Zhang An opened his eyes and stretched his waist.

Perhaps frightened by Zhang An's movements, the young man lying on his side next to Zhang An was like a frightened little beast, and instantly rushed out twenty or thirty steps, looking at Zhang An vigilantly.

Zhang An looked at the young man and said hello with a smile.

He only felt relieved and relaxed at this time.

This was not only because he had a good night's sleep, but also because he was sure that the boy had no murderous intent towards him at the moment.

When Zhang An lay down last night, it was naturally impossible to really fall asleep.

He is not a fool, facing a young man who does not know whether he is friends or enemies, and he is so generous to show his back to the other party.

Although he took a certain risk, if the boy did anything against him. Zhang An is sure that he can respond as soon as possible.

After the boy fell asleep beside him, Zhang An was half relaxed and fell asleep in a daze.

I have to say that after coming here, Zhang An's acting skills have become more and more perfect, pretending to be like anything, and this time even the vigilant teenager was deceived.

Of course, this is probably also related to the fact that he was just holding on to self-preservation last night, and he didn't have any ill intentions towards the young man, otherwise with the young man's almost beastly intuition, he would probably have run away a long time ago, and where would he get close to Zhang An.

The relationship between himself and the boy has finally eased, so is it possible for him to completely subdue him?

Zhang An, who was packing up his things, was full of thoughts about how to go further and subdue the young man.

Not to mention anything else, the fact that the boy may be able to discern which stone he wants is worth Zhang An's efforts.

Even if the boy found the stone that time was just an accident, having such a powerful assassin as a helper would be much easier for him to do next.

Maybe I should give him a name? So that I can get closer to each other? Zhang An looked at the young man thoughtfully.

After hesitating for a while, Zhang An pointed at himself and said slowly, "Zhang An." ”

Then he pointed at the boy again and said, "Little Black." ”

Limited by his ability to choose a name, and the boy is always dressed in black, Zhang An held back such a name after thinking about it for a long time.

When he said the word Xiaohei, Zhang An inexplicably had a sense of familiarity, but he quickly left it behind.

There are more people or pets called Xiaohei, and it's normal to have a sense of familiarity.

Zhang An repeated it back and forth several times, and the young man looked at Zhang An in a daze, but did not react.

Zhang An scratched his head and sighed, it seems that if he wants to communicate with the teenager, he needs to make persistent efforts.

But what Zhang An didn't expect was that just as he packed up his things, touched the wilted war horse with pity, and was about to leave, the young man slowly walked over.

However, when he was almost ten steps away from Zhang An, the young man stopped again and tilted his head slightly to look at Zhang An.

Zhang An stopped what he was doing, looked at the young man, and was a little curious about what he wanted to do.

The boy pointed at Zhang An, opened his mouth, and made a grunting sound similar to a whisper.

The young man opened his mouth several times in a row, and all the tones he made were incomprehensible to Zhang An.

"What do you want to do?" asked Zhang An in as gentle a tone as possible.

The young man opened his mouth again and pointed at Zhang An, without making any sound, but he could see that he wanted to express something, because the young man's face was red at the moment.

Zhang An frowned slightly and thought for a while, watching the young man pointing at himself persistently, and suddenly realized.

"Zhang... Quiet... Zhang An pointed to himself, slowed down his speech, and said clearly.

The boy watched Zhang An's lips open and close without blinking, and then tried a few more times.

In the end, he finally uttered a vague word: "Jiang... Quiet... ”

Zhang An was overjoyed, although the pronunciation needs to be corrected, but this is a good start!

Zhang An was not in a hurry to leave, and began to patiently teach the young man to speak.

Probably it was really difficult at the beginning, and it took the young man less than ten minutes to say the word Zhang An more clearly, although the speed of speech was very slow and the tone was a little weird, but Zhang An was already very satisfied.

After learning the word Zhang An, the young man pointed to himself and looked at Zhang An expectantly.

Zhang An was immediately happy, it seems that he still likes the name Xiao Hei.

So in the next ten minutes, Zhang An taught the young man the word "little black" again.

The boy, well, it should be Xiao Hei who has officially changed his name, and after learning the four words Zhang An Xiao Hei, his rigid face showed other expressions for the first time.

He twitched the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a hint of a smile.

This smile is not good-looking, but in Zhang An's opinion, this smile is like seeing a small flower swaying in the wind suddenly bloom on the cold and hard rock, which makes people happy.

Glancing at the sky, Zhang An restrained his smile, turned over his horse, and hurried towards the next destination.

My time is very short, and since I have barely solved the trouble of Xiao Hei for the time being, it is better for me to hurry up.

After Zhang An urged the war horse to start hurrying, Xiao Hei's figure flickered, followed the war horse closely, and ran on Zhang An's right side, instead of following Zhang An not far from behind him as before.

Zhang An glanced at Xiao Hei and slowed down a little bit.

It's not that he doesn't want Xiao Hei to ride with him, but this will inevitably increase the burden of the war horse, and he still expects the war horse to send him to a place where he can buy a horse before it completely collapses.

Before finding a new horse, he could only temporarily aggrieved Xiao Hei to run with him.

However, as a strong assassin, Xiao Hei's speed is not inferior to that of a galloping horse, Zhang An looks at his uniform breath, obviously this speed is not the limit of Xiao Hei.

When it was time to rest at night, Xiao Hei consciously squatted in front of Zhang An, looking at Zhang An with blank eyes, like a little beast waiting to be fed.

Zhang An took out two rice crackers, one for Xiao Hei, and one for himself to hold and gnaw.

I don't have much dry food, and I don't know if I can make it to the next populated place. While eating, Zhang An thought about things.

If you want to change a horse, how can you get some money yourself?

Soon the two finished eating, but Xiao Hei still looked at Zhang An, and had no intention of resting.

Zhang An thought for a while, patted the war horse and said, "Horse." ”

Xiao Hei immediately followed Zhang An to learn.

After correcting Xiao Hei's pronunciation a few times, Zhang An picked up a small stone from the ground and shook it, saying, "Stone." ”

After teaching Xiao Hei two new words, Xiao Hei smiled again, looking satisfied, and then obediently ran to the side to rest.

But when Zhang An woke up the next day, he found Xiao Hei curled up next to him and fell asleep.

The next few days are spent in a hurry, and the time to teach Xiao Hei to speak.

Finally, just before the dry food was completely exhausted, Zhang An saw a city from afar.

It's just that Xiao Hei stopped, no matter how Zhang An pointed to the city, he refused to move forward.

It seems that Xiao Hei is still afraid of life. Zhang An looked at Xiao Hei who shook his head desperately, and could only give up his plan to take Xiao Hei into the city.

Zhang An danced for a while, asked Xiao Hei to wait for him to come back, and saw Xiao Hei nodding, so he was relieved to lead the war horse that was almost exhausted and walked towards the city.

The city is not big, but it is very crowded with people.

In particular, most of the pedestrians are dressed in scribe clothes.

This city is called Yangzhai and is Guo Jia's hometown.

When entering the city, Zhang An encountered a big trouble, and the soldiers guarding the city gate saw that Zhang An's horse was carrying a Fang Tian painting halberd, and immediately stopped Zhang An.

In desperation, Zhang An could only take out the personal guard token that Lu Bu stuffed in the package and show it to the soldiers before being released.

Zhang An didn't want to use this token too much, in case he was seen by someone with a heart and reported to Lu Bu layer by layer, it would be a big trouble for his plan to find stones.

Walking on the street with a horse, smelling the pungent aroma from the surrounding restaurants, Zhang An almost didn't drool.

It seems that the top priority is to get the money first.

After getting the money, I had to buy horses, dry food, and a few changes of clothes for myself and Xiaohei.

There are a lot of things to do, and there are a lot of things to buy, especially buying a horse is a big expense.

Zhang An thought about it, but he couldn't think of any way to get such a large sum of money without violating his bottom line.

When Zhang An turned Yang Zhai in half and passed by the county office, he was attracted by a notice posted outside the county office.

The notice wrote that a snitch had recently sneaked into Yingyin's Xun family mansion and stole a large number of treasures, as well as the Xun family's family heirlooms, so the Xun family entrusted the government to issue such a notice, and anyone who could catch the snitch would be rewarded.

Zhang An couldn't help but feel a little moved, the Xun family has produced many dignitaries, this bounty must be a lot, it should be enough for his planned expenses.

However, Zhang An quickly gave up, because this notice didn't even say what the snitch looked like or what his whereabouts were, how he found the snitch in the vast sea of people and earned this bounty.

With a sigh, Zhang An prepared to leave.

At this moment, an errand officer at the gate of the county government walked up to Zhang An and stopped Zhang An, "This brother, look at your decoration, I think you are a martial artist, right?"

"That's right, I'm a martial artist. Zhang An replied, "I don't know if this big brother is okay?"

"I don't know how your cultivation is?" the messenger asked, "Don't get me wrong, brother, I'm not intruding on your privacy, but if your cultivation is suitable, I want to ask you for a favor, and the reward is definitely quite a lot." ”

"I'm currently close to Gang Qi's cultivation. Zhang An thought for a moment and said his realm.

The officer's eyes lit up, and his tone was also a little eager, "My brother is really young and promising, I wonder if my brother is willing to listen to this errand?"

"Please speak up, big brother. Zhang An said.

The messenger hurriedly said the reason, it turned out that near Yang Zhai, I don't know why a group of robbers came, and every once in a while they would come out to rob the pedestrians and merchants, Yang Zhai also sent troops to encircle and suppress it several times, but although there were only a dozen robbers, all of them were martial artists who had completed the stage of qi induction, although this group of robbers could not beat the county soldiers with many people, but it was more than enough for the county soldiers to escape before the county soldiers completely formed an encirclement.

"Our county commander is worried about this matter, because our Yang Zhai literary style is prevalent, but there are no warriors who can entangle this gang of robbers. The officer smiled and asked, "I wonder if my brother is interested?"

Zhang An pondered for a moment and asked, "I don't know how to calculate the remuneration?"

The officer said, "This depends on how good my brother is." ”

Zhang An nodded, "Okay, take me to try it." ”