When the right time to fight, I have seen that these people's kung fu is ordinary, not like a serious Jianghu sect, but like some rabble, Guo Zheng and others are more than enough to deal with them, but I always feel that there are people on both sides of the woods are peeping, whether it is friend or foe dare not decide, if always here Panheng, it is quite ineffective for us, so I took the initiative to challenge, that person is also cooperative, Guo Zheng is a little nervous, want to fight for me, I waved my hand, signaled him to rest assured, and then stepped forward and smiled: "I was ordered to run errands, never indiscriminately kill innocents, You said that you have an enmity with me, presumably you are also a prisoner caught by Jinyiwei, a fish that slipped through the net! ”

The man was stunned for a moment, shook his body slightly, and said, "You can also do it to the defenseless poor people!" By the way, you are officers and soldiers! I was stunned for a while, thinking about the things I have dealt with for so many years, most of them are people in the officialdom, and the only time I had a conflict with the common people was the Hebei civil uprising of Liu Liu and Liu Qi in the fifth year of Zhengde. What's more, you have attacked cities and plundered cities, burned and looted, and I don't know how many civilians you have killed? I paused, and said, "Since you know that I have eliminated many of your brothers in the past, you should also know my methods. Since you dare to take the official road generously, is the governor of Pontus defenseless? The governor of Pontus has something to do today, and he doesn't care about you as much, and he doesn't leave. With that, I took two steps forward.

The man took a few steps back, and after a long time, he said, "I don't care, I just want to avenge the brothers who died!" Then he drew the short knife at his waist, beckoned to the others, and moved forward. I saw that these people were also ready to move, secretly thinking that if I didn't use some means, I was afraid that these people would still refuse to leave, and with a slight flick of his sleeves, two flying locust stones had already fallen into his left hand, and flew out with a "whoosh", straight to the man's wrist, the man was startled, but also flashed, the flying locust stone swept past him, I didn't have time for him to turn around, and another stone hit out, hitting his wrist, and he screamed in pain, and the steel knife was out of his hand.

"You actually hurt people with a secret weapon?" The man clutched his wrists and shouted, "Brothers, kill this guy for me!" I don't believe he has so many stones. ”

When the men in black heard this, they screamed and pounced. Guo was about to step forward, I shook my head lightly, and said to the man: "I have no intention of hurting your life, I hope you will retreat in the face of difficulties, you still don't know what to do?" Then I will fulfill you. As he spoke, he took a deep breath and moved forward.

Two black-clothed people stopped me, two knives slashed together, looking at it was a brute force, not like a practitioner from a family, I twisted my body, avoided the blade, did not wait for their knives to fall, swung the knife and slashed, "poof" twice, I had already cut their chests in black clothes, I didn't use too much strength, just scratched them, the two of them "oops", covered the wound and retreated.

The rest of the people were all shocked, and the man retreated again and again, and I did not allow him to escape, so he chased after him with a brisk step, and put a knife on his neck, and said, "Where are you fleeing?" ”

The man was also stiff, tilted his head, and said, "If you want to kill, you will be killed!" I stretched out my hand to pull down his face towel, and then I thought about it, I have been an official for many years, I don't know how many people I have offended, and these people can't see any great ability, forget it, I have to hurry, so I retracted my hand and said: "Today the governor of Pontus has something to do, not with your general knowledge, since you can escape for more than ten years, why bother to seek revenge, hurry up!" ”

The man was stunned for a moment, quite unconvinced, but when he saw me turn around and leave, he unconsciously whispered: "If you let us go, we will still look for you." ”

I didn't look back, waved my hand and said, "It's okay, it's okay, each is precious!" ”

Guo Zheng led the horse over, I turned over and got on the horse, the man was still standing there, didn't seem to believe it, I looked around, the forest was still quiet, only the tender green leaves made a rustling sound, I couldn't help but raise the horsewhip, said: "The mountains and rivers have met, if we can meet in the future, it is also a kind of fate." Then he turned the horse's head and urged the horse forward.

This encounter made us a little more vigilant, Wei Gang opened the way in front, Guo Zheng accompanied me, seeing the sunset, I thought about finding a post station or inn to rest. It's just that this place is far away from Xuzhou, and the next village and town will be fifty miles away, and the horses can't stand it, so it's imperative to find a place to settle down.

On the way, Guo Zheng asked me why I didn't ask the details of those people, so that we could have a defense, I smiled and said: "There are many people who are against us, there is no need to ask clearly!" Guo Zheng was puzzled, I took a deep breath, and became more and more sure that these people were the people of the Hebei Mintuan, but I didn't want to say it, and said: "I don't like the days of fighting and killing!" Be forgiving, forgiving! "Soon we saw a black mountain, only to think that it was continuous, the peaks were strange, winding like a dragon, and full of trees, but we could not see the human figure, even the birds and beasts could not be seen, Wei Gang found a deserted temple at the foot of the mountain, so we ran over, and we could only rest here tonight.

The temple can be described as ruined and broken, only a large male treasure hall remains, and half of it is open-air, barely supported by wooden beams, the Buddha statue has already collapsed, and the base can see some clay armor, it can be seen that it should be a military general. The ground was full of weeds and bricks and tiles, and it was a mess. Seeing that the sky was dark, we could only rest here tonight, so we worked together, cleaned up, lit a bonfire, boiled water for cooking, and settled down temporarily before dark.

Guo Zheng took advantage of the time to bury the pot to make rice, led people to check around the temple, here is too remote, except for the official road at the foot of the mountain, there is no population around at all, but from the ruins to check the stone tablet, it turns out that this is Jiuli Mountain, the temple name Xiang Yu Temple.

When I heard this, I was shocked. This Jiuli Mountain is a famous place, starting from Emperor Shun's conquest of foreign tribes, the battle of Zhou Gong's Eastern Expedition, the battle of Pengcheng of Jin and Chu, the decisive battle of Liu Bang Xiang Yu Pengcheng, the battle of Han Xin's ambush on all sides, and the ambush battle set up by Emperor Taizong of the National Dynasty here, all have a relationship with Jiuli Mountain, especially the legends related to Xiang Yu are as many as cow hair, so that nursery rhymes are spread all over the world: the battle field in front of Jiuli Mountain, the shepherd boy picked up old knives and guns. The wind blows the water of the Wujiang River, just like Yu Ji is not an overlord.

When I was a child, my grandfather told me the most about the legend of Xiang Yu, and lamented his failure. In the past, I had a lot of respect for him, but I often went down to the south of the Yangtze River by water, and I didn't want to come here today. Although it was dilapidated, the statue must be Xiang Yu, so I couldn't help but respect it, and got up and bowed twice.

Guo Zheng said with a smile: "Xiang Yu is a person from hundreds of years ago, and the eldest brother still respects him so much!" It seems that the heroes sympathize with each other! ”

I sighed and said, "This person is a big hero, we occupy other people's territory, of course we have to give someone a salute." I'm not a hero, I'm just a layman. Guo Zheng smiled, but didn't ask again, just Zhang Luo was eating.

After dinner, Guo Zheng asked people to get some hay and leaves, made a nest for me, spread a big bed, and said: "Big brother, this place is too deserted, there is nothing decent, big brother deal with it for one night." I'll wait outside, and my eldest brother can sleep in peace. ”

I nodded and said, "You and Wei Gang each have two brothers, work hard, take turns on duty, and you can call me in case of trouble." ”

Guo Zheng led the order to go, piled two large wooden piles in front of the main hall, lit a bonfire, in case of wild beasts in the mountains, behind the temple wall, arranged a lot of wood and stones, outsiders broke in, it was inconvenient to walk, and we could hear the slightest movement. In this way, they will be able to keep the front. The rest of the brothers found a place in the temple, spread some hay, and lay down in their clothes.

Maybe it was because I was a little tired after many days of traveling, and I was lying on the floor, although it was not as comfortable as the bed, I was able to sleep soundly.

I don't know how long I slept, but I was awakened by a rustling sound, and several brothers around me were snoring like thunder, Guo was leaning on the pillar, holding a long sword in his arms, and his eyes were closed. Outside the main hall, Wei Gang led people on patrol, and the dark night sky was twinkling with a few stars.

The small fire in the hall was still burning with wood, and from time to time it crackled, but the sound I heard was not this by all, as if something was lying on the roof, a slight sound, as if something was wriggling.

I was shocked, and quietly touched the short sword hidden in my right boot, and listened carefully, yes, by the light of the fire, I saw a little dust falling gently, there must be something on the roof, but this temple is in ruins, what can swim on it?

I pulled out my short sword and touched Guo Zheng lightly, he suddenly woke up, saw me make a gesture to shut up, and saw me pointing to the roof, and immediately understood what was going on, held his breath, held the hilt of the sword, and stared at the roof.

The sound slowly crept to the roof beam, and then stopped abruptly, and I took out two stones with my left hand, clenched the short sword with my right hand, and stared at it at the same time as Guo Zheng. Wei Gang and the others didn't notice it, and they were still looking at the fire.

After a long time, a white shadow slowly fell from the roof, like a human figure, but it hung in the air, and there was a wind blowing, long hair fluttering, a bloodless face was revealed, and two black eyes looked straight at us.

I just feel my scalp tingling and my hair standing up, is this a ghost? I didn't think much about it, that face actually left the body, fluttering, flew over, and then a cold laughter invaded my ears, I suddenly felt that my whole body was sore, almost no strength, I glanced at Guo Zheng, his face was pale, and he also collapsed to the ground, I couldn't help but secretly scream, could it be that I really met a ghost today? There was a sudden "pop", and the wood in the fire cracked, and the wood fell into the coals, and the flames rose suddenly, and the face seemed to be frightened, and spun in mid-air, but flew towards me again.

My heart was shocked, since this guy is afraid of fire, then it must not be a ghost. Although I have never seen ghosts, but I heard that ghosts are heavy yin qi, and they are not afraid of fire at night, thinking of this, I came to the spirit, gently lifted the qi, the meridians were smooth, and the short sword was held in my right hand, still pretending to be afraid. The face floated in, still spitting cold air at me, I brought it closer, with all my strength, swung the sword and slashed, only to hear a "bang", the face responded in half, it was a sheepskin air bag. The sound suddenly woke up the brothers in the hall, I don't know what happened, and the headless white shadow floating in the air, hurriedly retracted, wanted to go to the roof, I couldn't catch up, seeing that it was leaving, hurriedly shot out two stones, one through the white shadow, hit a void, the other hit an object, someone "oops", hurriedly retreated to the roof.

At this time, Guo Zheng also came to the spirit, and he spread out of the hall, and almost collided with Wei Gang, who heard the movement and turned to enter the hall, and shouted "There are assassins" at the same time.

I also rushed out of the main hall, but I saw a white shadow flying down from the roof, running to the top of the mountain, Guo Zheng chased closely, stabbed a sword, the white shadow paused, but it was a backhand knife, and the two were entangled.

I unconsciously scolded angrily in my heart: "Something, pretending to be a ghost, almost fooled." And he led the men round about.

At this time, the sky was bright, the man was wearing a mask, wearing a white gauze robe, but he was holding a knife in his left hand, and when he saw us coming up, he hurriedly shook a knife, turned around and fled, Guo Zheng chased a few steps, and saw that he had to catch up, and suddenly there was a humane: "The mountains and rivers meet, and they have to be forgiving and forgiving!" Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, why does Lord Zhu have to work hard? ”

As soon as the words fell, a person had already appeared in front of Guo Zheng, holding a dust whisk in his hand and saluting. When I saw it, I smiled unconsciously and said, "It's the dustless road chief, I'm glad to be lucky!" ”