Chapter 6: A stab in the back

On the Pozi Bridge, Zhang Hanwen's thin figure swayed slightly with the cold wind of early winter, his beloved woman fell into the hands of a strongman, and he was powerless.

"Newspaper~~! Yao Ge sent a secret letter. The subordinate handed a wooden box with wax sealed to Zhang Hanwen, and Zhang Hanwen's dead eyes finally revealed some vitality.

That night, a celebration banquet was held in Hongyan Village, and everyone felt that he was just a prefect of Zhang Hanwen, and he didn't want to bow his head to Murong Xiaosui.

But they didn't know that this was all because the officers and troops could not be mobilized, otherwise any one of the guards would have wiped them out.

Zhu Wanqing was the one who knew the reason best, and she reminded Murong Xiaosui not to let her guard down.

It's also strange to say, I don't know when Zhu Wanqing hoped that these people could do it, but she should have stood on Zhang Hanwen's side, whether it was because of her identity as a princess or because of her relationship with Zhang Hanwen.

After the banquet began, within half an hour, the group drank down one by one. Murong Xiaosui is very good at drinking, and has the ultimate duel with the only remaining bearded leader.

Zhu Wanqing didn't drink, and she hated it when she looked at this group of stinky men, but she was embarrassed to leave the table first, for fear of refuting Murong's face.

After Murong Xiaosui and Bearded Man each poured a pot, they both climbed onto the table unconscious.

Well, the hall was completely silent.

Zhang Xiaohu jumped out of a corner and came to Zhu Wanqing's side in a few steps.

"Princess, this is a great time, run away." Zhang Xiaohu said as he walked out with Zhu Wanqing on his back.

Zhu Wanqing didn't think about escaping at all, but Ling'er and Zhang Xiaohu were standing left and right, and she couldn't pay attention to it herself for a while, it was not appropriate to stay here, but it was also for the sake of the common people in the world, should she go or not?

Before she could think about it, this person had already reached the steep slope of the cliff behind the mountain behind the stockade, and from here she could go down and cross a small stream to return to Ludao and find the Luka sentry of Qingzhou Wei.

Zhang Xiaohu can't be said to be strong in martial arts at present, but he is a practicing family, and there is no problem for him to go down this steep slope by himself, but Ling'er and Zhu Wanqing are in trouble.

Zhang Xiaohu suggested that he send the princess down first, and then come up to pick up Ling'er later.

But Zhu Wanqing was born with a fear of heights, and she fell off the cliff to cross, and there was a shadow in her heart, and she didn't dare to say anything at the moment. In order to hurry up, Zhang Xiaohu had to send Ling'er down first.

When she returned, she saw that Zhu Wanqing's face was pale with fright.

Zhu Wanqing thought that she was not afraid of being like this when she met a bandit, but at the moment, this cliff was cold from head to toe at a glance. Flustered, panting, weak hands and feet, feeling like I was about to die.

Zhang Xiaohu hugged Zhu Wanqing and was about to jump down, but suddenly found that Ling'er could still move on her own just now, so there was no problem going down. But this Zhu Wanqing was already scared like a dead corpse, and she couldn't borrow her strength, afraid that if she took off her hand and fell on the princess for a while, it would be over.

Just as he was in trouble, the shouts of the pursuers were already ringing behind him.

After Murong Xiaosui woke up with urine, he looked up and saw that the princess was gone, and sent someone to check in the house, but no one was found.

"Stop!" Murong Xiaosui let out a loud shout.

Zhang Xiaohu saw that the person was about to catch up, and he couldn't beat that person, so he couldn't control so much, let's try to fight luck.

Zhu Wanqing only felt that her body was empty, and she had lost her support, like goose feathers floating in the air, hovering freely.

That's right, Zhang Xiaohu really got rid of it.

Ling'er witnessed all this below, and saw that the princess was about to fall hard, and couldn't help but cover her eyes and dare not look.

Murong Xiaosui kicked his feet, and the whole person shot out like an arrow full of bows.

Although Zhu Wanqing's body was weak, her consciousness was still sober, she thought she was going to die, but she didn't expect to be caught by a pair of warm hands in mid-air.

Who is this man? How can you feel so secure. The last time I felt this way was when my father was holding his sick self hanging a dropper bottle when he was a child.

Zhang Xiaohu made a few light moves in the air, and he stabilized his body and landed safely.

Murong Xiaosui held Zhu Wanqing with one hand, and grabbed the vines on the cliff wall with the other hand, slowing down constantly, and finally reached the bottom of the cliff safely, but the hand that grabbed the vines was already bloody and blurry.

"Okay, you Zhang Xiaohu, it's not enough to succeed......" Ling'er saw that Xiaohu almost killed the princess, and she went up to count it, but when she saw that Murong was also here, she was a little ugly and couldn't be publicized, so she stopped.

"Qing'er, Qing'er, are you alright?" Murong called out to Zhu Wanqing.

Qing'er!? Zhang Xiaohu and Ling'er were stunned, this person is really bold enough, dare to call her a princess like this, people have a good relationship, this Xianbei person is really rude.

Zhu Wanqing heard someone calling her, and opened her eyes slightly, perhaps because she was dizzy in the air just now, and in a hazy way, he actually saw the man in front of him as Zhang Hanwen.

Zhu Wanqing smiled slightly, revealing a stunning beauty, and her eyes were full of love.

It's just that all this has made Murong Xiaosui suffer, and he has no idea that he has misreceived the love that belongs to others.

"Get out of here!" Ling'er pushed Murong Xiaosui away and helped the princess up.

Zhang Xiaohu saw that Murong was already injured, let me have one hand, I still don't believe that I can't beat you.

Thinking of this, Xiaohu quietly pulled out the short knife in his waist and approached Murong Xiaosui from behind.

Murong Xiaosui was completely immersed in the happiness just now, completely unaware of the three inches of cold light behind him.

Burst~!

Murong only felt a chill on his back, and then liquid kept coming out. He endured the severe pain and tried to turn back, but the knife had already pierced his chest, and he was so injured that he could only gradually sit on the ground.

"What are you doing?" Ling'er was shocked when she saw this, she didn't understand why Zhang Xiaohu wanted to kill Murong.

Zhang Xiaohu also felt a little guilty for his villainous behavior, but reason told him that he had to flee quickly with the princess, and it wouldn't be long before the dwarf mules came down.

The three of them crossed the stream, Zhu Wanqing didn't realize what had just happened, and thought that it was Zhang Hanwen who carried her.

At this time, the east has already revealed the white of the fish's belly, Lu Dao is in front of him, go down, and within three miles, there will be a card post set up by the Qingzhou guard, and it will be safe to find the army.

But Ling'er really couldn't run, and with the fact that she was carrying a person on her back, her physical exertion was serious, so Zhang Xiaohu decided to find a place to rest for a while.

In order to avoid being discovered by the gangsters, Zhang Xiaohu learned the lessons of the previous times and arranged for them to rest in the reeds one zhang high.

Ling'er was tired, so she finally eased up, and scolded Zhang Xiaohu: "Murong Gongzi didn't recruit you much, is it necessary for you to kill him?" ”

Zhu Wanqing, who had fully recovered, was also shocked when she heard this, and stared at Zhang Xiaohu with her eyes.

Zhang Xiaohu didn't dare to look directly at the princess's eyes, and lowered his head and told the story of Murong Xiaosui back then.

Murong Xiaosui is a descendant of a Xianbei nobleman, and his family has already fallen into the middle of the family after years of vicissitudes.

His father used his last savings to send him to Zhongnan Mountain to practice, in order to let him study the Central Plains culture well, so that he could have a good life in the Ming Dynasty in the future.

But that Murong Xiaosui is free and loose by nature, often contradicts the master, and he looks like a Hu man, and the villagers don't want to see him.

According to the original words of the three-foot real person, although this son is gifted and has a good understanding of martial arts, he is impetuous, and he is unwilling to read poetry and books diligently to cultivate himself, and he is afraid of disaster in the future.

Sure enough, when Murong was sixteen years old, that is, Zhang Xiaohu's current age. At the foot of the mountain, the family of the king butcher was wiped out, and their belongings were looted.

Later, someone found that Murong Xiaosui had sneaked down the mountain during this time, eating and drinking in the town and gambling money, as if he had made a lot of money.

In this case, the fool knows who did the murder.

Later, Murong Xiaosui was captured by the three-foot real person and returned to the mountain and interrogated in front of all the villagers.

Everyone demanded that he be executed directly, but Sanchi Zhenren said that he should be convicted of murder just because Murong had some money from unknown sources, which was a bit far-fetched, so let Taishang Zhenren judge him not guilty.

So the three-foot real person asked Murong to draw lots in public, and life or death depends on the decision of the gods.

Later, as expected, Murong grabbed the raw sign.

Now the people have nothing to say, after all, the three-foot real person in this area is the most prestigious.

In fact, it was the master who deliberately let Murong live out, but at the same time, he drove him down the mountain the next day and left him to fend for himself, because there was no room for him here.

In Zhang Xiaohu's opinion, the lives of the Wang Butcher's family have to be counted on Murong's head, and now he is avenging the dead soul, and there is nothing to blame, even if the way he killed people was not done by a gentleman.