip of his index finger, and blood flowed out of his index finger, and then wrote on the silk cloth with blood as ink. After writing, he took his own private seal and printed it on the silk cloth, and then entered the inner hall and took out a small box from it.

Chen Yi handed the silk cloth and the small box to Zhang Xiu and said: "Bo Yuan, this is part of the information I have found out about the Qiang people, as well as the situation of asking for help, all written on the silk cloth, this box contains the Jincheng Taishou Seal Letter, you take these two things to Chang'an for help." The seal letter is in your hands, and I am not afraid to go to the hands of the Deqiang people, and I hold my seal letter to deceive the counties to surrender thieves, and you go. With that, he dragged his pale face and carried a long sword worn by a scribe into the inner hall, and soon after that the cries of children and the cries of women for mercy were heard in the inner hall.

But soon the woman's cry for mercy turned into a scream, and then it was never heard again. Soon Chen Yi walked out of the inner hall, his originally clean official uniform was stained with blood, but behind him were two children under the age of ten, a man and a woman. I saw Chen Yi smile a little helplessly and said, "Yi has a reluctant request, and I hope Boyuan agrees." ”

Zhang Xiu also guessed what Chen Yi wanted to say, but seeing that the two children were very young, and it seems that people of this era are about twenty years old and married, Chen Yi should be regarded as an old man, and it is no wonder that Chen Yi can't do it. Zhang Xiu saw that the two children looked stunned, obviously frightened by the scene of Chen Yi killing people in the inner hall, Zhang Xiu also guessed that he must have killed his wife, the mother of the two children, so the two children looked dumbfounded.

Zhang Xiu weighed the pros and cons in his heart, and said with a wry smile in his heart: "I didn't expect that in the original history, the junior brother Zhao Yun wanted to hold Liu Adou to break through the encirclement of the million Cao army, but today it is my senior brother who wants to protect the two children to break through the encirclement of the Qiang people." Thinking of this, Zhang Xiu's heart suddenly became arrogant, and he responded loudly: "Lord Taishou and rest assured, Xiu will be the son and the young lady are safe." ”

Chen Yi smiled, Zhang Xiu obviously saw that his smile was far-fetched, and then said: "Yi doesn't have any friends, but these two sons hope that Boyuan can teach Chengcai, Yi thank you." After speaking, his knees weakened, knelt down, and then kowtowed before Zhang Xiu could react.

Zhang Xiu hurriedly helped Chen Yi up and said, "Please rest assured, Lord Taishou, the lower officials will definitely let the little boy become famous, and the little lady is looking for a good family." ”

Chen Yi nodded, then pulled the two children who were still in a sluggish state, and said to them: "Song'er, Yao'er, I can't be by your side after becoming a father, Song'er, you are now worshiping Boyuan as your brother-in-law, and you must listen to your brother's teachings in the future and protect your sister, you know?" ”

Maybe boys' endurance is much better than girls', at this time Chen Song seemed to have understood what was happening, and pulled his sister to bow to Zhang Xiu, shouting: "Brother Yi." Then he turned around and knelt in front of Chen Yi, kowtowed respectfully three times, and said, "Please rest assured that Father, Song'er will definitely learn martial arts to avenge his father and kill all the Qiang people." ”

Chen Yi smiled and touched the top of the two children's heads with both hands, revealing a loving look. But the Qiang people didn't give time for the family to get along longer, and the Qiang people, who had just been shocked by Zhang Xiu, reorganized the attack at this time. At this time, a big man dressed as a Han army general walked in and said, "My lord, the Qiang people have attacked again, and they have also brought a giant wood to knock on the door. ”

As if in response to the general's words, there was a sound of "boom" and "boom" at the gate of the Taishou Mansion.

Chen Yi immediately said: "Bo Yuan, without further ado, go quickly." There is a top famous horse in my backyard that has paid tribute from the Western Regions, and it is more than a hundred times better than an ordinary Western Liang horse, so you can take this horse and leave. Then the servant had brought the horse, and saw that it was purple, nine feet high, and had whirling hairs like the sun and the moon.

Zhang Xiu saw that this horse was strange, purple fur horses are not common in Chinese history, the most famous is probably one of the six horses of Tang Taizong Zhaoling, Zhang Xiu walked to the horse and gently touched the horse's head, but the horse was not the slightest irritable, but very docile against Zhang Xiu, Zhang Xiu laughed, and said to the horse: "From now on, your name is Salu, just follow me Zhang Xiu." He responded with a snort.

Zhang Xiu walked to the original yellow, removed the bilateral stirrups that were originally hung on the yellow hussar, and then quickly settled on the dew, and then Zhang Xiu put the silk cloth and the small box into his arms, and led Chen Song and Chen Yao to the front of the dew. He got on the horse first, took off the big bow and hung it on the dew, and then put Chen Song behind his back, with a solid strip of cloth, and Chen Song also placed a leather armor in the back of his heart, because Chen Song was small, the leather armor just covered his small body. Zhang Xiu sat in front of Chen Yao, who was also tied with strips of cloth, and even blindfolded Xiao Chen Yao's eyes with a cloth.

Zhang Xiu was about to stop, and then took three pots of iron arrows from Chen Yi, and then said to the Han army general: "Wait for the door to open, I will kill the Qiang people and you will snatch the giant wood in, but you can be safe for a while." The generals of the Han army responded, and then ordered someone to open the gate of the Taishou Mansion, when the gate was not fully opened, Zhang Xiu clamped the horse's belly, and Salu immediately rushed towards the gate of the Taishou Mansion, which was extremely fast.

The Qiang people who slammed the door did not expect the gate of the Taishou Mansion to open suddenly, and they kept carrying the giant wood to hit the door, but the sudden opening of the gate of the Taishou Mansion made those Qiang people carrying the giant wood rush into the Taishou Mansion, but before they could cheer, they felt a pain in their throat, and then lost consciousness.

When the Qiang soldiers outside the Taishou Mansion saw the gate open and were about to rush in, Zhang Xiu took the lead in killing it inside, and after a golden shadow of gunfire, more than a dozen Qiang soldiers around the gate of the Taishou Mansion were all shot in the throat and fell.

Zhang Xiu immediately shot and shouted: "Do you dare to come again?" Isn't it bad to deceive me about guns? ”

This time the Qiang leader did not let Zhang Xiu have a chance to show his strength again, an order, the newly transferred Qiang people immediately rushed up, Zhang Xiu snorted coldly, a shot swept away the approaching Qiang soldiers, and then immediately hung up the tiger's head golden gun, took the bow and arrows, and shot at the Qiang leader without looking, the bowstring sounded, the Qiang leader fell in response, and it was also an arrow in the throat. The action was like flowing water, and when Zhang Xiu finished shooting and killing the Qiang people, hung up the big bow and retrieved the tiger's head golden gun, the second batch of Qiang soldiers approached again.

Zhang Xiu avoided the Qiang soldiers with another shot, and shouted: "Your leader is dead, and he will not retreat." ”

As soon as Zhang Xiu's words came out, a group of Qiang people looked back, and saw that the leader who was still riding on a horse and was high on the top had disappeared at some point, and they were also a little panicked and overwhelmed.