As mentioned last time, the three of them were discovered by the Khitan soldiers and infiltrated an old man's courtyard in a panic. The old man was old and alone, and the three of them stayed here that night, during which they talked about the burning of the porcelain shop, which suddenly made Dugushuo and Pei Ce even more confused. There was nothing to say all night, and the three of them were tired for many days, and slept until dawn.

Dugu Shuo didn't see the old man when he got up, he looked around and still disappeared, and woke up Pei Xu and the two of them at the moment, and the three of them wanted to find some water to wash their faces in the grass house, but they couldn't find it inside or outside the house.

Suddenly, Pei Ce slapped the table and stood up, shouting in his mouth: "Uncle said last night that the Khitans issued a notice that the Han people in the city can receive a liter of rice, will the old man go to receive rice?" A word woke up the two, and the three of them packed up together, dressed in rags, and went straight to the west of the city.

Seeing that there was a long queue in front of the Khitan camp, the people in the city who did not flee came here to receive rice.

Dugu Shuo saw it in his eyes, and thought in his heart: "This grain is distributed by the imperial court for Yingzhou, but I hate that Zhao Wenhui and Lai Junchen, the two thieves, actually gave the grain that should have been the relief of the people to the Khitans, but the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty actually want to come here to receive the rewards of the Khitans, it's really damned!" ”

Dugu Shuo thought about it, only to see a person with a Chinese accent shouting back and forth, and the three of them followed behind the crowd. Pei Ce thought to himself that the old man would not accept their money, and the three of them would also receive some corn from the old man, which could be regarded as repaying the favor of the night.

After a while, it was the old man's turn.

The man with a Chinese accent squinted at the old man, and said angrily: "At this age, you still beg for food, it's better to die, and suffer less from these living crimes!" When the old man heard this, he immediately quarreled with him, and scolded in his mouth: "Why don't you die early?" When the man heard this, he immediately got into a seizure and kicked the old man to the ground with a volley. When everyone saw this, they were angry in their hearts and pointed out one after another, but they were afraid of the Khitan soldiers, and they only cursed in their mouths. When the three of them saw it, they hurriedly jumped up, but it was a middle-aged man in the team who jumped out first, and the two hidden weapons in his left and right hands walked with his arms, piercing the necks of the two Khitan soldiers next to him, and the Khitan soldiers fell to the ground in response.

The middle-aged man was not in a hurry, and committed himself to helping the old man.

At this time, there was a commotion in the Khitan camp, and seven or eight people poured out, all holding scimitars, and rushed straight to the general.

It's too late, it's too fast, and now the people are scattered. Dugu Shuo and the others saw the opportunity, jumped in front of the old man, protected the middle-aged man and the old man behind him, and saw the Khitan soldiers rushing over, Dugu Shuo shouted: "Brother Xu, take the old man first, we will break off!" ”

Xu Gao listened, and one of them held the old man on his back and walked quickly. Du Pei and the three of them, together with the three of them, snatched up one by one, grabbed two fallen Khitan soldiers and the scimitar of the man with a Han accent, held it in his hand, and fought and walked, fled in the other direction, seeing a large number of Khitan soldiers prancing horses to chase, the three of them only ran around in the west of the city, jumping high and low, and the Khitan soldiers scattered and chased after them, and the three of them broke down one by one, but they did not dare to fight, and hid in the laneway, dodged the Khitan soldiers, and went straight to the old Bocao Courtyard.

Xu stomach guarded in front of the earthen kang, and the old man was lying on the earthen kang, dying.

When the old man saw the three of them, he squeezed out a smile with difficulty, and said: "The world is hard, and the people are suffering!" When the four of them heard this, they immediately covered their faces and wiped away their tears. Dugu Shuo said: "The old man is lying down in peace, and the three of us will go and grab some corn!" When the old man heard this, he slowly shook his hand and said with a smile: "Your kindness is understood, and the old man's front feet have reached the ghost gate, so he can't take risks for such a dying person!" ”

When the middle-aged man heard this, he clenched his fists tightly and scolded: "These Khitan thieves, under the guise of relief, oppress the good, and when the army of the imperial court arrives, they will be sure to kill them without leaving a piece of armor!" Dugu Shuo suddenly remembered that this man was brave, and hurriedly waved his hands and said: "Thank you for the rescue, I will thank the old man for my help!" ”

When the man heard this, he waved his hand and said, "Manly man, when the road is uneven, draw a sword to help, why bother to say thank you!" As he spoke, he glanced at the old man again and said, "Aren't the brothers relatives of this old man?" Pei Ce said: "The strong man misunderstood, the old man is not our relatives, but he is kind to us, and he didn't have time to thank him, but he suffered this!" ”

The man said: "Even so, let alone thank you, we are all Han people, and when we are a family, we don't talk about two families!" Oh, by the way, I see that a few brothers are extraordinary, and their accents are not local to Yingzhou, so I think it must be unusual, how can they wear such tattered? ”

Pei Duxu and the three of them listened, looked at each other, and said with a smile: "The strong man has good eyesight, the three brothers and I are not from Yingzhou, I came here to have fun earlier, and I happened to catch up with the Yingzhou rebellion, I was trapped here, and I happened to stay at the old man's house, and the old man didn't charge me and other money, so I wanted to go together to get some corn and the old man, but I didn't expect to meet this!" ”

The man said: "I see, the three dare to come forward, they are the heroes among the people!" ”

Dugu Shuo hurriedly waved his hands and said: "The strong man is serious! Oh yes, but I don't know what to call a strong man? ”

The man said: "In Xia Xiao Chufeng, the people of Bingzhou make a living here, but unfortunately the eight Khitan tribes in Yingzhou rebelled, resulting in displacement in Xiapei!" As he spoke, he was slightly depressed.

Dugu Shuo said: "In Xiafu's surname Shangguan, a single name is a Shuo character, these two are my good brothers Xu Ce and Pei Stomach!" After Dugushuo finished speaking, the man listened, his face changed slightly, he paused for a moment, forced a smile and said, "Fortunately!" ”

At this time when he was talking, the old man coughed suddenly, coughed a few times in a row, spit out a mouthful of blood, several people saw it, and they were busy in front of the old man's earthen kang, Pei Ce took the pulse and tried it, the old man was already vaguely unable to feel the pulse, Xu Gao hurriedly shouted a few times, but did not see the old man respond. That Xiao Chufeng ran over, asked Xu Gao to help the old man, took out a cloth bag from his arms, a row of silver needles in it, stroked it lightly, there were already three or four silver needles between his fingers, and pierced a few places on the old man's body, after a long time, the old man slowly came back to his senses, and said intermittently: "I'm tired of everyone, the old body has run out of oil, and it's not worth it..." Coughing a few more times as he spoke, he helped the old man to lie down.

Xiao Chufeng led the three of them to the courtyard, waved his hands and said: "Xiao Mou and all of you are in general, they all meet this old man Pingshui, now the old man is afraid that the oil is running out and the lamp is dry, thinking that he is so poor, and he has no children and no daughters, Xiao is used to being unrestrained, and he has no savings, he is really poor, I want to donate a coffin for the old man, but what ····· Ay! ”

The three of them listened, nodded and smiled, and Dugu Shuo took the lead in saying: "Brother Xiao's heart, the three of us have thanked the old man, and I still have some money in my hand, but it's a pity that I am not familiar with life when I first come here, and I want to disturb Brother Xiao to buy some things!" Xiao Chufeng listened, nodded again and again, Pei Ce gave Xiao Chufeng the silver money on his body, Xiao Chufeng waved his hand, and turned around.

After Xiao Chufeng left, Pei Ce suddenly remembered, and said in his mouth: "Dugu Shuo, if this Xiao Chufeng is a liar, wouldn't we have trampled these silver coins in vain!" ”

Dugu Shuo listened to it and said with a smile: "It's okay, I think Xiao Chufeng is an upright person, he shouldn't be a charlatan!" After that, the three of them glanced in the direction of Xiao Chufeng, turned around and went to the house to visit the old man, the three of them only waited until the evening, and they didn't see Xiao Chufeng.

When there was no moon in the night, snow suddenly fell on the north, and the three of them only shivered on the ground, and in the middle of the night, the old man had no breath. At that moment, the three of them couldn't, so they had to find a few broken mats and bury the old man.

After a bitter cold night, the more Pei Ce thought about it, the more angry he became, clamoring to find that Xiao Chufeng.

Dugu Shuo stopped the two of them and said: "The silver money is a trivial matter, the clues of the Yingzhou secret guard are broken, I can't wait for a long time, the delay of these few days may have aroused the vigilance of the rebels in the internal guard, and now I have to rush back to the gods!" ”

Pei Ce said: "It's hateful that Xiao Chufeng cheated all the money, hey······"

Dugu Shuo said: "It's okay, the mountains and rivers meet, and Saiong knows if he loses his horse!" Let's go! With that, the three of them glanced at the old man's courtyard and walked away.

The three of them passed by the porcelain shop of the secret guard, couldn't help but stop, looked at each other, Pei Ce raised his head and signaled, the three couldn't help it, and quietly leaned in, turning forward like a front, but there was no clue, according to the previous inference, Pei Xu and the two set up a human ladder and sent Dugushuo upstairs to investigate again.

When dawn, the three of them had arrived at the entrance of the southern city, and the investigation was extremely detailed, fortunately, a team of Khitan cavalry wanted to enter the city, but was blocked by the people out of the city, and the angry Khitan captain had a seizure, and drove a group of Han people out, and the three took advantage of the chaos to go out of the city, found horses and clothes, and ran straight to the direction of Youzhou.

Heavy snow for several days blocked the road, and the three of them had to be delayed in Youzhou Inn.

In the evening of this day, the wind and snow stopped, Pei Ce stood on the corner tower of the post house and looked out, a horse came from the direction of Danzhou, a person led the horse, and a person was carrying a person on horseback, due to the heavy snow for several days, the road was covered by heavy snow, the horse's feet were intertwined, and the sound of squeaking in the snow slowly approached, Pei Ce's eyes were sharp, and he recognized at a glance that it was Xiao Chufeng who had cheated them out of their silver that day, and immediately slapped the railing fiercely, and jumped into the post house.

After Pei Ce said to Du and Xu, Xu scolded angrily: "It's really a narrow road, I didn't expect this thief to come to the door, I can't let him get away!" The three of them then discussed, and then went into the shadows.

Pei Ce was already an anxious person, and when he saw Xiao Chufeng enter the post house, he didn't care about Dugu Shuo's obstruction, jumped down quickly, pulled out the wave pattern thousand cow knife on his waist, and followed behind Xiao Chufeng. Xiao Chufeng walked quickly, leaning on the counter with one hand on the horseback, Pei Ce saw it clearly, it was an injured man, his face was wrapped in a black cloth, and only a pair of eyes were exposed.

When Dugu Shuo and Xu Gao came in a hurry, they couldn't stop Pei Ce. Pei Ce put the knife across Xiao Chufeng's neck, and scolded in his mouth: "It's really a narrow road, you are a strong man who cheats people out of money!" That Xiao Chufeng seemed to feel the murderous aura, holding the person on horseback with one hand, and already touching the short sword at his waist with the other, but it was Pei Ce's extremely fast body, which he didn't expect.

Xiao Chufeng slowly turned around, saw Pei Ce, and said with a smile: "Pei Zhuangshi! ”

Dugu Shuo stepped in through the door, and when he heard this, he was stunned, stopped his steps, stared at Xiao Chufeng's eyes for a moment, and then walked a few steps inside and said, "How do you know that his surname is Pei!" Xiao Chufeng didn't speak, only piled up the smiles on his face.

At this time, the post house ran over with a smile, and smiled at Du Pei Xu and the others: "The three adults, please calm their anger, those who have entered the official post house are all their own family members, don't use knives and guns, please accept the knives and knives of the three officials!" Pei Ce glanced at Yi Cheng, Dugu Shuo raised his hand and signaled Pei Ce to collect the knife, Pei Ce looked at Dugu Shuo, then at Xiao Chufeng, and reluctantly put the knife in the sheath.

"I don't know what your last name is? But the surname is Dugu? Being asked by Xiao Chufeng, Dugu Shuo suddenly felt that the person in front of him should have an official position, at least he had heard it and probably knew the names of the three of them, and after thinking about it, this person was probably one of the fake internal guards who intercepted and killed them.

Xiao Chufeng seemed to sense Dugu Shuo's sudden murderous aura, and hurriedly waved his hands and said: "Don't misunderstand, my lord, my humble position is Xiao Chufeng, the cousin of Wen Lu, the deputy inspector of the Yingzhou Infantry, and he is not the enemy of adults!" Hearing General Wen Lu's name, Dugu Shuo's guard in his heart relaxed slightly.

Xiao Chufeng said again: "I'm really sorry for the three adults, Xiao is not a money-greedy charlatan, there is another secret in the matter of the day, please let the three adults be tolerant!" ”

Xu Gao listened, snorted coldly, and said: "Then you can talk about it, how to hide the secret, which can make you lose your conscience, and even deceive the coffin of a deceased!" ”

Pei Ce said: "Hugh wants to listen to her nonsense, I see that this kid has no flesh on his cheeks, the sky is collapsed, and his eyebrow bones are protruding, he must not be a very good bird, it is better to let me slash the result!" So saying, he came with his sword.

Dugu Shuo hurriedly said: "Master Pei must not act rashly, and it is not too late to hear what he has hidden before making a move!" ”

Xiao Chufeng listened, smiled slightly: "If Xiao Mou didn't guess wrong, the three of them are the internal guards!" As he spoke, he pointed to the person on horseback who was leaning on the counter, and then pointed upstairs, Dugu Shuo nodded when he saw it, and immediately led the two of them upstairs.

When they got upstairs, the three of them sat down, and Dugu Shuo spoke: "There is no one around, now you can talk about it!" Xiao Chufeng stood in the middle and said with a smile: "Don't hide it from you, I wanted to go to the Khitan camp to ask for some corn that day, but I met three adults and the old man, but the actions of the day were also sincere, I really wanted to rescue the old man, and I didn't know that there were three adults!" ”

When Pei Ce heard this, he interrupted and said: "When you talk about hidden things, don't talk nonsense, if you dare to say more, I will take your head!" ”

Xiao Chufeng saw it, waved his hand again and again, and said, "Adults are not impatient, and listen to Xiao Mou's careful words." ”

Xu Gao said: "Don't fool around, say it quickly!" ”

Xiao Chufeng said: "Yes, yes, and said that I took the silver money of the three adults that day, and I originally wanted to buy a coffin for the old man, but after thinking about it, the old man has already gone, and it doesn't hurt if you want a coffin..."

The more Pei Ce listened, the more angry he became, and scolded: "You conscience, you can say such things, that old man is miserable, can read and break words, all he wants in his life is a coffin, you can't even give it ruthlessly, you are still a human ·····"

Dugu Shuo said: "Master Pei, it's not too late to talk about it after listening to him!" Pei Ce didn't speak, snorted and turned his back, and didn't look at it anymore.

Xiao Chufeng continued: "Living in the world, Xiao naturally knows that the deceased is great, but compared with donating a coffin for the deceased, if he can use these to save a living person, Xiao thinks that the latter is even more virtuous!" ”

The three of them listened, and looked at the person on the bed in unison.

Xiao Chufeng said: "It is this person, Xiao was entrusted by his cousin to go back and forth to Yingzhou to find his cousin Wen Peng, Wen Lan did not find it, but met this person unintentionally, he was injured by the fire and his life hung by a thread, I couldn't bear it, so I took the adult's money and asked the doctor for him to heal, this is the hidden situation, if the adults do not understand the hatred, they will kill Xiao, but after Xiao dies, you can treat this person well and heal him!" Then he closed his eyes and led his neck to be slain.

The three of them looked at each other for a while, and they didn't expect that there was such a hidden situation here, so Dugu Shuo got up, patted Xiao Chufeng on the shoulder and said, "Brother Xiao, it's me and the other three who misunderstood, and please Brother Haihan!" "Anyway, although Pei Xu and the others were unwilling, they also waved their hands to give a salute.

Xiao Chufeng looked at it and said with a smile: "The normal feelings of people, Xiao can understand himself, the righteousness of the three, Xiao is also admired, and he can be like this for the people who meet in Pingshui, he is really a hero among people!" With that, several people looked at each other and smiled.

Dugu Shuo said again: "I don't know where Brother Ren is? ”

Xiao Chufeng said with a smile: "When I was in Yingzhou, I already made it clear, it seems that Brother Ren has a bad memory!" ”

Dugu Shuo said again: "Oh, I'm afraid what Brother Ren said is not true, when I was in Yingzhou, I introduced Pei and Xu to Brother Ren, and deliberately changed their surnames and names, and today Brother Ren saw Master Pei, and blurted out that it was right, if it wasn't for Brother Ren, he would have known me and other faces, then he would be really talented!" ”

Xiao Chufeng listened, laughed, and said: "Brother Ren's heart is as careful as a hair, which really makes Xiao admire." In fact, when rescuing the old man in front of the Khitan camp that day, Brother Ren inadvertently called Brother Xu's name, and later introduced it and deliberately said the wrong name, but unfortunately no one in the world knows the name of Pei Ce, the leader of the Shendu Internal Guard, and Brother Ren said that the single name is a Shuo word, so I dared to guess that Brother Ren is the Dugu Shuo Lord of the Internal Guard! ”

When the three of them heard this, they all sighed that Xiao Chufeng was delicate, and Pei Ce said: "Brother Dugu, it seems that there are people like you in this world, which is really rare!" After that, he sighed with the three of them again.

At that moment, the person on the bed suddenly coughed again and again, spit out a few mouthfuls of blood, and the four of them hurriedly stopped the topic and ran over to look.

"This person was burned by the fire somehow, it's really pitiful, fortunately it's cold here, but there are three knife wounds on his body, I'm afraid he can't survive this winter!" Xiao Chufeng said while wiping the blood.

Dugu Shuo looked at it, and suddenly said, "Where did Brother Ren rescue this person?" Mo is not in Yingzhou City. ”

Xiao Chufeng shook his head and said, "No, Xiao was rescued in Danzhou, because Xiao was going to Yingzhou, so he brought him to Yingzhou." It's just that this person is so strange, seeing that I was going to take him to Yingzhou, he was about to pull out a knife and commit suicide, but I stopped him, and then he scratched his arm, causing the whole arm to fester, but it's a pity for this tough man! As he spoke, there was a bit of regret in his tone.

Dugu Shuo listened, nodded again and again, and called Yi Cheng to come up, and ordered him to find some medicine for burns and Xiao Chufeng.

The next day, the sky was clear, and there were pedestrians on the road, so Pei Xu Xiao hired a carriage, put the man and Li Zeng in the car, and went to Luoyang.