Everyone followed the sound and went, but they didn't go far, only to see a small courtyard on the side of the road, and the courtyard wall was surrounded by a fence.

In a mud-rammed thatched hut in the courtyard, a sixty-year-old man outside the house put down his axe, bent up, picked up firewood and went to the house.

The old man heard the movement and turned to look at it.

I saw that the old man's eyes were drooping, his complexion was dark, his face was full of wrinkles, like a ravine, although he was lean and a little hunchbacked, but in general he was quite healthy.

Dressed in gray caftan and brown, but the shoulders, elbows, body, and knees of trousers were sewn and mended, and patches were patched, and at a glance they were poor.

And from the sound of chopping wood just now, it can be heard that it is so neat and neat, it must have been a lifetime of hard work, and this age is also a little strength.

Just looked at them, his eyes were quite unkind, the corners of his mouth were down, and he snorted coldly.

Zhao Hanqing and Shen Yuan didn't know why, but the brothers under him were a little unhappy, Zhao Hanqing was afraid that the people below would be unobstructed, so they all kept their voices, and he got off the horse, stood outside the courtyard and asked, "Uncle, we are passing by here......"

"It doesn't matter who you are, if you want to kill you, why do you want to coax me, a lonely old man!"

After that, he threw the firewood in his hand and picked up the axe from the ground, "Big deal, fight with you dog thieves!"

Hearing this, everyone knew that they had mistaken them for bandits here.

At the same time, I didn't expect that the banditry here would be so serious.

Shen Yuan said hello to the master, and also got out of the carriage and stepped forward, only to see that the old man was panting, and his face became more and more hideous!

Zhao Hanqing is not ugly, but his eyes are like tiger eyes, looking forward to life, plus the beard with cheeks and sideburns, he looks fierce, and his gestures are naturally a little intimidating!

No wonder this old man would be so misunderstood, Zhao Hanqing grinned, and said: "Uncle, I'm afraid that you misunderstood me and waited, we are the Huwei Biao line in Pingyang, Shanxi, passing by here, I want to find a place to rest for the night, and somehow, the people in the village on this road are all avoiding us, but I can only see the old man, and I came to ask the old man where to spend the night!"

After that, he let his subordinates raise the flag.

The old man looked at Zhao Hanqing from afar, and saw that this was really the case, but he was still suspicious in his heart, and asked, "Are you really not those thieves?"

Zhao Hanqing was helpless, and only said: "Uncle, it's really not, if there is half a lie, there will be five thunderstorms in the sky!"

Seeing that his words were earnest and he swore such a poisonous oath, the old man was relieved, and at the same time, the wrinkles on his face suddenly stretched halfway.

However, the axe in his hand was still held tightly, and he took a few steps forward, and said, "What you said is true, but if you don't go to the city to stay overnight, what are you doing in this poor country?"

"It's not that I don't want to live in the city, but I can't live in an inn in the city, so I have no choice but to go out of the city to find it, and I waited until this village to be instructed by others,"

Zhao Hanqing explained, and then asked, "Uncle, I heard that there is a group of strongmen here who have robbed homes and houses, and it has become a disaster, what is going on?"

The old man snorted coldly, pinned the axe to his waist, turned around and slowly picked up the firewood, and said indignantly: "What! Others are afraid of them, and the old man is cheap, so he will fight with this group of dog thieves!"

It can be seen that this old man must have an enmity with that gang of strongmen, otherwise it would not be like this.

Shen Yuan asked, "Uncle, do you know where those thieves are hiding?"

The old man raised his eyebrows and sneered: "You ask what you are doing, do you still want to eliminate the harm for the people of our generation? Seeing that you are young, you are a fool!"

"Uncle is a little contemptuous of people when he says this, why can't I?" Shen Yuan said with a smile.

Seeing Shen Yuan say this, the old man turned around again, approached quickly, opened the firewood, and his eyes lit up!

He didn't care about anything else, and pulled Shen Yuan's arm, and asked eagerly: "Little brother, are you really willing to eliminate harm for the people? The local government is helpless against this gang of thieves!"

Shen Yuan said with a straight face: "Seriously! The old man only said, where are those thieves gathered? How many people are there!"

Zhao Hanqing also said: "Uncle, let's talk slowly, when did those thieves come from? What evil things have they done? Seeing that you are also gnashing your teeth against him, but you also have a deep hatred with them? ”

Speaking of this, the old man pursed his lips, his eyes were also red, he raised his palm and wiped his eyes, and then said slowly.

I learned from the old man that this group of thieves also came from nowhere five days ago, occupying the top of the old turtle mountain not far away, claiming the king and hegemony, and being in the fish and meat town.

After only three or two days, I saw the chickens and dogs of a generation of village and town scourges, and they complained.

After the local government got the news, they came to suppress the bandits, but this gang of people had hundreds of people, and they only relied on the officials to arrest them quickly, but there was no way to deal with this gang of thieves.

And there are six or seven leaders in this gang of thieves, and it is said that their skills are not weak, and they all have the ability to practice horizontally, and the head of the thieves is even stronger in martial arts!

Until yesterday, the government had sent troops to go twice, the first time was to send a quick arrest officer, which was naturally useless;

The second time, the officers and soldiers who garrisoned the city were dispatched, but because they underestimated the thieves, they finally returned with a feather, and one of them died at the hands of those thieves, so that these thieves were not rampant.

Hearing this, Shen Yuan asked, "Uncle, I see that you hate those people very much, but your family has also suffered from them?"

As soon as these words came out, the old man couldn't help it anymore, and when he landed, he burst into tears and said sadly: "My son was killed and my daughter-in-law was taken captive, but I'm afraid it will be difficult to live now!"

Gongyehe never opened his eyes in the carriage, but his ears could hear clearly, and he only heard Shen Yuan's indignation, and said to the old man: "Uncle, don't worry! I will avenge you, boy!"

As soon as he heard this, the old man knelt in front of Shen Yuan with a puff and kowtowed repeatedly, and Shen Yuan and Zhao Hanqing hurriedly picked him up.

"Uncle, how does this work!"

"The old man can't repay him," the old man clenched his fists and bowed, "If the two heroes really get rid of this harm, the old man is willing to be a cow and a horse in the next life and repay the kindness of the father!"

Shen Yuan said: "The old man is serious, the road is uneven, but I want the old man to point out, there is a carriage and horse shop here, I don't know where it is?"

The old man was stunned and asked, "Where are you going?"

"Yes," Shen Yuan arched his hand, "Uncle, I am not familiar with the place, and I still want to give advice." ”

"I can't go, I can't go!"

The old man was secretive, and looked left and right, "The shopkeeper is a foreigner, and it is said that it is a black shop!"

"Oh?"

Shen Yuan and Zhao Hanqing glanced at each other, and Gongye He's eyes in the car suddenly opened, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously rose upward.

Zhao Hanqing said: "Uncle, is this true?"

The old man shook his head and said in a low voice: "That's what the village says, I don't know anything else, even those thieves don't dare to go there to sprinkle!"

Shen Yuan remembered that on the way, the master had no head or brain, and now he pondered it carefully, and said secretly: "Could it be that the master already knows something?"