Zhao heard the sound of horses' hooves for no reason and looked back, and as far as the eye could see, there was an undulating slope overgrown with thatch and shrubs, and he could not see the distance.

Zhao was unsure who was coming over for no reason, and he looked dazed. Ling Yue suddenly looked nervous, and said hurriedly: "Heng Si just said that Heng San will come back early in the morning. Could it be that he is back? ”

Zhao panicked when he heard her say it for no reason, and shouted, "Yes, let's hide quickly." The three of them hurriedly hid in the bushes behind the house.

The sound of horses' hooves is getting closer and closer, Zhao opened the leaves and looked out for no reason, and after a while, a man and a horse came over, and it was really Hengsan.

Heng San coaxed Zhao Wuxian and the three of them here yesterday, and his mood suddenly relaxed, and he felt hungry and tired. He felt that this place was remote and desolate, and they couldn't run far if Zhao had no reason, and Heng Si alone was enough to deal with these three people. So I had a selfish desire to go to the town to eat and sleep, and under the pretext of going to buy some food, I slipped away alone.

Early in the morning, he bought some Hu cakes, brought some barbecue and rice wine to Hengsi, and came back happily. When he got to the outside of the post station, he turned over and dismounted, and shouted happily: "Brother, I'm back." There was no one in the house to respond, and he was suspicious, and when he looked in from the door, he couldn't see what was going on inside, but he felt something unusual, so he didn't care to tie the reins of his horse, and rushed into the house.

The house was in shambles, and he stepped on the ruins, looking up at the half-collapsed attic and the roof with a large hole exposed, with a look of disbelief. I was stunned for a long time before I came back to my senses and bent down to pull in the ruins. After a while, I picked up a few pieces of broken wood stained with blood, and an ominous premonition came to my mind, and I suddenly panicked. He eagerly looked around and shouted, "Brother, brother, Heng Si." ”

He looked around, there was no one in the house, so he ran out of the house, stood by the door and looked around, and suddenly found Heng Si lying under the low wall not far away, his heart was horrified, he ran over, knelt on the ground and picked up Heng Si, and called loudly.

Heng Si's eyes were closed, his expression was painful, and his lips moved slightly. Heng San put his ear to his mouth, but still didn't hear what he said. He hugged his dying brother, and sorrow came from it, and tears couldn't stop flowing. Heng Si seemed to sigh, and after a while, his head tilted, and he lost his breath.

Heng San hugged Heng Si tightly and cried bitterly, crying and howling at the same time: "I will kill you." After crying for a while, he put down the body of Hengsi, which was gradually getting colder, untied his robe and covered it, turned over and got on his horse, and wanted to chase the three people.

Zhao Wuyin and Xu Yu's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law hid in the bushes, and they didn't dare to come out, and when Heng San shouted "I'm going to kill you", the three of them were so frightened that they huddled together. When he saw Heng San getting on the horse and leaving, he let go of his hanging heart.

Xu Yu moved her body slightly, and suddenly found that Zhao Wureason and Ling Yue were close together, and her heart suddenly became angry, completely forgetting that she was still in a dangerous situation, and stretched out her hand to push Zhao Wuyin and reprimanded: "You get out." ”

Zhao was startled for no reason and pointed to Heng San, who had not left yet. Xu Yu came to her senses at this time, quickly lowered her head, and lay on the ground. However, it was too late. Heng San heard the sound, turned the horse, and swept his gaze here. He hesitated for a moment, jumped off his horse, and walked slowly with his knife in his hand.

Zhao knew that he couldn't hide, so he whispered to Xu Yu's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law: "Don't make a noise here." He got up from the bushes and walked slowly towards Hengsan.

Both of them stopped when they were still ten paces apart. Heng San looked at Zhao Wuxu coldly and said, "You hurt my brother?" ”

"Not me."

"Those two women?" Heng San suppressed his anger with sarcasm in his tone.

"Not really."

"Could it be that he is killing himself?" Heng San shouted angrily.

Zhao looked at Heng San's face distorted by anger for no reason, and was timid in his heart: "Yes, it was unfortunate to bump into it." ”

"Didn't you happen to bump into it? How did you not bump. Heng San's eyes were red, and he stepped forward step by step.

Zhao was frightened and retreated, shook his hand and said, "Don't come here." At this moment, the bushes behind him shook and made a rattling sound.

He didn't pay attention, he was still retreating step by step, and suddenly heard a weak voice calling: "Zhao Gongzi, Zhao Gongzi." He suddenly remembered that Xu Yu's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were hiding there, he was shocked, and secretly shouted "not good", hesitated for a moment, and suddenly pulled out his legs and rushed in the direction of Hengsan.

Heng San also noticed the sound in the bushes, and after a little distraction, Zhao flashed past him for no reason. Heng San was furious, and he was about to chase after him with his knife, but after walking a few steps, he hesitated to stop and looked back at the bushes.

Zhao saw Heng San's behavior like this for no reason, and he was anxious, so he wanted to lure Heng San over, just in time to catch a glimpse of Heng Si's knife falling on the ground, he walked two steps quickly and bent down to pick it up.

Heng San saw that he picked up his brother's knife, so angry that he stomped his foot hard, and he couldn't care about much, and he was bent on finding Zhao for revenge for no reason, so he chased after him.

Zhao had nowhere to escape for no reason, so he had to fight. He held the knife in both hands, so nervous that the muscles in his face twitched.

Heng San glanced at him, snorted contemptuously, and approached step by step with a knife.

Zhao Wuyin was not afraid at this time, gritted his teeth, and stepped forward to slash at it.

Heng San didn't put on a posture, he seemed to raise his knife to block it very casually, and sneered: "Cut it again." Zhao staggered back a few steps for no reason, and when he heard this, he also launched a ruthless attack, and rushed forward to slash hard. Heng San seemed to be teasing him, and easily resisted a few rounds.

Zhao was a scholar for no reason, and after a few slashes like this, he was already so tired that he was panting. He paused for a moment, then raised the knife with both hands and slashed it with all his might.

A fierce light flashed in Heng San's eyes, his knees were slightly bent and accumulated, and when Zhao Wureason approached, he picked up a knife with his arm, knocking the knife in Zhao Wu's hand away, and then waved his backhand, and the tip of the knife slashed across his chest.

Zhao was out of breath after a few indiscriminate fights for no reason, although he was barely attacking, he was already powerless. The knife in his hand was knocked away by Heng Sanyi's move, and before he could react, he felt a sharp pain in his chest, blood gushed out, his eyes were black, and he fell to the ground.

Heng San stepped forward and rubbed Zhao Wuzhi, and sneered: "You still have to fight with me, you can't do it." ”

Ling Yue witnessed this tragic scene and couldn't help but stand up with a scream. Heng San heard the sound and looked for it, and Xu Yu also stood up from the bushes and blocked in front of Ling Yue.

Heng San stared indifferently for a moment, and walked over with a knife. At this time, a calm voice came from behind him: "Stop." Heng San was stunned when he heard this, and slowly turned around, and there were two sturdy men dressed in prison clothes and holding swords in front of him.

"Pang Meng and Yuan Liulang." Ling Yue recognized the two of them and whispered in Xu Yu's ear. "How did they get here?" Xu Yu looked puzzled.

The people who came were indeed Pang Meng and Yuan Liulang, they faced the fierce and vicious Heng San, and they didn't dare to be careless, Pang Meng held an iron ruler, Yuan Liulang held a ring knife, the two of them opened the distance from one left and one right, and slowly surrounded them.

Heng San was no longer contemptuous, his left arm stretched out his palm forward, his right hand holding the knife hanging behind his back, his legs standing sideways, posing in a posture of response, and his bloodshot eyes stared at Pang Meng and Yuan Liulang. He suddenly let out a long whistle and struck first, and the blade drew an arc, slashing directly at Pang Meng.

Pang Meng only felt a strong wind coming, retreated two steps sharply, and flashed this move. Seeing Heng San's body passing sideways, revealing the gap in his right back, he quickly leaned forward, and the black iron ruler was like a swimming snake, pointing directly at Heng San.

Heng Sanyi slashed the air, turned around, and saw the iron ruler stabbing at the chest, without pausing and immediately raising the knife to block it, and the back of the knife knocked the iron ruler open.

The two fought for a few rounds in an instant, staggering back two steps each. Yuan Liulang couldn't intervene on the side, quite dissatisfied, and said: "Don't entangle with him, let's just step forward and take him down." ”

Heng San didn't have the upper hand in the fight with Pang Meng just now, thinking that if the two of them went together, I was afraid that it would be difficult to parry, and he was timid. He glanced at his horse's position and stepped back slowly.

Yuan Liulang was about to rush over with a knife, but was dragged by Pang Meng. Pang Meng stared at Heng San's every move, guessing that he was going to escape. He didn't know the origin of Heng San, and he was worried about Zhao Wuzhi who fell in a pool of blood, so he stopped Yuan Liulang and deliberately let Heng San escape.

Heng San slowly approached the horse, suddenly retreated and put away his knife, turned over and jumped on the horse's back, glanced back at Heng Si in the corner, and shouted with grief and indignation: "I will take revenge." He slapped the horse's buttocks hard and walked away.

Pang Meng threw down the iron ruler in his hand, quickly ran to Zhao Wuxu's side, and knelt on the ground to inspect his injuries. Yuan Liulang, Xu Yu and Ling Yue came over.

"What's wrong?" Ling Yue asked with a crying voice.

Pang Meng sighed: "Too much blood, I'm afraid, I'm afraid-" said and motioned for Yuan Liulang to bring the water bladder.

Yuan Liulang hurriedly took the water bladder and said, "I'll feed him." Pang Meng gave up his position. Yuan Liulang gently held Zhao Wu's head, put the water bladder to his mouth, and fed him a few mouthfuls.

Zhao swallowed a few mouthfuls of water for no reason and slowly opened his eyes. Seeing that he had woken up, Ling Yue was overjoyed in her heart, and called softly: "Zhao Gongzi, Zhao Gongzi." ”

Zhao stiffened himself to get up for no reason, and Yuan Liulang stretched out his arm and gently wrapped his shoulder, holding his head up slightly. He gasped weakly, his eyes swept over the people around him one by one, and finally stopped on Xu Yu's face, smiled slightly, and tried his best to raise his voice and said: "I really didn't, I didn't murder Da Lang, I and Ling Yue are innocent." ”

When Xu Yu heard this, her whole person seemed to be stupid, her legs were weak, and she fell to the ground.

Zhao closed his eyes weakly for no reason, and his pale face gradually calmed down. Yuan Liulang's face changed suddenly, and he called eagerly: "Zhao Gongzi, Zhao Gongzi." There was no response for a long time.

Yuan Liulang looked sad, slowly pulled out his arms, supported Zhao Wuzhi's shoulders with both hands, and slowly laid him flat on the grass very gently. Then he knelt on his knees, put his hands under his chin, and lowered his head and closed his eyes in silence.

Pang Meng couldn't bear to look at it directly, turned around, and kept wiping the tears from the corners of his eyes.

Ling Yue covered her face with her hands and fell to the ground sobbing mournfully.

Xu Yu sat paralyzed on the ground. She looked decadent, her gray hair hanging down in front of her forehead, and her godless eyes looked indifferently into the distance; After a while, two lines of muddy tears slowly flowed down his wrinkled cheeks.