On October 3, Xu Ping came to Texas again, and Zhong Guinian took him to sneak into the city to live, while the connector was responsible for helping them find a replacement mount.

Along the way, Zhong Guinian had already admitted to Xu Ping that he was not a smuggler at all, but a smuggler under the cover of his identity as a smuggler, and this time he came to Shandong to escort Li Zicheng's aid to Ji Huisi.

Niu Jinxing, the commander of the camp, gave him another task when Zhong Guinian left, that is, he tried to get in touch with the new army and did everything possible to break into the new army. Zhong Guinian always remembered this task, so after discovering Xu Ping, not only did he not report to Ji Huisi, but instead helped him get out of danger. Zhong Guinian believed that the task given to him by Niu Jinxing had been successfully completed, and a lot of information could be obtained from Xu Ping, a general who was familiar with the inside of the new army, and no matter how he investigated, it was impossible to gain more than winning over this person.

Zhong Guinian suggested that Xu Ping take Shandong, and then go west to Henan, although this is not the closest way from Zhili to Henan, but once it crosses Dezhou, it is the rebel activity area, and most of the local government offices between Shandong and Henan have been driven away by the rebels, and the checkpoints along the way have been abandoned. After leaving Dezhou tomorrow, Xu Ping will continue south to Jinan, and then go to Shangqiu through Qufu.

Before Zhong Guinian went to chase Xu Ping, he had already let his caravan march towards Dongchang Mansion, so he wanted to say goodbye to Xu Ping and go west to Dongchang to chase the caravan, he needed to continue to use the caravan as a cover, collect the military intelligence of the Ming army, and at the same time buy urgently needed supplies for King Chuang.

"Send you a thousand days, and there will be a farewell." Zhong Guinian said to Xu Ping: "The big man General Xu saw just now is named Hei Baoyi, I have already told him, and he will take General Xu to King Chuang." ”

Xu Ping nodded when he heard this.

There are not many break-ins lurking in Texas City, but according to Zhong Guinian, they are quite reliable. Zhong Guinian introduced Xu Ping to the two camps in the city, because Xu Ping's betrayal of the imperial court was well known, so their eyes were quite complicated when they looked at Xu Ping. One of the fine works is a thin monkey who is not amazing, and his public identity is a small commander in the North City Army of Texas, and he is the one who took Zhong Guinian and Xu Ping into the city in the afternoon, and now he is going to change horses for them in a grand manner. The other man was a burly man, dressed like a Muslim, named Hei Baoyi, and the look in his eyes at Xu Ping seemed to be very unfriendly. That little guy is always a local soldier who broke into the camp and bought it with gold and silver, but Hei Baoyi is different, he is the old department that has followed King Chuang for many years, and was ordered to follow Zhong Guinian to escort supplies to Ji Huisi, when Zhong Guinian went to Beijing to catch up with Xu Ping, Hei Baoyi lurked in Texas and waited for news.

Zhong Guinian handed Xu Ping a letter and a token, telling him that in case he was separated from Hei Baoyi along the way, with this token, the rebels from all over the country would not embarrass him, and would help him go to King Chuang, and the letter would be handed over to Niu Jinxing. In addition, Zhong Guinian also got a fake road guide before leaving Beijing, Xu Ping was secretly surprised that the camp was indeed powerful, and even this kind of thing could be easily obtained.

After explaining all kinds of things clearly, the two sat at the dining table and picked up chopsticks, and just after eating two mouthfuls of food, the door was slammed open, and Hei Baoyi rushed in and shouted: "Brother Zhong, it's not good!" ”

It turned out that when Xu Ping and Zhong Guinian entered the city just now, a Texas soldier guarding the city became suspicious and reported it to the superior officer. Unfortunately, the little boss was going to change horses at this time, which aroused the suspicion of the officer, and he immediately ordered to take down the inner officer. As soon as Hei Bao saw that the situation was not good, he took the road and fled back, he shouted breathlessly: "Brother Zhong go quickly, it won't take half an hour to close the four gates, and the whole city will be searched." ”

Since the matter was revealed, of course he couldn't stay for a long time, Zhong Guinian and Xu Ping didn't say a word, grabbed their weapons and rushed to Nancheng with Hei Baoyi. When the three of them arrived near the south gate, they saw that the city gate had become a mess, and the soldiers were scattering pedestrians in a chaotic manner, blocking the traffic inside and outside the city.

"It's too late!" Zhong Guinian stumbled and screamed. Once the government suspects that the Qin prisoner is in the city, each hotel will be investigated one by one, and the fake road guide will not stand up to serious inspection.

Hei Baoyi silently took out the dagger and long-handled axe from his baggage, and said to the two: "Brother Zhong and General Xu are going to grab horses, and I will go and cut off the eagle minions at the door." ”

Zhong Guinian looked at the officers and soldiers in the distance, nodded after a while, and also took out the cloth bag containing the sword from his arms, and said to Xu Ping: "General Xu comes with me." ”

At this time, the sound of the gong in front of the city gate was shocking, not counting the guards on the high city tower, there were hundreds of officers and soldiers on the ground alone, as well as cavalry patrolling back and forth, and the common people were expelled to a distance, leaving a large open space in front of the city gate. Xu Ping was also very anxious in his heart, but he didn't reach for the weapon, but judged: "We can't rush out." ”

"How do you know if you don't try?" Zhong Guinian hurriedly said: "If you don't leave, you won't be able to leave." ”

Hei Baoyi prayed silently, then his eyes opened, his right hand grasped the axe, and his left hand grasped the dagger, urging Zhong Guinian to say, "Brother Zhong, go on!" ”

Xu Ping stopped the two of them: "If you can't rush over, this is for nothing." ”

"It's just a test!" Hei Bao interrupted Xu Ping and said impatiently: "This is the test of Allah. If we rush over, we will continue our way, and if we can't rush over, we will go to heaven, and we will go there sooner or later anyway. ”

"General Xu follows me." Zhong Guinian said that he was about to draw his sword and jump out.

Xu Ping grabbed him: "Brother Zhong, I still have a way." ”

As soon as Hei Bao, who was ready to attack, touched Zhong Guinian's body, he almost stood unsteadily and fell to the ground. Seeing that Xu Ping had dragged Zhong Guinian into the depths of the alley, Hei Baoyi couldn't help but scolded in a low voice: "You Han people, you are all mouthful!" ”

……

"Master, the disciple began to pass on his iron sand palm today, please give your old man advice."

There were several futons in front of the tablet tablet, and two people knelt in front of them, Jiang Ye in front and a young man in the back. Jiang Ye finished praying respectfully, stood up, lit three incense sticks and inserted the incense burner, and then stood to the side, watching the young man kowtow to the tablet of his ancestor.

Jiang Ye has many disciples, most of them are only nominal, but this young man is different, he is his descendant disciple, and he is also the closed disciple that Jiang Ye accepted two years ago. In his critical eye, this kind of person with excellent qualifications can only meet one in three or four years. This year, the little disciple has reached the age of eighteen, and his bones are mature, Jiang Ye began to teach him to learn the martial arts of his master, and what he wants to learn today is the iron sand palm.

Although it is an iron sand palm, in the initial stage, Jiang Ye only asked this disciple to use mung beans to practice, and after two years, it was changed to gravel, and it would take at least fifteen years to really use iron sand. Jiang Ye's qualifications are outstanding, otherwise he would not have been able to get the mantle of the first teacher. Speaking of which, he is best at swords rather than fists and kicks, but he has also worked iron sand palms.

Jiang Ye slapped his palm casually, and his entire palm sank deep into the pot full of mung beans, and the beans covered the back of his hand. After the demonstration, Jiang Ye said to his little disciple, "You come and try it." ”

"Yes." The young man smoothed the surface of the mung bean, and then followed Jiang Ye's example and swung his palm down, and with a muffled sound, the disciple grinned in pain. But when he raised his hand, he found that the surface of the mung bean had not changed, only a slight concave trace.

"It will hurt a little at first, and your palms will swell within two days, but as long as you keep practicing every day, you will be fine after three months."

The young man nodded yes, and slapped his palm into the pot again, and after a while, his forehead was covered with sweat in pain, but his mouth was still silent. Jiang Ye looked at the mung beans in the pot, and was very satisfied that the disciple was not lazy and slippery, and said with a head of his jaw: "When you slap it with one palm, and the palm is deep but the beans won't fly out, then it will be considered a small achievement." ”

The disciple had seen Jiang Ye's methods, and praised him: "The master is very capable. ”

Jiang Ye shook his head slightly and said: "The kung fu of this hand, the most admired by the master is the invincible Zhang Daxia of the iron fist, as soon as he palms it, he can also print a clear palm print in the iron sand, which is deeper than mine." Zhang Daxia is bare-handed, and he can kill someone with one palm. ”

While the two were talking, one of them broke into the house. The person who came was Jiang Ye's eldest disciple, and he helped Jiang Ye deal with the affairs of the government on weekdays. Jiang Ye's practice room is not allowed to enter casually by nominal disciples. The big man ran in and shouted, "Master, something is wrong!" ”

Jiang Ye asked the little disciple to continue practicing, while he sat on the chair and asked the people to come one by one. After hearing the news, Jiang Ye was stunned, and before he came back to his senses, he heard someone report outside the door: "Master, Zhang Daxia, please come over to your old man." ”

"Got it, got it." Jiang Ye briefly explained a few words to the disciples and hurriedly left the practice room.

When he arrived at Zhang Jiefu's house, the disciple of the Zhang family who greeted him in front of the door led the way to the back study, which was the place where Zhang Daxia used to talk about secret business. Although there were a few cronies and disciples outside, they were all hiding far away.

"Have you heard? Xu ...... pushed open the door, and Jiang Ye shouted loudly inside before he crossed the threshold. However, before he could fully express his shock, he saw someone next to Zhang Jiefu standing up and greeting him: "Jiang Daxia, don't come unharmed!" ”

The scream in Jiang Ye's throat was blocked back into his stomach in the second half. He stared at the man with his mouth wide open, yes, it was Xu Ping in front of him. Jiang Ye's face suddenly became gloomy and terrifying, and he silently turned around to look at Zhang Jiefu and his junior brother Le Lin. Neither of them made a sound, Jiang Ye turned around and slammed the door shut, said "um" to Xu Ping as a return salute, looked at the other two people beside Xu Ping with a strained face, and asked, "These two must be the heroes who broke into the camp, right?" ”

Hearing this, Xu Ping sighed, nodded, and asked rhetorically, "The government knows about it so soon?" ”

"Under Miki, why can't you offer?" Jiang Ye couldn't help but shout.

According to the report of the eldest disciple to Jiang Ye, when the prefect learned that the Qin prisoners of the imperial court appeared on his territory, and even threw himself into the camp, he was so shocked that he actually stood upright in the hall. Jiang Ye estimated that the urgent report was now on the way to the Beijing Division, and the garrisons near Texas would also be alarmed. He stomped his foot and shouted to Xu Ping: "General Xu, your wife is really too much, betraying the new army, ask some people to intercede, even if you can't expect pardon, you can be safe and sound when you avoid the limelight, and when you hire people on another day, it is not impossible to make a comeback, how can you ...... How can you throw yourself into the camp? ”

A scribe-looking man beside Xu Ping could still remain calm, while another big man with a fierce face snorted heavily, obviously dissatisfied with Jiang Ye's words. Jiang Ye calmed down, the expression on his face became more and more unkind, and he glanced at Zhang Jiefu and Le Lin coldly.

I only heard Zhang Jiefu explain: "Jiang Daxia, we want to help General Xu out of the city, but the caravan of the two of us is not in Texas now. Remember that you have a caravan going out of the city tomorrow, so I ask you to come and discuss it. ”

Jiang Ye knew that Zhang Jiefu and they were intent on pulling themselves into the water. If it was just an ordinary criminal, this kind of thing would be just a trivial matter for them, and they wouldn't even take it to heart and leave it to a disciple. However, Xu Pingke is very different from ordinary people. If the Qin criminals who defect are found out, they will definitely be full of trouble. Jiang Ye thought of this, and shook his head again and again: "Now that the limelight is tight, I'm afraid it's not a good idea to get out of the city tomorrow, in my opinion, General Xu might as well hide in the city for a while, and wait for the limelight to pass before leaving, it is a foolproof strategy." ”

"I'm afraid this is not good," Le Lin immediately retorted: "The relationship between the three of us and General Xu, the prefect knows, maybe he will give us face in the first two days and not come to investigate, but when the whole city is searched, if there is no trace of General Xu, it will definitely chase us." ”

Zhang Jiefu continued: "Besides, there is no place to hide, if you want to hide in my junior brother's kiln, it is the safest, right?" But General Xu's fame is so great that he is easily recognized. Besides, if the government promises a large bonus, even our own disciples may not be completely reliable at that time. In my opinion, General Xu must leave immediately, and the sooner he leaves, the better. ”

Jiang Ye knew that what the two of them said was reasonable, but he still shook his head like a rattle: "It's not proper, it's not proper, I think it's better to hide General Xu in the secret room first." ”

Ren Zhang Jiefu and Le Lin tried every means to persuade Jiang Ye to die. Zhang Jiefu said angrily: "Jiang Daxia, do you have a safe secret room—a secret room that only you know and other disciples don't know about?" If you have it, let General Xu go to you, anyway, Lao Tzu does not have such an absolutely safe place. ”

Le Lin also shouted: "Jiang Daxia, unless you immediately go out and report us, otherwise in the future, my senior brother will certainly harbor the Qin criminal, and you will not be able to escape without reporting it." ”

Readers who support my ideas, don't have to argue in my book review area anymore, I'll just look at those objections, this book is not needed, maybe there will be a chance to use it in the future, anyway, my ideas are clearly written, whether you are for or against, since you have already been honest with each other, you don't have to convince anyone. Do you have any thoughts and speculations about Xu Ping's fate, his relationship and meeting with Li Zicheng? I am not very satisfied with the physical version of Li Zicheng's character, so you can help me provide me with some inspiration for the electronic version.

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