Zhang Meng broke off his drink, like thunder on the ground, frightening the man outside the fence to turn around and run, even if it was just a quick glance, his face was familiar, it was one of the scoundrels who had just come to make trouble.

"It's the dwarf who sneaked up on me......"

Zhang Meng's thought flashed, and he saw Shi Ah rushing up, his movements as fast as an arrow off the string.

"Ji'er! Ji'er! Shi Lao Yuan hurriedly called, "Spare him!" ”

"Mother, he's the one who came to the house to provoke, right? I'm angry with me, I'm going to take his dog life today! Shi Ah raised his arms and roared, not only did not stop, but quickened his pace.

Shi Lao Yuan ran two steps, tripped under her feet, and almost fell. Zhang Meng held her: "Old lady, Brother Shi ...... him"

"Alas, I also said that I learned self-cultivation in Beijing, and three years have passed, and this violent temper has not changed at all......" Shi Lao sighed again and again, "If that person is really caught by him, there will be trouble!" ”

Zhang Meng thought to himself: "Just looking at Shi A's beating of Shangguan, there is a chance that the dwarf man will die in his hands." The old lady's family has suffered a lot of misfortune, and if the only child commits another serious crime, it will be a catastrophe, and I can't sit idly by. He thought again, "Brother Shi lost his mind under the rage, and if he was surrounded by those scoundrels, he was afraid of trouble." After thinking about it at the moment, he said to Mrs. Shi: "Old lady, don't be impatient, I'll go and persuade Brother Shi to come back, you and Luo Fu stay at home and wait for us to come back." ”

Shi Lao Yuan sobbed and said: "Thank you Langjun, thank you Langjun!" ”

Zhang Meng nodded, and immediately spread his steps and chased after the courtyard.

Since the pre-Qin period, in order to facilitate management and urge the collection of taxes, the residences of the common people were usually planned in advance by the imperial court, forming settlements of different sizes. Some of these settlements are located in the city, while others are located in the countryside.

Nowadays, the most basic settlement is called "li", there are walls built around it, and there are gates for passing, which are called "Lu" or "Li Men", and there are criss-crossing lanes in "Li", and there are also special officials "Li Jian Gate" who are responsible for guarding the door, and the shape is like a city.

However, as the population grew, the people had to continue to open up new land, and the phenomenon of dispersion gradually became common, and eventually formed loose settlements without city walls.

The field where the courtyard of the Shi family is located is not surrounded by walls, so that the dwarf man can shuttle at will according to the retreat route he has planned in advance, otherwise there are walls and lanes to block it, and I am afraid that he will be caught up early.

Shi A was furious, and ran for two or three miles without retreating. Zhang Meng followed behind, saw a forest from a distance, and thought to himself: "When that short man gets into the forest, it will be even more difficult to catch him, so let's persuade Brother Shi to stop in time." ”

Still thinking about it, he suddenly heard a few screams, but saw two horses rushing out of the forest and rushing straight towards Shi A.

Caught off guard, Shi Ah dodged in a hurry, and a fast horse swept in front of him, and although it did not hit him, it also brought him down.

"It's not good, Brother Shi is in trouble!" Seeing this, Zhang Meng quickened his pace, "It turns out that this dwarf man is a bait, and Brother Shi has been ambushed." ”

At this time, the short man, together with the scarred man and the toothless man, stood at the edge of the woods and shouted: "Shi Laosi, your mother has been talking all day long that you want to come back, and now you are really coming back to find death!" ”

Shi Ah got up from the ground, took a few mouthfuls, and scolded: "Thief pig dog, I'm here to seek death, looking for the death of a few of you!" As he spoke, he looked at the two bareback horses that had stopped a few paces to his left and right, and when he saw that there were people sitting on them, he became angry in his heart and asked aloud, "Who are you?" Are you also impatient? ”

The dwarf man sneered: "These are all brothers who came to help the fist, just to destroy your Shi family." ”

"It turned out that he found his master and became a lackey, so majestic!" Shi A was besieged by five people, his face did not change, but looked up to the sky and laughed, "Even if you have a few pigs and dogs, I Shi Ah is not afraid!" As he spoke, he pulled out the ring knife on his waist, and for a while the cold light was full of murderous energy.

Zhang Mengwang sighed: "Brother Shi is reckless, but the enemy is outnumbered and there is no fear, it is really bloody!" He also observed that although the two men on horseback were also dressed in shabby clothes, their faces were grim, and each of them held a short knife in his hand, and he thought to himself, "These two men are of unknown origin, and they do not seem to be good people." Brother Shi is brave, but at the same time against two horseback riders and three more foils, I am afraid that there will be a mistake, I have to help him! So he deliberately whistled a few times to attract the attention of the other side.

Shi A was shocked and shouted, "Zhang Jun, why are you here?" ”

Zhang Meng said with a smile: "Brother Zhishi has clever methods, and he has come to see it for a long time. ”

The three men standing were also surprised, and the short man exclaimed: "Brothers, this white-faced man is not easy to deal with, don't let him join forces with Shi A!" ”

Before the words fell, the green horse rider among the two horses immediately galloped and rushed straight towards Zhang Meng.

There were dozens of paces between one person and one rider, but the green horse rider traveled lightly and quickly, and in a blink of an eye, he approached less than ten paces.

Zhang Meng was panicked, but at the critical moment, he naturally abandoned distracting thoughts and focused on riding face to face: "The horse ran fast, and this person's posture began to sway, which shows that the riding skills are not perfect, and the horse has no saddle and no armor, once it hits me, I am seriously injured, and others have to be thrown out." Thinking of this, his mind raced, "He definitely didn't dare to rush at me directly." He stood still with his legs in the direction of the galloping horse, not moving at all.

"Zhang Jun be careful!"

Not far away, Shi A exclaimed, but Zhang Meng's mind was strong and deaf.

In a few breaths, the green horse was close at hand. The strong wind was blowing, Zhang Meng did not retreat but advanced, and shouted: "Come down!" ”

Sure enough, at the critical moment, the green horse rider was timid in advance. He originally just wanted to use the momentum of the horse to intimidate Zhang Meng, forcing Zhang Meng to mess up his position, and then attack calmly, but he didn't expect that the young man in front of him seemed to be stupid, and he was indifferent when danger came. He was reluctant to take risks, and he was in a hurry.

The young horse was not a strictly trained war horse, and when he saw someone in front of him, he instinctively avoided it, and the rider panicked, and even more uncontrollable, neighing and skimming to one side, and his four hooves jumped wildly, almost carrying the rider off his back.

Zhang Meng had no distractions, took a deep breath, jumped up, climbed the horse's neck with both hands impartially, and then strengthened his waist and abdomen, and the whole person suddenly seemed to fly up out of thin air with the horse's run, and finally landed on the horse's back steadily.

This set of smooth movements is the stunt of riding a galloping horse that he has practiced in the northwest for more than ten years, which is far from being comparable to ordinary people.

Seeing such amazing skills, Shi Ah was relieved and applauded loudly.

Zhang Meng sat behind the rider, who was at a loss.

"Let you go down, you will go down!"

Zhang Meng snatched the rider's knife and pushed it.

The rider screamed and fell off his horse, crashing into a large rock and fainting instantly.

The other riding and the three men who were standing were all shocked when they saw the situation, but when they saw Zhang Meng controlling the green horse, he galloped over with his sword in reverse. The rider drove the horse away and disappeared, and the three men fled into the woods with their hands and feet.

Shi A wanted to chase again, but Zhang Meng rushed to the horse and stopped him: "Brother Shi, don't be impulsive." The other party is prepared, if we act rashly, we will fall into their tricks. ”

"Zhang Jun is such a good means!" Shi A was amazed, "I am used to seeing martial warriors in Beijing, but in terms of superb riding skills, they are not as good as a monarch." ”

"Haha, it's just a little trick, it's not enough." Zhang Meng dismounted and pointed ahead, "The rider can no longer be seen, this forest is extremely deep, stretching for hundreds of miles, it is difficult to find someone like looking for a needle in a haystack, it is better to make another plan." ”

After this turmoil, Shi Ah calmed down a lot emotionally, breathed a long sigh of relief, stood in place and hesitated for a moment, and finally responded: "Okay." And said, "Except for the two thieves riding horses, I know the other three, and I will settle accounts with them next time!" ”

Zhang Meng was puzzled: "Where did the horse rider come from?" ”

Shi A shook his head and said, "I don't know, there are indeed thieves near and far, but most of them are thieves with wooden sticks, and it is rare to have horses to ride." Although my historian is not a wealthy family here, ordinary people don't dare to mess with it. These three dog thieves usually keep their voices low, but now they are all arrogant and domineering, I am afraid that they have found some kind of backer. ”

Zhang Meng pointed to the rider who had fallen under the big stone dozens of steps away, and said, "Just ask him." Instead he frowned.

"Zhang Jun?"

Zhang Meng wondered: "There are a total of four scoundrels who went to your house to provoke before, I saw three just now, and there is a trouble-provoking pockmarked face, why don't you see him here?" Could it be ......" suddenly felt bad when I thought about this.