"My lord, I'm afraid it's raining again, so you'd better go back and avoid it first."

Liangzhou Liang County, at this time the city was busy, Zhizhou Yan Xingge stood outside the gate of the county government with a pale face, squinting at the rolling black clouds in the distance, and standing next to him was Liu Ling is his confidant, at this time, he covered his lips from time to time and coughed lightly, and comforted him with a worried face.

Yan Xingge covered his lips with one hand, raised his other hand and waved it gently, Liu Ling stopped talking when he saw this, but he also understood his own adult's temperament, took half a step back, and silently gently supported his arm to provide some support.

In the county office, the magistrate of Liang County and the chief bookkeeper were staring with sweat at the officials to the carriage with boxes and bags, stacking bags of materials, until the last car was loaded, the two respectfully came to the Zhizhou lord, and bowed their hands and said: "Lord Qiqi, the materials have all been sorted out, but this day I am afraid that it will rain again, do you think you will wait for the past to arrange the departure?" ”

Yan Xingge took a deep breath, put down the hand that was covering his lips, and swept his eyes sharply, and the magistrate and the master bookkeeper raised their eyes to take the knife, a spirit, and immediately bowed a little lower.

In the blink of an eye, Yan Xingge has been serving in Liangzhou for nearly six years, although he is young, he has good means and abilities, and he is kind, does not put on an official show, and has won the trust and admiration of a subordinate official, but since the flood disaster in the five counties of Liangzhou, the body of this Zhizhou Lord has begun to be unprofitable.

Although he is still the same diligent, his temper has become a little erratic, such as the eye knife that flies at every turn, which makes people who are used to his pleasant appearance a little afraid.

Retracting his eyes, Yan Xingge waved away Liu Ling's support, didn't look at others, dragged his still somewhat weak body, took two more steps towards the outside of the county office, looked at the cart of supplies, and said in a slightly cold voice: "This is the last batch of materials to be transported to the disaster area before the 'holy envoy' came, where there are doctors, soldiers, and old and weak women and children who have not had time to evacuate, they are now in the flood disaster area, trying to prevent the spread of the disaster and the epidemic. Do you think you should keep waiting? ”

"Your Excellency is aware that the lower officials and others are not trying to delay the delivery, but they are worried that the materials will be damaged by the heavy rain, and the lower officials understand the adults' heart to resist the disaster, and they have raised materials for days without delay, but now this day, if it really gets down, I am afraid that the mountain road will be difficult and dangerous." When the magistrate of Liangzhou heard Yan Xingge say that, he was concerned and explained one by one.

Yan Xingge turned around, looking at the old magistrate and county master in front of him, who could be his father, he felt a little unhappy, his conduct of his subordinate officials was basically nine out of ten, and those who were originally not virtuous were also cleaned up a few years ago, although he knew that such a practice might put him in a dilemma in the future, but he couldn't get over some hurdles in his heart after all.

sighed lightly, "This rain won't rain heavily, don't worry, let people prepare, I will go to Qinghua County with them, I have passed the letter to the 'Holy Envoy', so that they will come from Qinghua County, so as not to turn back and forth." ”

"My lord, don't ......" Before Liu Ling and the magistrate finished speaking, they were stopped by Yan Xingge raising his hand, "Needless to say, most of the 'holy envoys' have already received the letter, don't delay any longer, and leave immediately." ”

On the official road to Liangzhou, the man on horseback wearing the official uniform of the 'Holy Envoy', a little strangely wearing a mask made of half a piece of gold wire, looked at the soldiers who hurriedly explored the way back in front of him, raised a hand, nodded his head to receive the order, drank the horse's supplies and stopped, the soldiers went to the horse and knelt down, presented a carrier pigeon with both hands, and the attendant dismounted to take it, took a delicate whistle from the lattice leg, turned around and respectfully presented it to the man on the horse.

After taking the whistle, the man's palm was slightly forced, and when he opened it again, the cool breeze before the rain swept through the palm of his hand, and dug out a small silk cloth shaft of beeswax buried in it, after the man's white jade hand threw it away, after seeing the content on it clearly, his brows were slightly wrinkled, as if he was puzzled, but it was only for a moment, and he returned to normal, put away the silk cloth and put it in his sleeve pocket, his eyes drooped sideways, and he said to the attendant: "Arrange it and divert it to Tsinghua County." ”

The attendant received the order to arrange it immediately, Yan Xingge's letter came in time, and the front was only ten miles away, this letter was only afraid that it would come out with the urgency of the moon and the evening, although the man was pale, he was still thinking in his heart, although he couldn't figure out his intentions for the time being, but since he was already on the way, the soldiers would come to block the water and cover the earth, just silently hoping that there would be no problems on the other side.

On the other side, on the path to the camp in Beidaying, Wuzhou, dozens of men dressed in black power suits and black masks rode on tall horses, forming an encirclement and protecting a man in a black and gold mask in the middle.

At this time, on the periphery of them, they were being sandwiched by a group of bandits holding long knives and dressed in coarse cloth clothes, and the people who were protected in the middle carefully looked at the bandit leader of the group of people in front of them, who was wearing a set of dark red coarse cloth suits that were somewhat old but not spotless, and his long black and shiny hair was tied up with a strip of black cloth, and a few strands of broken hair were hanging down on his temples.

Although the figure in front of him was taller than the average woman, and he deliberately tied his breasts, the girl's facial features and figure were seen through by the discerning man at once, and his searching and meaningful gaze passed through the crowd and fixed on her.

The girl in red obviously keenly captured the eyes of the crowd, which made her feel like she was stripped naked, and she felt uncomfortable, so she stared back a little angrily, and her eyes collided, she didn't know if it was an illusion, and she felt that under the black gold mask, there was actually a smile.

At this time, laughing is not a good thing, a kind of contempt anger, filled the girl's heart, and she didn't want to stalemate with this group of people anymore, so she immediately spoke: "I advise you, hand over the things, we are also using people's money to eliminate disasters for others, I don't want to make a big fight, and I will naturally leave after taking the things." ”

"You ......" The man in black was on his side, and as soon as the person next to him spoke, he was stopped by the man in the black and gold mask waving his hand.

Clamped the horse's belly, held the reins, and slowly walked forward, the people who were originally protecting him slowly spread a gap, and came to the bandits who surrounded them, and the group of people were frightened by his calm and calm aura and retreated, stopping closer to the girl in red, and their eyes changed from the exploration just now to sharp.

Seeing him like this, the girl also dragged away the person next to her, took two steps forward, and the two confronted each other up and down, and suddenly there was a laugh of "sneering" under the mask, which made the atmosphere a little weird and embarrassing, this laugh made everyone present feel that it was because they thought it was interesting and casual, not sarcastic or disdainful, and the people in black who accompanied him, also because of the master's laughter, relaxed the original strict appearance, and a pair of eyes were a look of excitement.

"You, what's so ridiculous, can't you understand people?" The girlish chest swelled and stared at the man on the horse, stabbed the big knife on his shoulder to the ground, and gritted his teeth.

Looking at the dizzy girl in front of him, the man seemed to be in a good mood, ignored her disrespectful words, leaned forward gently, and finally said kindly: "The things in my hands are useless to you, besides, you ...... Well...... The old, weak, sick and disabled are definitely not our opponents, and instead of us delaying time, you will either die or be injured, it is better for everyone to make it convenient for each other. ”

The man in black behind him who heard these words looked at each other, feeling that the master who was young and old on weekdays seemed to be a little different today.

And the girl in red who listened to his words was also stunned, and an elderly old man with a long knife next to her walked sideways to her, touched her elbow, and looked at the person on the horse with vigilance in her eyes, and said, "How do you want to do it?" ”

"Since you take the money to do things, I will pay three times the price, in exchange for the convenience of the passage, and buy you a message by the way, how about it?" The man leaned back, sat up straight, and regained his lofty appearance, with a confident affirmation in his words.

The old man beside the girl whispered in her ear, she nodded, and said, "First of all, what news do you want to ask?" ”

"Quadruple." The man's determined voice came.

"Huh? What the? The girl didn't react for a while.

"Forget it, I don't think you want to do this business that is sure to make money without losing money." The man said no more, and then prepared to turn the horse's head.

"Wait." The girl Gao drank the person in front of her, her voice was no longer confident, and she said with a few twists: "Quadruple, deal, bring the silver first, as long as you want to know the news, if it does not violate morality, you can tell you." ”

"You have too many conditions." When the man heard this, he turned the horse's head around without looking back and walked back.

"I see, as you say." The girl lowered her eyes and shouted loudly, but it was not difficult to feel the frustration in those words.

The corners of the man's lips hidden under the mask curled slightly, and he turned his back to the girl and said, "Who is the person who made the deal with you?" ”

"I don't know, he is dressed ordinary, and he took the initiative to find the stockade two days ago, with two entourages by his side." The girl replied sullenly

"Two days ago?" The man was a little surprised

"Hmm"

They set off before dawn today, if that person found the stockade "two days ago", wouldn't it have been expected that they would make a detour to the North Camp in several ways, who is this person, it seems that it is not just as simple as a fine work in the forbidden middle, and suddenly the picture flashed in his mind...... Could it be related to the man who appeared at the sacrifice? The man who couldn't even find their whereabouts of the "black riders" and seemed to have disappeared, he was a little frightened when he thought of this, and his back became more and more stiff.

But only a moment later, he asked, "Where is that man now?" ”

"How do I know, if I give him money to do things, I can't keep him to eat." The girl said a little angrily.

The man had never tried to be refuted with these willful angry words, and he was a little choked for a while, but he inadvertently let him temporarily ignore the boredom in his heart just now, and after thinking about it seriously, he felt that what she said seemed to be right.

Seeing that he was silent, the girl was a little unsure whether she had offended him, and felt the complaining eyes of the elders beside her, she scratched her head, and said with some embarrassment: "I, although I don't know where they have gone now, but I have been to Beizhao when I was young, I listened to his two entourages communicate privately with some Beizhao accents, and when they left the village, they sent people to follow to inquire, but those few people are good, and they threw people away on the way to Yuehua County." ”

When her voice fell, the man nodded slightly, as if he had some scheming in his heart, and turned the horse's head back one by one, and said, "Thank you." After making a gesture, the attendant who had been following him stepped forward and threw a heavy bag to the old man beside the girl, touching the bag and the weight would only be more than less, the old man nodded and smiled at everyone.

The man rode forward a few steps, walked to her side and did not squint, but said a little softly: "Leave here with money and clansmen, people have come to the door, that place is convenient and unsafe, since you know to follow those people, you should know what money to take and what money not to take, if you don't want to overthrow the clan, you can do it yourself." ”

When the words fell, he rode away with all the black-clothed people, leaving the girl standing in place in a daze, reminiscing about the warm words that were still in her ears.

"Wow, it's gold, gold, this, it's not just four times, it's more than ten, look at it." The elder of the stockade held the bag of gold and excitedly came to the girl named Shingo.

The girl looked at the dazzling gold, then lowered her eyes to look at the big knife she was still stabbing on the ground, and finally looked in the direction where the man had gone, thinking of his words, her heart was inexplicably a little pantothenic.

After walking a distance, the man slowly stopped, tilted his head slightly, and the attendant pulled the reins of the horse and stepped forward slightly to wait for the order, the man took off his mask, revealing his original beautiful face, and said in a somewhat depressed voice: "Xiqiu, send a message to the imperial brother and let him ...... Beware of Yan Xingge. ”