Yuan Xi held the sword in his hand and walked at the front of the team.

The sword was bought in the blacksmith shop in Pingnan City before leaving, and it was an ordinary sword of five taels of silver.

Cheng Shifei carried the family heirloom Yanling knife given to him by his father Cheng Yunde and walked in the middle of the team.

Chen Suisui walked at the end of the line, holding a ghost-headed broadsword given to him by Zhang Zhongqian, which was the same weapon as the Zhang Mansion's own guards.

Zhang Zhongqian sat in the carriage.

The guards lined up in front of and behind the team, counting the four people who were originally in Wuling City, a total of ten guards. When he left Wuling City, in order to avoid publicity, Zhang Zhongqian only arranged a few people with weapons as caravan guards.

Without him, I'm just afraid of the tree.

Otherwise, the two groups of homeless people who came with farm tools before would not have attacked them.

Now that we have arrived in the Black Wind Ridge, it is pointless to hide clumsy, so make complete preparations in advance in case the thieves appear and be caught off guard.

At the suggestion of Yuan Xi last night, the guards were all dressed in rattan armor, and the horses were covered with a large cowhide.

Yuan Xi told Cheng Cheng and Chen Suisui before setting off in the morning to be careful.

Funny Fei was running around in front of Yuan Xi, and Yuan Xi was carefully watching the road ahead.

He carried a bag of peanuts in his arms.

A gust of wind blew, and Tuofei suddenly screamed and ran forward.

Yuan Xi raised his right hand, and the convoy stopped.

Yuan Xi shouted, looked back at the master, ran to Yuan Xi's feet, and continued to yell at the front, as if reminding of something.

Yuan Xi also felt that something was wrong, but there was no one in front of him, and there was no hiding place on both sides of the official road.

After a hundred zhang, it was a turn.

Cheng Shifei walked up and asked, "Brother Yuan, what's wrong?"

Yuan Xi said: "You tell everyone to prepare in place, and I'll go to the front to take a look." ”

Cheng Shifei saw that Yuan Xi's face was solemn, so he didn't ask more, but just said, "Brother Yuan, you should be more careful." ”

Yuan Xi nodded, raised his sword and walked forward.

Funny Fei also ran forward, and was gently kicked by Yuan Xi, and shouted, "Go back." ”

Cheng Shifei shouted: "Funny, come back." ”

Funny Fei looked at Yuan Xi and whined a few times, but Yuan Xi didn't look back.

Cheng Shifei patted Dou Fei's head, and Tuo Fei followed the feeding master and walked back.

Seeing this, everyone also looked solemn and drew their knives one after another.

Zhang Zhongqian got out of the carriage and stepped forward to ask, "Xiao Fei, what's wrong?" Why did Yuan Shaoxia go to the front alone?"

Cheng Shifei's heart was beating a little fast, looking at his brother-in-law, his throat suddenly became a little dry, and he swallowed a few times hard, he opened his mouth and said, "Brother Yuan said that there might be a problem ahead, he stepped forward to check it." ”

Zhang Zhongqian craned his neck and looked forward, only to see Yuan Xi alone, pulling out a long shadow in the sunset.

Frowning, Zhang Zhongqian looked at Cheng Shifei and said: "Xiao Fei, if there are bandits and bandits coming, remember, saving your life is the most important thing, don't think about subduing the other party or anything like that at this time, it may be very bloody, brother-in-law, I haven't experienced it, but we have to think so." ”

Cheng Shifei remembered the little rabbit he shot, and remembered the scene of being surrounded by people in Songguo Mountain, although it was not as dangerous as this, but he knew in his heart that this time he was afraid that he was really going to fight for life and death.

With a firm gaze, he nodded heavily, looked at Zhang Zhongqian and said, "Brother-in-law, I understand that if a thief appears, you should also be more careful." ”

Zhang Zhongqian also nodded.

Yuan Xi looked at the hillsides on both sides, he had noticed this place when he came, and it stands to reason that this is not the best place to ambush and rob.

The slopes of the hill are not very steep, and there are bald stones and weeds on both sides, so there is no way to hide people.

After walking about fifty zhang, Yuan Xi frowned, leaned over and picked up a small pebble, and he raised it casually.

Tian Wu lay on his stomach in the grass, staring with bated breath, motionless, staring at the caravan that was getting closer and closer.

This caravan has been staring at Black Wind Village for a long time, and Shi Yidao, the main master of Dazhai, got the news sent by the escort organization, so he planned early, and he must eat this piece of fat meat to his mouth.

For this reason, they have arranged for people to go to Wuling City, and have placed eyeliner in all towns along the way.

After the eyeliner of Longjiang Town returned, the lord of the big village ordered that the owner of the second village personally lead enough people to do it in this Shekou Valley.

There are three major dangers in Heifeng Ridge, Shekou Valley, Heifeng Gorge, and Luoying Slope.

Shekou Valley, as the name suggests, is like Shekou, and continuing from here is like entering Shekou, followed by a long winding road.

The mountains on both sides of the road are getting higher, giving people a feeling of being in the belly of a snake, but although the mountains are strange and rugged, they are not lush forests and bamboos, but overgrown with weeds, but they are waist-high.

About thirty miles along this road is the Black Wind Gorge.

The Black Wind Gorge has bad winds all year round, hence the name. The two cliffs at the Black Wind Gorge are like natural gates, and there are cliffs on both sides of the road like axes.

After walking through the Black Wind Gorge, it was a different scene, with the mountains gradually falling on one side and the mountains stretching on the other, and the dense forests on the mountains were verdant.

It is said that this Black Wind Village is hidden in this mountain.

About ten miles further forward is the Falling Eagle Slope.

This slope is gentle and dense, it is a long-term haunt place for the people of Heifeng Village, and the general passing merchants are in this place by the guards hired by the accompanying to hand over some road money and pass safely.

Yuan Xi and Zhang Zhongqian thought that if the people of Heifeng Village did it, they should be ambushed here.

Tian Wuxuan's position is excellent, behind two small rocks, the grass around him grows very lushly, and he often disguises himself with a straw hat on his head, so as not to show the horse's feet.

It's just that the head rushes down and lies here, but it's not very comfortable.

Sweat was running down the tip of his nose, and he felt a little itchy, so he gently rubbed his head on his shoulder.

With a "snap", Tian Wu passed out with a "Ah!" sound.

Yuan Xi used more force this time.

It seems that there is really an ambush, Yuan Xi has a few ups and downs, then ran up the hillside, and came to this person, Yuan Xi squatted down, looked at Tian Wu who had passed out, and frowned.

I didn't expect that a person in Heifeng Village would have such a ability to hide his figure, if it weren't for his slight movement, he wouldn't have discovered him.

Fang Cai Tian Wu's "ah" voice was not loud, but it was an instinctive exclamation, and he passed out before the voice broke through his throat.

Stretched out his hand and picked Tian Wu's head, and then pressed it under his neck.

If it weren't for life and death, Yuan Xi wouldn't want to kill.

There was also a gong at Tian Wu's feet, which seemed to be used to release news.

Feng Sanwhip, the second leader of Heifeng Village, waited in the shade with more than 20 brothers.

One person asked, "Second Master, is the news accurate?" It's been a long time, why hasn't there been any movement?"

Feng Sanwhip glared at the man and scolded: "Damn, Lao Tzu is not tired, what are you anxious about? This time it is a big fish, the brother who inquired about the news can say, there are five carriages, four carts of goods, think about it, this ticket is not big? You don't know, one of the brothers has sharp eyes, and he guessed that at least two carts are heavy when he looks at the rut, you say, what is so heavy and worth their hard work to transport back?"

The man sneered and said, "Aren't I sorry for the second master, I'm afraid that you will be affected in vain, so I can wait for you to let them taste Uncle Ben's machete for a while." ”

This person is Feng Sanwhip's henchman, who has followed him for many years, and there is no water for famous horses.

took off the wine gourd on his waist and handed it to Feng Sanwhip, Ma Wushui said, "Second master, quench your thirst!"

Feng Sanwhip took the wine gourd, pulled out the wine stopper, poured a sip, wiped his mouth and smiled: "I like you to be so clever, if you are a girl, I promise to let you warm the bed." ”

Ma Wushui grinned, swallowed a few saliva and said: "Second master, when will I grab a few girls to come up the mountain, a few masters are comfortable enough, and let the brothers try it, everything in the village is good, delicious and delicious, but there is less of a warm quilt, don't hide it from the second master, my iron palms are all perfect, but I can't always use my palms to practice guns, they are all gentlemen, don't you say?"

Feng Sanwhip took out the crotch of his pants and said: "Lao Tzu also wants to, but the rules set by the uncle, don't ask us to rob people, you dare to argue with the uncle? But the eldest brother is too, he cares about the face of the third sister every day, but he forgets that the brothers are all men with strong blood." ”

After pouring another sip of wine, he said hatefully: "The eldest brother is worried about the third sister, but he let the brothers suffer, alas!"

Throwing the wine gourd to Ma Wushui, who kept licking his lips, Feng Sanwhip said: "Drink, follow Lao Tzu, I won't let you suffer, and then this ticket will be done more beautifully, and after dividing the money, Lao Tzu will lead you to the kiln." ”

Ma Wushui took the wine gourd, first took a small sip cautiously, smacked it a few times, and after listening to Feng Sanwhip's words, his eyes lit up, and he asked, "Second master, what you said is true?"

Feng Sanwhip sneered lightly, and said lazily: "Second Master, when did I lie to you?"

It seems that the second master said last time that he would take himself to be chic, but the second master had a bad memory.

Ma Wushui knows a saying, which is called noble people forget things.

With a roll of his eyes, he whispered to a group of brothers on standby: "Do a good job for a while, the second master can say, when this ticket is finished, the second master will lead everyone to go happily." ”

Looking at Ma Wushui's eyes, all the brothers knew that it was that kind of happiness.

One by one, they looked at Feng Sanwhip and said, "Second Master Xie!"

Feng Sanwhip waved his hand and said, "They are all brothers who fight together, naturally they are blessed and shared, and they will work hard for a while, do you hear?"

Ma Wushui smiled on the side: "Second master, in fact, why do you need to go out in person? If it weren't for the one surnamed Zhang who provoked our Jingzhou guards who were engaged in escort trading, we wouldn't be able to get this news so easily, I guess, there are few people in this caravan who dare to do it, our brothers go out to scare it, I'm afraid that those dozen or so people will be scared." ”

Feng Sanwhip glanced at Ma Wushui, "Yo, how about I let you go and deter them in a while?" Let them see Uncle Ma's machete!"

Ma Wushui drew his big knife, and just as he was about to speak, he heard a gong sound.

When Feng Sanwhip heard that it was not Tian Wu's signal, he hurriedly shouted: "Brothers, give it to Lao Tzu." ”

The bandits drew their knives one after another, and Ma Wushui took the lead, leading everyone to show their figures from the corner.

"Well, this mountain is my ...... What about people?"

As soon as Ma Wushui shouted these words, he found that there was no one in front of him, and the caravan appeared, but it was three hundred zhang away, holding weapons one by one, looking at his group.

Cheng Shifei looked at the bandit who suddenly appeared, turned his head to Zhang Zhongqian and asked, "Brother-in-law, is this the bandit?"

Zhang Zhongqian was a little puzzled, and said hesitantly: "It should be, yes!"

After saying that, he shouted to everyone: "Everyone be careful, the bandits have appeared, take care of yourself for a while." ”

At this time, Cheng Shifei said: "Brother Yuan went up the mountain in a flash, what about people?"

After Yuan Xi struck the gong, he condescendingly looked at the more than 20 people who came out of the corner, and saw that there was a person with a knife at the head shouting, he raised his left hand, and the gong came out of his hand, and then raised his right hand, and the wooden hammer in his hand also went away.

Ma Wushui was puzzled, it stands to reason that Tian Wu shouldn't have struck the gong at this time, isn't it too early.

Looking up at Tian Wu's hiding place, he saw a gong flying, in a panic he held his head with both hands, and before he could squat down, the gong smashed on his head, and then a huge gong sounded in his ears, Ma Wushui was shocked to the point that his ears were deaf, and only the sound of the gong echoed in his ears.

After a few swings, he foamed at the mouth and fainted.

The others could see clearly, a gong smashed on Ma Wushui's head, followed by a wooden hammer in the center of the gong, and the others hurriedly covered their ears.

Yuan Xi had already descended the mountain and stood in the middle of the road, ten feet away from this gang of thieves.

Everyone put down their hands, only to find that there was a handsome young man in front of them.

Feng Sanwhip frowned and looked at Ma Wushui, who was foaming at the mouth, waved his hand, and someone on the side picked up Ma Wushui, and after screaming a few times, it didn't get better.

Feng San whipped and scolded: "He's deaf, are you stupid too?

After speaking, he looked at Yuan Xi and asked, "Dare to ask where this young man came from?" Could it be our Ziyang Pavilion in Jingzhou?"

When Yuan Xi came down from the mountain, he noticed that this kind of body technique was not something that ordinary people could do, and besides, the technique of throwing the gong was extremely ingenious.

Yuan Xi looked at Feng Sanwhip and asked, "It seems that you are the boss?"

Feng Sanwhip didn't answer, and someone on the side said: "This is our Second Master Feng of Black Wind Village, you kid, quickly flash to the side." ”

Yuan Xi looked at Feng Sanwhip and said, "What does Second Master Feng have to say?"

Feng Sanwhip squinted his small eyes and said gloomily: "Seeing the religion is not counted, since the young man does not report his name, don't blame our Black Wind Village for not giving face to your faction." ”

Yuan Xi said casually: "There is no door and no faction, Second Master Feng doesn't need to worry that someone will go to Heifeng Village for me to ask for an explanation, besides, there is no need at all." ”

After saying that, Yuan Xi moved.

Seeing this, Feng Sanwhip, who had been staring at Yuan Xi, stretched out his hand, and a small hidden blade shot out, heading straight for Yuan Xi's door that rushed over.

Then he fired two arrows in a row, respectively to Yuan Xi's left chest and lower abdomen, which were all vital points around his body.

This is Feng Sanwhip's method of pressing the bottom of the box, what he wants is to surprise and kill the enemy with one move.

He still has one last arrow,

He had never shot this arrow, for no one could dodge his three arrows, and besides, he had been fed poison on the arrow.

The poison does not kill people immediately, but it can cause anesthesia and incapacitation.

Feng Sanwhip's eyes widened, and before his left hand was raised, he was pressed on his face by Yuan Xi's single palm, and the whole person was taken out for three feet, and he was pressed to the ground so hard.

Thinking in his heart, it really hurts so damn that Feng San Whip fainted.

Yuan Xi, who was half-kneeling, got up and clapped his hands, and said to the thieves who didn't dare to step forward with knives: "Who wants to compare with this one, whose head is hard?"

There was a clattering sound, and the knife fell to the ground, but no one dared to answer.

Yuan Xi waved at the convoy in the distance and signaled to move on.

Then he asked, "Who brought the rope?"

The thieves looked at one of them, and the man, with a sad face, pulled a bundle of straw rope from his back and threw it gently.

Yuan Xi lifted Feng Sanwhip in front of him with his toes, and said: "Come, take a hand, help me tie him up, I have words first, if you want to live, do as I say." ”

No one dared to move, Yuan Xi frowned slightly, and said softly: "Do you want me to do it myself?"

At this time, two people came over and gave Feng Sanwhip a big tie.

Yuan Xi looked at the skillful hands of the two and said with a smile: "You two are quite neat." ”

The two hurriedly replied: "Back to the hero, the younger two are specialized in these bondage work." ”

The convoy was approaching, and Yuan Xi said to the group of thieves: "I will detain this person, you all go back, and tell you the uncle of Heifeng Village, if you want to redeem people, wait in Luoying Slope." ”

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Bu Ji'an was in the study, and on the table was a letter that had just been written.

Yang Shucha waited on the side.

Bu Ji'an sighed, folded the letter, stuffed it into a brown paper envelope, and said to Yang Shucha: "Shucha, you personally go to the capital and hand over this letter to Wei Shuai." ”

Yang Shucha stuffed the letter into his arms and asked, "My lord, these people from the rivers and lakes?"

Bu Ji'an waved his hand and said, "It's okay, now that they have all returned to our Nanjun City, I'm still afraid that they won't succeed?"

Yang Shucha wanted to speak and stopped, Bu Ji'an saw this and said: "If you have something to say, Shucha, you have been with me for the longest time, and in front of me, there is nothing to worry about." ”

Yang Shucha bowed and said, "Yes, my lord, I was on the mountain before, and the Venerable Master seemed to be a threat to the adults. ”

Bu Ji'an sighed, looked at Yang Shucha and said, "At that time, the situation was indeed dangerous, and it almost caused several brothers to die in vain. ”

After speaking, he looked at Yang Shucha and said: "It is inconvenient to talk to you about this matter, you hurry up, and after leading the way, check out whether Vice Marshal Sheng is also in the capital." ”

Yang Shucha bowed and retired.

Bu Ji'an sat in front of the bookcase, thinking about the current situation.

The case of Wanqimen in Nanyu Mountain involved so many things, Bu Ji'an rubbed his head, the matter has come to this point, all he can do is to stabilize these people in the city, including his master, Zheng Xiding.

In the letter, he focused on the fact that He Xiangfeng organized people to capture the daughter of the commander of the southern city of Pingping in Bazhou, which was also the main reason why the king of Jiangling sent him to investigate the matter.

In addition, when Master Zheng Xiding showed favor to Wei Shuai on behalf of his master, Bu Ji'an also added some more ink to the letter.

After thinking about it, Bu Ji'an felt that the person he should be most wary of was He Xiangfeng.

Someone from Yangzhou actually planned like this in Jing and Ba Prefectures, and this person may have means that he doesn't know.

Bu Ji'an didn't think about it, and when he arrived in Nanjun City, he subdued He Xiangfeng and escorted him to see the king.

It's just that when he asked Master during the banquet, Master shook his head.

Zheng Xiding told Bu Ji'an a word, don't underestimate this person, if you catch it, you may not be able to catch it, even if you catch it, I'm afraid that it will have a backhand.

Bu Ji'an frowned, he was afraid that he was in the southern county town, and there were people who wanted him to the wind.

Tapping his fingertips on the table, Bu Ji'an thought for a while, got up and walked out of the study, he was going to meet this He Xiangfeng for a while.

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Kan Huazi wandered on the street for four days in a row, but he never had the chance to meet the woman again, which made Kan Huazi feel disappointed.

Wasted all that saliva before going out in vain.

Still muttering in his mouth, Kan Huazi looked at the buildings on both sides as he walked, counting the number of steps he had taken.

Back at the inn, Kan Huazi washed his hands and face, he walked to the bookcase and began to grind the ink, after the ink was polished, he took out a purple small block from the pen holder, and took out a piece of paper, scribbled on it, and seemed to record something on it.

After memorizing, he put the pen on the pen stand, got up and went to the tea table in the hall to pour himself a bowl of tea, took a sip, and shook his head, this tea is far worse than the tea made by Qiu Xiang's girl.

It's just that bringing three girls out is too ostentatious, and bringing one will inevitably make the other two sad, so I simply suffered a little grievance and came to this Pingnan City alone.

The tea bowl was next to his lips, Kan Huazi's eyes were slightly closed, and he was sketching a picture in his mind.

This painting is one of the secrets of his visit to Pingnan City.

Nodding slightly, Kan drew a picture in his chest, drank the tea in the bowl, he got up and returned to the bookcase, there were a few marks on the left side of the bookcase that he had scribbled and smeared, he sorted it out and put it aside, and took out another piece of paper, spread it flat on the bookcase, and pressed it with paperweights on both sides.

After glancing at the remaining ink in the inkstone, Kan Huazi added some water to the inkstone and gently grinded it.

Lifting the pen and dipping it in ink, Kan Huazi's eyes seemed to have only this white paper world, and he wanted to build a city on this white paper.

It is the city of Pingnan in Bazhou.

An hour and a half passed, Kan Huazi breathed a long sigh of relief, and looked at an ink-colored city that jumped on the paper, and he nodded with satisfaction.

When the ink had dried, he gently folded the drawing, put it in the bookcase, pulled out another piece of paper, and continued to paint.

With the experience of painting the previous one, he only took one hour to finish painting this Pingnan City.

Sighing, he was a toiler, and he pulled out another piece of paper.

After making three paintings in a row, even Kan Huazi, who is known as a painting saint, can't bear it, his legs are stretched out, he leans back in a chair, and tilts his head.

There was no small fist on his shoulder, so he had to shake his neck by himself.

Kan Huazi put the painting away, took out the stack of small paper paintings from the bookcase, and slowly admired it.

After relaxing for a while, he cleaned up briefly, got up and walked out of his room.

A jar of old wine, a few dishes of side dishes, and a dark-skinned man, thinking about the next step.

This plan lacks a person, a very important person, otherwise the landlord is afraid that he will not be willing to act.

Just who to choose?

If you want to do more, let's go to the Shochiku Museum tomorrow.

Miss Vivi, I'm here!