"Seven hundred miles!"

"Three scoops of wine!"

"Don't get in the way of the beard."

"The knife is shaking, and the road is long."

"The gentlemen are brave enough to kill the rich and noble to see their wives and mothers."

……

In the dense forest, the sound of shouting trumpets stopped, and the five big men took off their swords and bows and tied their horses together.

Chen Jing frowned, looking at the sky, the sinking sunset. In the bottom of my heart, a sense of uneasiness slowly grew.

According to Zhou Yong's statement, after leaving Ping'an Town, not far away, there will be a small inn halfway. But now, due to the disasters in Ping'an Town and the rampant bandits, the shopkeeper of the small inn is afraid of disaster, so he has closed his door and gone to Luzhou for refuge first.

"Zhou Yong, how far is it from the next town."

"Dongjia, there are still more than seventy miles to go, and I will definitely be able to arrive tomorrow."

Chen nodded his head. The horse gang is not like the scouts of the official family, it can ride three times per person, and it is not a problem to take turns to change rides, and two hundred miles a day is not a problem.

"The owner, this matter is in a hurry, and the goods are still pressed immediately, and if you continue to run, you will run the horse to death."

"Zhou Yong, I understand this."

It seems that you can only rest for the night around here. According to Tian An, due to the transfer of the battalion army, it is very likely that there will be old bandits coming down the mountain nearby.

Hu Dong picked up the firewood and was about to take out the fire fold, but was quickly stopped by Zhou Yong.

"Brother Hu, don't make a fire." Zhou Yong pointed to the old mountain not far away.

A fire at night is the easiest way to expose the location.

"You don't need to bake the bread, just eat it with water." Chen Jing thought for a while, "It's the same as in the horse farm, patrolling the night in pairs." Xiao Jiu, you sleep next to those horses. As soon as you encounter a thief, you immediately use the knife. ”

In this world, there is already a faint image of collapse. If you want to survive, you can only be careful everywhere.

"Brothers, please go."

Chen Jing sat down, ate a few bites of rice crackers, leaned against a tree, and began to close his eyes and drink.

……

only slept until midnight, and in a daze, Chen Jing heard Xing Xiaojiu's angry scolding.

He opened his eyes and watched Hu Dong hurrying over.

"Owner, someone is stealing horses!"

"How many?"

"Three or four. Brother Xiao Jiu hacked one to death with a knife, and the rest were scared away. ”

Chen Jing hurriedly got up, and just happened to see Xing Xiaojiu, dragging the blood-stained knife, and running back scolding.

"Damn it, I've been watching, those people can't steal the horses, they ran away, and they cut the belly of the horse with a knife."

Chen Jing frowned, looked at the ground through the dim light, and found that a Yongzhou horse had already cut off half of the horse's belly, and it looked like it was no longer alive.

Zhou Yong, who loves horses, squatted on the ground, holding the horse's head and choking.

"Unload and put it on another horse." Chen Jing gritted his teeth. It's not just a matter of silver, but the nine Yongzhou horses at the beginning took a lot of effort to slowly domesticate. In the future, it can even be used as a war horse.

"Boss, it's best to get out of here first." Zhou Yong stood up, his voice full of anger.

Chen nodded his head. The horse thieves came, and although they were beaten away, they could not be said to attract more.

"The owner said, get on the horse and leave!"

I only rested for half the night, and was forced by the appearance of horse bandits, so I had to set off at night. In the back, the Yongzhou horse that had been cut off its belly, after the last few miserable neighs, could no longer hear the sound.

Until dawn, the group ran out of the dense woodland without danger. There was morning light shining through the clouds, and in the gray sky, it looked bleak.

Running all the way at night, occasionally on the side of the official road, I heard the sound of fighting. In fact, this is even more chaotic than Tian An said.

This large section of the state border official road, there are no villages and no households, the battalion army sentry card has also been removed, and Ping'an Town is only more than 200 miles away from Luzhou. Many of them were migrators, and they were robbed and killed by bandits on the way.

"Look over there!" Zhou Yong's voice trembled.

Chen Jing turned his head, followed the direction pointed by Zhou Yong, took a closer look, and felt uncomfortable in his heart.

It was a freshly dug dirt pit, a small rich family of about a few people, and two or three domestic servants, all hacked to death, and the corpses were lying lying on the ground, and four or five rotten wild dogs were greedily picking at the corpses.

Orion Zhao San took off the ox horn bow and twisted the arrow and shot it.

A wild dog wails and falls to the ground. The rest of them all ran away.

"The owner, the dead are the greatest."

Several big men dismounted, quickly buried the earth pit, and found stones to hold it down.

"Get on the horse, bow your sword and bow your back, don't leave your hand!" Xing Xiaojiu drank. As the head of Xiazhou martial arts, he has a little experience in this way of licking the knife.

"Listen to Brother Jiu!" Several big men moved quickly, picked up their weapons from their blankets, and carried them on their bodies.

Chen Jing raised his head and looked at the vast official road ahead. His unknown life is one thorn after another, but it will eventually be split and a bloody path will be killed.

Together, there were six horsemen and five more horses, and at this time they set off again, following the official road to Luzhou, and continued to gallop.

It was not a safe journey, and after killing four or five sets of path cutting thieves, three days later, the horse gang finally entered the territory of Luzhou.

Zhou Yong, who was clear, walked for a while and finally entered the capital city of Luzhou.

The capital city is the place where a state is governed. Compared with Ping'an Town, it is more prosperous and prosperous. Of course, in the current situation, passers-by are in a hurry.

Entering from the south gate, Chen Jing even saw that it was the same as Ping'an Town, and several corpses were hung under the city gate.

Leading the goods horses, a few people cautiously, asked the way, and walked to an old tea shop first.

"Xiao Jiu will follow me in, the rest of the people, wait outside first, be careful."

In the teahouse, the old shopkeeper was laughing with a maidservant, and when he saw Chen Jing walking in, he coughed twice and got up and stood up.

"Horse Gang?" The old shopkeeper's face is strange, and it is rare to see a horse gang in the Jingyi area.

Chen Jing smiled, notarized the business name, and handed it over first.

"A pony gang, begging for money under the knife, is this a lack of customers?"

"Exactly." Chen Jing's voice was neither humble nor arrogant.

The old shopkeeper was silent, pinched the tea brick in his hand, took out the tea knife again, sharpened the corner and put it under his nose to sniff, and opened his mouth for a long time.

"How many bricks do you have?"

"Two hundred, one brick and three taels. Don't forget, the old shopkeeper has come to Luzhou for two or three hundred miles, but he is very fierce. ”

"What does that have to do with me? They kill theirs, and I sell my tea. ”

"I asked." Chen Jing's expression was calm, "I ran this round, at least within half a year, there will be no second tea brick business sent to Luzhou." ”

"I spent money to hire a martial artist, and someone will dare to go."

"The old shopkeeper really hired someone, and this tea cabinet won't be empty soon." Chen Jing pointed.

The old shopkeeper was silent, "Far away, how about less?" ”

"Two and a half."

"Two taels, that's a lot."

Chen Jing sighed, and only after a long time did he speak, "Okay, it's time to hand over the bento to a customer." ”

The old shopkeeper smiled, and was about to take out the silver ticket. But he didn't want to, at this time, the little proprietor of the horse gang in front of him put a glass tea bowl in front of him.

"The old shopkeeper is in charge, I also want to come out with this thing."

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