Trim your long hair, shave your beard, and wash sweat and dust off your body with a bucket of warm water.

When he put on the brand-new short suit, Xiao walked to the bronze mirror and stared at himself quietly, as if he had seen the thin and shy child in a trance.

But the scar on his cheek is so clear, so hard, it reminds Xiao all the time that he is no longer the self he once was.

The influx of praise and reputation brings not only vanity and pleasure, but also pressure and responsibility, as well as the expectations and desires of the people.

Xiao knows very well why he is praised so highly, not really because of how powerful and powerful he is, but because the red-faced old demon that no one can stop is still there.

There is still innocent blood flowing in his hands, and the flames of evil still flickering in his eyes, as long as the red-faced old demon is not brought to justice, the people of the Central Plains will not be at peace for a day.

Xiao could rely on his luck last time to opportunistically defeat the old devil, but what about the next time? What about the next time? He must be facing a red-faced old devil who is fully armed and ready to fight, and he will definitely no longer regard Xiao as the powerless fart child of the past, he will be like the old gang leader against Lu Shuying, exhausting his scheming, calculating all the tricks, every step is a killing move, and every move is close to his own death hole!

Thinking of this, Xiao's breath became solemn, there was a long way to go, there was still a lot of things he needed to do, and the space he needed to grow was still broad, just as Master Mo asked in the past, there are people outside the world, and there are outside, and the place where he is standing now may be thousands of feet away from the ground, but there is still a distance in the face of those real giants of the rivers and lakes standing on the peak.

Although the power of forty years is vast and vast, this kind of power that is not accumulated bit by bit, and it is really too difficult and bumpy to use it as you like.

Xiao stared straight at his palm, not saying a word. After a long time, he slowly clenched his fists, listened to the "crackling" sound of the joints, and sighed faintly.

It's time to go......

Xiao picked up a brand-new hat and fastened it to his head, hiding his entire face in the shadows, so that he could feel at ease and relaxed.

Now the behavior of the beggars to divide the rudder is also quite stormy, Xiao? Just to mention it to the coachman and the old man, in the excitement of everyone's telling, I learned how this rudder master with the power of a rudder, completed the almost impossible thing, how in those three, easily won the control of all the territory in Hongzhou!

After hearing this, Xiao's eyes also showed a confused look, and it took a long time for him to come to his senses, but the corners of his mouth were hooked up with a shallow smile.

It seems that he is not the only one who has grown these days......

Riding horses, whipping up, the carriage left the gate of Yingzhou in a burst of bumps, and galloped all the way to the boundary of Hongzhou.

At this time, it is the scorching heat, although the air is hot, but it is also the time when the flowers and trees are the most fertile and lush.

Xiao Wei, who was sitting in the carriage with a dog's tail in his mouth, looked at the lush landscape outside the window with joy, and talked to the old man without saying a word.

From the beginning of "where did it come from", to the later folk customs and customs, gradually, the topic inevitably turned to current affairs.

Xiao: First of all, I found out if there were any anecdotes in the Central Plains recently, and when I heard that the old man of the coachman had arrived at "Nanning to win", I couldn't help but hook the corners of my mouth:

"Of course, with His Royal Highness King Zhang in charge, even if there are more Western Regions Iron Cavalry, they will be wiped out in a snap of a finger——"

"Hey, young man, you're wrong this time!" the old man smiled and explained, "This time it is not His Royal Highness King Zhang who is defending against foreign enemies!

"What? Liu ...... Liu Fuan?" Xiao immediately shook his head and said curiously: "What is the origin of this Liu Fuan Liu?"

"We ordinary people don't know much about the specific situation, in short, Nanning is in a hurry, His Royal Highness King Zhang doesn't know where to go, and the court has no choice but to temporarily assign two adults to the battlefield - one is called Zhu Panyan Zhu, and the other is our big hero Liu Fu'an Liu!" The old man of the coachman smiled and said: "That Zhu Panyan is too mediocre, and the hundreds of thousands of troops are all in vain! According to ah, there are courtiers in this matter, and the courtiers are in the way, and it was originally an evenly matched force, but most of the results were given to that stupid guy surnamed Zhu! Hmph, the way in the world is so chaotic today is because of these damn officials!

Immediately afterwards, the old man of the coachman was enthusiastic about how Liu Fu'an and Lord Liu planned to strategize, crackled and went down to earth, and how to beat the 400,000 Western Regions army with 50,000 troops and crushed the army, and at the end, he also praised it quite unsatisfactorily:

"According to me, it is estimated that Liu Fu'an and Liu Darao's ability will definitely not be much worse than His Royal Highness King Zhang!"

Xiao patiently waited for the old man to finish, and then he breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Then old man, what is the current situation of His Royal Highness King Zhang, do you know?"

"Well...... the old man touched his beard, waved his hand and smiled: "How is His Royal Highness King Zhang, I have never heard of it, but it is not a light crime to leave his post without permission here! Hey, but don't worry too much, after all, he is also a prince, presumably the emperor will not be like an old man......"

Xiao: After listening to it, it is also a fraction of the nod of approval.

Time passed quickly, after changing cars and horses several times, it took a total of three months to end this journey, and the silver taels in Xiao's purse were also spent at the moment when he set foot on the land of Hongzhou.

To Xiao's surprise, the checkpoint near Hongzhou was already more martial law than Yingzhou, and passers-by were denied permission to enter the city when they were a little downtrodden and ordinary, and not only did the officers and soldiers have to be carefully inspected for a while, but even the large boxes accompanying them had to be vacated one by one and turned carefully, and there was a little suspiciousness, and what awaited them was the reprimand and drive away of the officers and soldiers.

Sure enough, the dozens of pounds of black iron bench King Kong seat on Xiao's back also attracted the attention of the officers and soldiers, and the officers and soldiers looked at him in a short and strong suit for practicing martial arts, and the mighty aura faintly revealed between his gestures was already highly suspicious, especially the slightly evil scar on Xiao's face, which made the soldiers turn him away without hesitation.

This time, even if Xiao whispered his name in a low voice, he was still stared at and ridiculed by the officers and soldiers defending the city:

"Can anyone prove your words? If you burn a scar and a strange thing, you will be Xiao? Shaoxia? If you wear an official uniform and a black gauze hat, you will be a young man! Get out, if you don't go away Grandpa, I'm going to whip you!"

"I ......" Xiao was speechless for a while, and suddenly felt angry and funny, but he also raised his hands helplessly and obediently walked aside.

With his current martial arts, it is definitely not a problem to break in, but Xiao is here to find friends, not to cause trouble, and so on, the less trouble the better......

But now that he was penniless, he was waiting for help from his friends, and he couldn't get into the city, and he couldn't afford to hire a carriage to go anywhere else—he couldn't sleep outside the city all night, could he?

After thinking about it under the sun, Xiao finally figured out a solution: he called a scholar who looked like he could enter the city safely, gave him all the last six or seven copper plates on his body, and entrusted him to go to the place where the rudder of Dayi was located to spread a message.

When the scholar heard this, he immediately respected Xiao Shaoxia, pushed back the copper coin, and arched his hand: "It turns out that it is Xiao Shaoxia who defeated the old devil! You wait here, and then go quickly and report to them!"

"That's very good, it's hard work!" Xiao also smiled dumbly, and thanked him in return.

After saying goodbye to the scholar, Xiao walked to the side with confidence, found a shady corner and squatted down, took out the kettle he carried, and drank it in a big gulp.

I don't know how long it took, but the brothers of the beggar gang did not see a human figure, and the water in the pot was also phosphorus, and Xiao Xiao, who had a dry mouth, wiped his sweat and looked anxiously left and right.

Just as he was thinking about whether to take a dip in the river he passed on the way, there was a sudden burst of girls' cries in the crowd lined up in front of the city.

What's wrong?

Xiao's heart was shocked, and as a martial arts cultivator, his instinct made him immediately leave the hot Vajra seat without hesitation, and rushed towards the crowd Zheng quickly

He pushed aside the crowd of discussions, and when he looked closely, he saw several officers and soldiers surrounding a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl with a beautiful face with ill intentions, and they couldn't help but pick up her clothes.

The girl wept and resisted, but the officers and soldiers turned a deaf ear, and still put their hands up and down with an obscene face, and said happily in their mouths:

"Don't move, sister, it's just a routine check, if you don't obey, my brother will tie you up in prison!"

With a cracking sound of "snort", the girl's blouse was brutally ripped out of a big hole, revealing the red belly pocket tie on Bai Zhe's shoulder.

Banzha Zhen Wulin