Under the stars, the moon is obscured by layers of clouds that resemble fish scales, and sometimes scattered moonlight leaks through the cracks.

In the crackling sound, the fire was burning, but everyone at the fire froze in place at the same moment.

"Brother Xiao... You... You're kidding, aren't you? The round-faced second generation of Xungui asked slowly.

Zheng Xiao looked at the man with a serious face and said, "I'm serious!" ”

For a moment, the air was silent, except for the crackling of the fire.

Not far from the periphery, the rest of the guards who had originally cast envious eyes on Zheng Xiao's guards felt the inexplicable abnormal atmosphere here, and turned their heads to look over. found that their masters were all stunned in place, and the situation was strange.

"Hahaha, I'm scared of you!" Suddenly, Zheng Xiao stroked his palms and laughed, he had long seen that these guys were not pleasing to the eye, and he wanted to scare them today.

This matter is still the parents of each family who have joined forces to ask him, in order to make this group of gentlemen have no chance to resist.

"Brother Xiao, what do you mean by that?" A noble second generation is about to pee.

Zheng Xiao didn't answer, so that everyone couldn't help but make up for it, and even more so, they were already thinking about whether Zheng Xiao was preparing to kill them all here.

The children of the noble family have these intrigues and tricks in their minds.

Zheng Xiao looked up at the sky and didn't find the moon, so he withdrew his gaze and looked at the pitch-black wilderness in the distance.

On both sides of the official road, there is a desolate wilderness.

This kind of Zheng Xiao made the children of the nobles even more frightened, and Zheng Xiao arranged the route along the way, eating and lodging, and single-handedly arranged it. The other noble second generations naturally didn't care about it, and they were happy. But looking back now, it seems that all this was carefully arranged by Zheng Xiao.

On the second floor of the post station, Liu Xin had already woken up Leng Peijun and Gou Liangyu, who had just fallen asleep.

The latter is unknown, both of them are staring at each other with big eyes and misty eyes.

Liu Xin softly retold the conversation downstairs, and the sleepiness in the eyes of the two immediately dissipated.

"No, is Zheng Xiao going to rebel?" Leng Peijun whispered.

"It's not clear yet, we'll just wait and see." Liu Xin comforted, he found that Gou Liangyu's hand was already on the hilt of the knife, and his knuckles were forced.

The next moment, Liu Xin's face suddenly changed, Gou Liangyu's knife was unsheathed for three points, Leng Peijun's eyes narrowed, and the three of them were alert at the same time.

At the same time, the second generation of nobles downstairs reacted even more, because there was a fine sound of horses' hooves not far away, and it was not difficult to judge from this sound that there were quite a few people!

"Zheng Xiao, what are you going to do!" Shi Wenbin jumped up, retreated to his own guard in two steps, and asked sharply.

Zheng Xiao looked at each other with a strange look, and a strange smile hung on the corner of his mouth.

The rest of the second generation of Xungui reacted slowly, but they also hid beside their own guards one by one.

This time they came out, and each family brought a loyal guard, and if there were too many people, it would be difficult to arrange the way. Besides, the elite guards of the eight noble families are already a force that is not weak.

"Hahahaha!" Zheng Xiao laughed arrogantly, and a similar panic appeared in the eyes of the seven noble second generations. But they didn't notice that the guards around them had a calm look in their eyes, as if they hadn't heard the sound of horses' hooves, and they hadn't even picked up their weapons.

The one in Zheng Xiao's guard was not even a weapon in his hand, it was the skewer of meat that Zheng Xiao had grilled himself.

The eldest young master is so good to me, I will definitely swear allegiance to the eldest young master, well, this meat is really delicious!

This was the only thought in Zheng Xiao's guard's heart at this time.

Zheng Xiaole looked at the expressions of the seven people, and he couldn't wait to find a skilled painter to paint this scene now, which might be a big weapon to laugh at them in the future.

The sound of horses' hooves was getting closer, and the light of a fire was already visible in the distance.

The sporadic firelight fell in Liu Xin's eyes on the second floor, and his expression was slightly relaxed.

"The horses over there are not in a state of charge, and if it is an enemy, this distance should have already been charged, otherwise the people on this side will easily run away. Things may not be so bad, and we continue to wait and see. ”

Leng Peijun and Gou Liangyu nodded silently, Leng Peijun couldn't help but look at Liu Xin, he didn't have such meticulous observation and analytical skills.

No wonder the other party can become a red man in the eyes of the Admiral.

In the East Factory, the rapid rise of Liu Xin has become a good story, and many people are rumoring that Liu Xin has entered the eyes of the Admiral, and he is the next original thousand households.

The seven nobles wanted to go to the stables to fetch the horses, but the guards behind them did not move, and they were even more frightened, probably thinking in their minds:

No, no, even the most loyal guard in the family is Zheng Xiao's person, so wouldn't I be dead

Zheng Xiao looked at the seven people with a smile, to his surprise, when the dozen or so riders approached, the seven people were still just standing there, Zheng Xiao thought that there would be two or three unsuccessful people who stood up and begged for mercy.

Things have come to this point, and they can't continue to tease, otherwise someone will really have to fight with him.

One of the dozen or so horsemen was wearing leather armor and metal armor on his face, which was not very harmonious. The knight turned and dismounted, took two quick steps, and stretched out his arms.

Zheng Xiao also opened his arms and greeted him, and the two hugged each other.

Seven nobles of the second generation at the same time, their faces are like earth.

Zheng Xiao really colluded with the mountain bandits!

Unexpectedly, when the hearts of the seven were like ashes, Zheng Xiao turned around and said to everyone with a smile: "Look at who this is!" ”

The knight took off his mask, revealing a face that was familiar to all the nobles present.

The round-faced little fat man in the second generation of Xungui looked at the person in front of him in surprise, and said in disbelief: "You are... You are the fourth brother! ”

The rest of the second generation of honors also gossiped, and the downstairs suddenly became noisy.

Liu Xin saw the knight's appearance through the gap in the window, he was five big and three thick, with a square face, thick eyebrows, thick lips, and rough eyes, but he could see that he was not very old.

Liu Xin gave up his position and said to Leng Peijun: "Peijun, take a look, do you know that person!" ”

Leng Peijun nodded, leaned over and observed carefully for a moment before saying in surprise: "Shan Si! ”

Liu Xin showed such a look, and even asked, "Who is this?" ”

Leng Peijun retracted his gaze and introduced: "Adults may not know, this single four is the youngest Qianhu official in Jin Wuwei. He was born in the rivers and lakes and is a well-known person in the Yuanwei Dart Bureau. ”

Hearing this, Liu Xin couldn't help but say: "Is it the seventh in the Yuanwei Dart Bureau's 'Profound Foresight and Shock'?" ”

Leng Peijun was surprised that Liu Xin had heard this name, and he continued: "Yes, the seventh son of the head of the Yuanwei Dart Bureau. This young master came to the imperial capital two years ago, first disguised his identity and joined the army, and later was promoted quickly because of his personal martial arts and bravery. In two years, he has been a thousand households in Jinwuwei, and he has become the youngest thousand households in the past ten years in the imperial capital. ”

Speaking of this, Leng Peijun glanced at Liu Xin, this Liu Qianhu is now a deputy Qianhu, and according to the information passed on by his colleagues, it seems that he is only twenty-one years old this year. Shan Si was promoted to Qianhu at the age of twenty-two, maybe Liu Qianhu can break the record of Shan Si.

"Although Shan Si is alone in the imperial capital, he worshipped Weng Bingliang, a fierce general under the command of the Duke of Qin, as his teacher, and was taken care of by the nobles of the Duke of Qin."

Liu Xin suddenly realized that he had never heard the name of Shan Si, but his eldest brother, second brother, third brother and fourth brother were already well-known in the rivers and lakes, and even the name of the powerful world with foresight and foresight also spread all over the rivers and lakes.

"This person is Jin Wuwei, why is he here?" Gou Liangyu put the knife back into its sheath and asked a rare question.

Liu Xin glanced at him, and sure enough, he was a martial idiot, and only a leader of the younger generation like Shan Si could attract his interest.

"It is estimated that it has something to do with the mountain bandits in Shaanxi!" Liu Xin guessed.

The three of them continued to silently observe the situation downstairs.

Shan Si is a straight man, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he broke Zheng Xiao's plan.

"I was ordered to come here to suppress the bandits, and I will set out before you, and it will only be two or three days here. Zheng Xiao said that he would bring you to help, so I came at the appointed hour. ”

"Brother Xiao, you hurt us so hard!" The round-faced fat man said with a sad face.

Shan Si glanced at him, frowned, and said, "Xiaobai, why are you here, with your physique, if you encounter a retreat, I can't take care of you!" ”

The round-faced fat man Xiaobai is the eldest son of Jingning Bai Fengshan, who is a little more delicious and obese.

The round-faced fat man cried with a sad face: "Who knew that he was going to come to suppress the bandits!" ”

Zheng Xiao explained to the others with a smile: "This is discussed between my father and my uncles. His Majesty has been worrying about the gathering of mountain bandits in various places during this time. It just so happened that Qin Guogong wrote a letter and transferred an elite army from the Hanzhong Military Horse Farm to level the mountain bandits in Shaanxi. So Shan Si and I discussed, and asked for an order to come over and practice. I didn't know that the uncles of your family decided to let you come with you. But if you tell the truth, I'm afraid you won't dare to come. ”

"Who wouldn't dare!" Shi Wenbin retorted.

Of course, Zheng Xiao ignored Shi Wenbin's rebuttal in order to refute, and continued to himself: "So you also know what is going on. Now that the arrow is on the bow, tomorrow will be the day when the army will attack the mountain where the bandits gather, and if you can't escape, you have to follow! ”

The little faces of several noble second-generation nobles who had just recovered their ruddy colors turned pale in an instant, especially the round-faced fat man.

Shan Si was simple-minded, and he didn't care about the psychological activities of several people, but pulled Zheng Xiao aside and discussed.

Shan Si came three days early, he was born in the rivers and lakes, so he naturally knows the rivers and lakes. Therefore, he took more than a dozen generals from the dart bureau, and without saying a word, he went to the top of the mountain where the bandits gathered, saying that he was here to defect.

The leader of the mountain bandits tested a few sentences of Shan Si, and saw that the other party knew the secret words of the rivers and lakes well, and he looked like a man of the rivers and lakes, and brought people with him, so he gladly accepted it, and promised the name of a general of Shan Si.

"Now that I'm the general of Long Xiang, if it weren't for the fact that this mountain bandit is just a group of rabble, I'm really interested in continuing to do it, after all, they give a lot!" Shan Si was a little more funny in front of Zheng Xiao, in his eyes, he was the only one who could see it, and the rest were wine bags and rice bags, and he was worried that they would hold him back.

Zheng Xiao replied with a smile: "After destroying this group of rabble, and winning the Great Martial Arts Competition in two months, you are also meritorious enough to propose to transfer out of the pro-army." I still have to stay up for another two years, and my father doesn't really want me to leave the imperial capital. ”

Shan Si sneered, as a child of the rivers and lakes, his personality is very hearty: "Uncle is too short-sighted, what's the meaning of guarding a county, the eldest husband should be the king and worship the marquis." No matter how mixed you are in the pro-army, you can't get promoted. ”

Zheng Xiao sighed and shook his head, this is not something that his will can decide, he represents the entire Zheng family, how can there be the freedom of Shan Si, a chivalrous guest from the rivers and lakes.

After chatting for a while, several noble second generations were also tired, and tonight's surprise made people even more tired.

Before entering the post station, Zheng Xiao suddenly remembered something, looked up at the second floor of the post station, and thought in his heart:

Who will be on the second floor, tonight's movement is not small, but he failed to alarm the other party, and his qi cultivation kung fu is very profound, it seems that it should be a big man.

In the early morning of the next day, because Shan Si had to hurry back to the mountain, so as not to suspect the leaders of the mountain bandits, he took a group of troubled second generations of Xungui and left before dawn.

Liu Xin and others are not too late, it is early summer, the heat is unbearable at noon, people are okay, stepping into the small realm, internal force circulation, can dissipate excess heat in the body, the key is that the horse can't bear it.

Running under the sun for an hour is unbearable, even a treasure horse can't bear it.

At the end of the day, Liu Xinsan rode out of the post station and headed to his next destination. There was a period of time in Zhengyang to overhaul the post station, so as to achieve the purpose of rapid circulation of intelligence materials throughout the country. Today, although there are not as many post stations as they were at the beginning, the number of post stations between major cities is still relatively dense.

There are more than 3,000 existing post stations in the whole country, including more than 1,200 horse posts. As the name suggests, a horse post is a horse stockpile, which is generally used for military intelligence delivery.

The next destination of Liu Xin and the others is a horse post. Approaching Hanzhong, Liu Xin decided to find a horse post and put his three treasure horses there and replace them with three ordinary horses.

In that place in Hanzhong, because of the military horse farm, there are many people who have a pair of discerning eyes for horses, and carry treasure horses worth thousands of gold, which is equivalent to swaggering through the market with big gold chains. After leaving the imperial capital, Liu Xin clearly understood that the outside world was not so stable.

It's not that Liu Xin is afraid, it's just that he doesn't want to cause unnecessary trouble.

The three rode for eighty miles in one hour, and the sun above them exuded a scorching breath, and the treasure horse under Liu Xin's seat had begun to gasp violently.

"Find a place to escape the heat!" Liu Xin said.

So the three horsemen departed from the official road and went to a small hill.

From a distance, there are two ancient trees on the hillside, with huge crowns and green shades, which are a good place to escape the heat.

The official road is close to the hillside, but there are actually three or four miles away, which is the dead horse running on the mountain.

Probably knowing that they were about to get a break, the three horses picked up the speed again.

After a while, Liu Xin and the others finally arrived on the hillside, tied the horses to the side, the horses chewed the grass to replenish their energy, and the three of them first took out the water bladder to drink, and then took out the dry food and gnawed it.

They are not as delicate as the second generation of the nobles, chewing the dry and hard flatbread, but they also have a different taste.

At noon, they could rest longer, the sun was gradually turning west, and after glancing at the skylight, Leng Peijun estimated that it was already half an hour.

Suddenly, he turned his head, and on the other side of the hillside, there was a faint roar.

Liu Xin and Gou Liangyu also heard the movement, leaving Gou Liangyu under the tree, Liu Xin and Leng Peijun quickly climbed up the trunk of the ancient tree, the skin of the ancient tree has a thick dry bark, easy to climb, and the two of them came to the top of the crown of the ancient tree twenty or thirty meters high in an instant.

Hidden in the canopy, they are not afraid of being discovered.

On the other side of the hillside was a small grassland, and within a radius of about five miles, there were no trees or anything else that blocked the view, so Liu Xin and Leng Peijun could easily see the situation over there.

"Said that the mountain bandits are coming." Leng Peijun didn't expect that he had just said about the mountain bandits yesterday, and he would be able to meet them today, no, see it.

"Who are they chasing?" Leng Peijun found that the more than ten horsemen he saw seemed to be chasing something, and when he looked closely, he saw that in the large area of barren grass that had grown to waist-high levels, there were actually a few people running with their legs, but the cavalry behind him was far faster than them, and they would soon be caught up.

The hillside where the ancient tree was located was more than two miles away from the position of the group of cavalry, and Leng Peijun could only see approximately, judging from the clothes of the more than ten horsemen, it should not be the military, but the nearby mountain bandits.

Only mountain bandits would mix donkeys in the cavalry pile, and the donkeys were also pitiful, and they couldn't outrun their horses when they were about to be sucked to death, so they could barely follow behind without falling behind.

The things that Leng Peijun couldn't see clearly were clearly visible in front of Liu Xin's eyes that had been trained by secret methods since childhood, Leng Peijun didn't see it, and Liu Xin's brows were already deeply frowned.

"Let's go, let's help them, the mountain bandits are chasing the officers and soldiers!"

Liu Xin said suddenly, then turned over, jumped on the branch, and jumped out of the last step, stepping directly onto the horse.

"Get on the horse!" Liu Xin instructed Gou Liangyu, the latter reacted quickly, Liu Xin just came out of the horse, he had already turned over on the horse after him, his legs clamped the horse's belly, and the treasure horse immediately came out of the string.

Leng Peijun's reaction was not slow, but when he came down, Liu Xin and Gou Liangyu had already rushed down the hill and disappeared.

Liu Xin is the absolute leader of this three-person team, and Leng Peijun and Gou Liangyu absolutely obey the former's orders.

The speed of the treasure horse is very fast, especially after getting enough rest, the three treasure horses even start to move after resting, but the three treasure horses with some spirituality know that it is not yet time to start, after all, it has been the same for the first few days.

But today was different, the three masters released them in advance, and the three treasure horses suddenly jumped with joy, and instantly burst out with all their strength, and came to a run.

Liu Xin was slightly surprised by the speed and explosiveness of the treasure horse sitting down today, but he didn't think much about it, he could already see that the group of mountain bandits was less than a hundred meters away from the few officers and soldiers in front.

"Drive!" In fact, there was no need for Liu Xin to shout, the treasure horse under the crotch had already done his best, and the wild grass up to the waist was like a broken water, and the three treasure horses approached the group of mountain bandits at a very fast speed.

The leader of the mountain bandits didn't notice the three horsemen on this side until this time, the sharp triangular eyes emitted a cold light, and with a finger of the knife in his hand, the three horsemen separated and went away to meet Liu Xin and the others.

When Liu Xin saw this scene, his heart moved slightly, this is not like an ordinary mountain bandit, how can an ordinary mountain bandit have the ability to prohibit such an order.

Three horses on each side, charging in opposite directions, a distance of one mile, it takes nine breaths!

In the clash of cavalry, in addition to their respective strength, the more important thing is courage.

Cavalry hedge, if the horses on both sides collide, the impact force of that moment is enough to break the bones of the whole body in an instant, even the warriors of Xiaocheng Realm have no time to react at that moment, at least they have to be seriously injured.

The three mountain bandit riders were already quite strong, until the distance between the two sides was only 100 meters, and they were still screaming there, but when the distance was shortened to fifty meters, the three people obviously panicked in their eyes, because the speed of the three horses in front of them was too fast, and they were far away and had not yet found it, but now that they were close, the figure of the other party was rapidly enlarged at a speed that they had never seen before.

Snort!

The six horses staggered, Liu Xin won the double kill, the fast sword in his hand hit the neck of a horse, and after quickly retracting, he had time to cut off the other person.

Gou Liangyu's knife was unsheathed for the first time, and the knife light was blazing, and the mountain bandit was stabbed in the chest, fell off the horse, and the weapon in his hand had not yet had time to be raised.

If you are seriously injured by a knife, you will fall off your horse and die!

One photo, the three horses are exhausted. The cold light in the eyes of the mountain bandit leader Triangle, who had been watching here from afar, was even more cold, he roared in his mouth, pulled up the reins, and actually gave up chasing those officers and soldiers, but instead led the team towards Liu Xin.

"It's good to come!" Liu Xin smiled heroically and roared.

Leng Peijun, who didn't get the head because he was a few steps behind before, had already followed at the moment, and in the face of the charge of more than a dozen horsemen, it was false to say that he was not panicking.

Cavalry charge, the ability of ordinary knights to exert with the blessing of the war horse charge, can also reach the peak of the Xiaocheng realm, but he is only in the late stage of the Xiaocheng realm, not reaching the peak.

However, Liu Xin's laughter and heroic words were like a fierce medicine, which made Leng Peijun's blood go up, and the little panic in his heart was suppressed.

Gou Liangyu on the other side is worthy of being a martial idiot, and after killing one person, he burst out with unprecedented momentum.

"Kill!" This sound was roared by Gou Liangyu, which was deafening.

Liu Xin would not shout such unstylish words, after all, he is a master, and he must have the demeanor of a master.

The two sides charged against each other again, just like before, except that this time Liu Xin and the other three horsemen faced more than a dozen horsemen on the opposite side.

The leader of the mountain bandits saw that the three horsemen on the opposite side were like rainbows, and they were not wearing official and military armor, but only regular clothes, so he thought that the three people on the opposite side were just good men in the rivers and lakes.

"A certain family is Liangshan Heavenly Prison Star, and it is a rate of people! Where is your Excellency, report your name, we don't interfere with each other! ”

Yangshan?

Liu Xin's eyes stared, looking at the middle-aged man with triangular eyes, the other party turned out to be Liang Shanbo, isn't that in Shandong, thousands of miles away from here, how could the other party be here?

Many thoughts flashed, and the distance between the two sides approached five hundred meters!

"Don't toast, don't eat, eat and drink, you don't go to your way to life, you have to die!" Seeing that Liu Xin and the others were indifferent, the Liangshan Heavenly Prison Star issued another warning.

The distance between the two sides is three hundred meters!

Seeing that the other party was still indifferent, Liangshan Tianjiao Xing snorted coldly and shouted angrily: "Kill!" ”

Gou Liangyu was not afraid of the other party, and immediately burst into shouts: "Kill!" ”

The distance between the two sides is a hundred meters!

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