The night is like cool water, and the moonlight is bright.

There were only a few faint clouds in the sky, and a few cold stars twinkling in it.

The sound of two people talking can be heard in the silent mountain road.

"Second master, we seem to be on the wrong path."

"Didn't the old man say before, go up along the mountain road, and turn left at the fork...... I've been climbing mountains and mountains all day long, measuring the fields everywhere, and I know it, so I shouldn't be wrong. ”

"You're familiar with the sandbank, not this one! That old man may have pointed the wrong way!"

"Don't worry, let me see again...... Hey, I'm sorry, Adou, it seems really wrong, this is a dead-end road, let's turn back? ”

"Let you go the official way, you don't listen! If you have to take the path, look, the road is narrow and dangerous, the horse will fall down accidentally, find a place to rest first, and then go down the mountain tomorrow morning. ”

"Where to rest? Do you want to sleep out again tonight? ”

"What is sleeping rough? It's a big deal that you miss the wedding date! ”

"That's not going to work, I've got to go down tonight."

Tian Bing hurriedly wanted to go down the mountain, Ah Dou was so angry that he kept counting: "If you miss a big thing, the small one can't marry a daughter-in-law, it's all your fault, everyone is smarter when you are an official, why did you become stupid?" ”

Tian Bing was annoyed, and slapped Adou on the face: "You eat bear heart and leopard gall!" How dare you scold your master for being stupid? Wasn't I in a hurry to get back and take a shortcut? ”

But he didn't expect this casual slap to make Adou scream, fall back, and make a loud "pop", and then the horse also followed the chaos and jumped forward.

Tian Bing was holding the reins in his hand, and he was caught off guard, and was dragged forward by the horse, almost falling off the cliff.

Thankfully, he was quick to react, struggled to cut the reins, and watched as the horse fell off the cliff with one foot in the air.

He was cold and hurriedly turned around: "Adou......"

saw that Adou, who was still screaming just now, disappeared.

Tian Bing was stunned, what the hell is this?

He suddenly remembered something, quickly drew his sword, leaned his back against the mountain wall, and looked around nervously, but saw that the surrounding mountains were breezy and mottled, and the mountains were full of rocks, and he could not see anything.

"Adou? Fools? He lowered his voice and called tentatively, and it took a long time to hear a weak voice from under the mountain road: "Second master, help......"

It turned out to be a fall.

Tian Bing threw the saber aside and hurried over: "Adou, I'm sorry, I really didn't think about using so much force......"

He was lying on the side of the mountain road and looked down, and before he could see the specific location of Adou, a strong force suddenly attacked from behind, he couldn't control his body, screamed, and fell.

A figure stood on the mountain road, looked down with a sneer, and muttered, "Fight with me?" You have everything, why do you want to fight with me for Auntie? If it weren't for your conspiracy to deceive me and Ashu, it would have been me as the official, not you! ”

Several people walked out of the shadows one by one, and said impatiently: "Liu Xiaoqi, what are you still talking about?" Why don't you pack it up yet? ”

A bulging sack was placed on the side of the road, writhing and making a "whine" sound.

Liu Xiaoqi kicked the sack vigorously and scolded: "Stinky boy, you were the one who pretended to be a member of the Wu family to make trouble, and now it is in my hands, see how I clean you up!" ”

One kick was not enough, he kicked several more times in a row, and a man with a scar on his face stopped him impatiently: "What if you kick to death?" Who will go to Tian's house to report and get money? ”

The other man sneered and said, "What are you afraid of? Kick someone to death, let him deliver a letter and get money. ”

Three days later.

Tianjiazhuang.

The Tian family and the father and daughter of the Liao family were all frightened and worried.

Today is the right day, Tian Bing is still nowhere to be seen. According to the itinerary, he should have arrived yesterday.

Lao Zhang, Ping'an and others were sent out to guard the docks and intersections everywhere, and as soon as they saw people, they immediately used horse-drawn carriages to quickly pull them home.

The new house has already been arranged, and all the ingredients for the wedding banquet have been prepared, and the cooks, relatives, and the cave room are all in place, just waiting for the groom.

Mr. Liao's face sank like water, walking back and forth anxiously, Tian's father sat on the chair and sighed, he couldn't help it, and said, "Old Liao, don't you dangle in front of me?" It made me panic. ”

Mr. Liao stopped talking, sighed, and walked outside to pacing.

Liao Shu's room was full of people, but she couldn't laugh, her eyes just looked out, and when she heard the sound, she asked, "Is Ah Bing back?" ”

Tian Youwei was also shocked, no matter how unreliable her second brother was, he would not be so unreliable.

You know, he has been waiting for this day for a long time, and he is looking forward to marrying Liao Shu day and night.

Suddenly, there was a commotion outside, Liao Shu hurriedly rushed out, Tian Youwei stopped her: "I'll go and see." ”

Adou was covered in blood, lying on the ground and crying: "Master, master...... Something happened to the second master! ”

Tian's father's eyes darkened, and he fell back.

Shao Jing and Tian Youwei hurriedly supported him and asked one after another, "What's wrong?" ”

Adou cried: "Because the matter of the meridian law is at a critical moment, the second master will stay for a few more days, and he will be able to rush back, and he doesn't want to eat a bad stomach in the middle of the road and have to stay for two more days, and then he thinks about taking a shortcut and coming back......."

Shao Jing hurriedly dismissed the people who were watching the excitement around him: "I'm sorry everyone, the incident happened suddenly, we really have no intention of entertaining you, and please disperse first......"

Everyone didn't want to leave, so they wanted to know what had happened, whether Tian Bing was dead or alive.

However, Shao Jing put his face on his face, and the people in the family were not polite, so he had to leave in a huff.

Shao Jing closed the door and asked Adou to continue.

"Walking to Cuiyun Mountain, an old man said that going over the mountain to the bottom is the waterway, which leads directly to Yuyao, taking a fast boat, how can you get there in two days. The second master was determined to take this path, but he didn't expect to be plotted like this.

It was a dead-end road, we went all the way to the night, I didn't dare to go anymore when I felt that something was wrong, and I was about to rest, when the second master didn't see it in front of me, someone grabbed the small one from behind and fell to the ground......"

After Adou finished speaking, he cried loudly: "After that, the little one has been packed in a sack, and I didn't see the second master himself, I only knew that the second master fell and was injured, and those people said that they wanted the family to take 100,000 taels of silver to ransom people." ”

"100,000 taels of silver?" Xie Shi was stunned, where did he get so much money! What can I do?

Liao Shu cried "wow", and Mr. Liao held her and comforted her: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, let's listen to the experience first." ”

Shao Jing said: "You have been talking about it for a long time, and you haven't made it clear who it is. ”

Adou glanced at Mr. Liao and Liao Shu, and whispered, "There is someone who is probably Liu Xiaoyi." ”

Tian Youwei said loudly: "Did you see it? ”

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